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Mood Journaling: A New Year's Journey to Track Emotions

Prosenjit Ghosh, Ranjan Bhattacharya

Keywords : Daily logging, Mood journaling, Prompts, Self-reflections, Tracking emotions

Citation Information : Ghosh P, Bhattacharya R. Mood Journaling: A New Year's Journey to Track Emotions. Ind J Priv Psychiatry 2025; 19 (1):1-2.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10067-0189

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 19-02-2025

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2025; The Author(s).


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