Scientists develop an Indian tool for autism screening
The questionnaire-based tool, Chandigarh Autism Screening Instrument, has been developed specifically for autism screening in North India
A healthy mind makes business sense
Global economy loses $1 trillion a year due to lower productivity from people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders, says WHO study
Depression’s other face
Factors linking depression to air pollution, food habits and environmental degradation are not commonly considered
Caring for the handicapped
Handicapped children are being helped to overcome their disabilities through special programmes and innovative schemes such as art.
Ambitious cure for an ailing system
US President Bill Clinton has proposed an ambitious and complex programme to lower federal expenditure on health care and revamp the existing system.
India gets it first mental health policy
Timed to coincide with the World Mental Health Day, the policy aims to provide universal access to mental healthcare, especially to those living …
Taliban takeover will impact Afghanistan healthcare: What’s WHO doing about it
WHO working with new Taliban regime to see to it that healthcare services are not impacted
‘Gamers with pathological patterns can now be diagnosed and treated’
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, associate professor of psychiatry at AIIMS, says WHO’s move to call gaming disorder a mental health condition a …
This drink can treat severe depression
Ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew made from two plants, has been used in Amazonia for centuries
How a community-based approach to mental health is making strides in Zimbabwe
Lay workers are being trained to help Zimbabwe manage mental issues in communities. So far it's proving successful.
TB's hidden links
About 40-70 per cent of tuberculosis patients suffer from mental health disorders. As India has more than one-fourth of global TB cases and deaths,…
Long-term impacts of lead exposure have finally been revealed
Lead exposure not only reduces IQ levels and lower socio-economic status, it costs India US $236 billion annually
Impact of tuberculosis on mental health largely ignored
Building a strong emotional and psychological support system for TB patients is crucial for increasing chances of their survival
A matter of the mind
Mind-body medicine: in the realm of the possible but wholly inexplicable, this loose curative system has more takers every day
Mind your genes
Studies have established that mental abilities are dependent on genes of a larger extent then previously thought
Mental illness in fathers may increase the risk of preterm birth — new research
Stress-related disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, were associated with the highest risk of preterm birth
Cooking with ‘dirty’ fuels affects women’s mental health
Providing women in Nairobi, Kenya with stoves fuelled with bottled gas reduced their stress levels, study finds
Why should India invest in its adolescent population? New study has an answer
Rate of returns for females higher than that of males; intervention to address gaps in India’s mental healthcare for adolescents needed
World not on track to reduce suicide mortality rate by 2030 : WHO
While COVID-19 has increased mental stress globally, a new WHO report shows a crisis was already in place in 2019
COVID-19: No mechanism in place, persons with disabilities suffer in Bengal
Regular requirements of persons with disabilities were not being taken care of, according to district sources
Even an hour of screen time can affect mental health of 2-year-olds: study
Children and adolescents may have less curiosity, lower self-control & emotional stability, shows a study that surveyed more than 40,000 …
Gaming: How much is too much?
The WHO's decision to list gaming disorder as a mental health condition has several gamers and experts debating on its acceptance and validity
Ayurveda offers remedy for failing memory
After yielding successful formulations like Liv. 52 and Guglip, Ayurveda now holds out promise of a new range of drugs to treat mental disorders.
Winning laurels
A new method for discovering important chemicals that could damage the nervous system gains a US patent for its inventors
Caught in the Web
Is getting hooked to the Internet a distinct disorder or is it a symptom of other psychiatric illnesses?