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Dec 22, 2020 11:00 PM IST When seeking out connections, focus on your most unconditionally supportive friends and family members.
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Dec 10, 2020 11:10 AM IST America hasn't begun to face this year's mental health crisis.
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Nov 29, 2020 03:47 PM IST Mass unemployment, social isolation, and anxiety have had a significant adverse impact on people across the globe in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Nov 11, 2020 09:22 PM IST Psychiatrists who conducted the study found that 20 percent of the people infected with COVID-19 were diagnosed with a psychiatric problem within 90 days. Electronic health records of over 62,000 people were studied by the researchers.
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Nov 10, 2020 03:18 PM IST The lesson from Nick Kyrgios’ depression - chronic rage, latent or explicit, is a sign for you to invest in a therapist.
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Nov 05, 2020 06:56 PM IST The new set of criteria includes promotion of employee well-being, managing their stress level, leadership, and supporting recovery. Alongside these, Arogya World’s existing Healthy Workplace criteria will also be followed, which covers promoting physical well-being, healthy eating habits, physical activity, etc.
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Oct 17, 2020 07:59 AM IST Jyotsna Mohan Bhargava's new book shows how addiction to gadgets and the internet, coupled with emotional disorders and drug abuse, have led to a vicious cycle.
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Oct 08, 2020 08:25 PM IST Addressing a virtual ‘International Conference on Mental Health: Looking Beyond COVID-19’, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Shakuntala D Gamlin, highlighted the need for addressing increasing incidence of mental health issues.
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Oct 05, 2020 07:28 PM IST According to the WHO survey, COVID-19 has disrupted nearly one-third, or 35 percent, of emergency interventions, which affected people suffering from prolonged seizures, acute substance use withdrawal syndromes, delirium, etc.
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Oct 05, 2020 05:32 PM IST WHO warned that mental health had been overlooked in the crisis, pointing to a survey conducted between June and August that revealed severe disruptions to services in 93 countries.
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Sep 19, 2020 10:16 AM IST How does isolation affect mental health? What should business leaders know about COVID-19’s impact on employees? How can we support children during COVID-19? Reuters gathered a group of experts to respond to these questions. Here's what they said.
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Sep 07, 2020 08:12 PM IST The helpline KIRAN’ (1800-599-0019) was launched by Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot.
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Aug 17, 2020 01:08 PM IST A recent study by BankBazaar found that COVID-19 has taken a toll on young Indians’ aspirations, besides fortifying the position of health and pushing wealth creation down the order of priorities in 2020.
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Jul 18, 2020 04:22 PM IST Most pathological liars claimed they started lying out of habit since their adolescence. Several of the respondents also claimed that they had no control over their habit of telling lies, hinting at a type of compulsiveness
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Jul 10, 2020 09:22 AM IST There is still a long way to go before regular costs of mental illness can be covered effectively through insurance
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Jul 09, 2020 07:30 PM IST Fashion blogger Santoshi Shetty had announced the Flying Cheese initiative on Instagram recently, whereby she made to offer one-on-one therapy for Rs 1,500.
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Jun 27, 2020 01:55 PM IST The issues came to light during a telepsychology volunteering programme -- 'Monon', which means mental well-being -- conducted by a team of doctors and counsellors of the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), the medical establishment's Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology Dr Mythili Hazarika told PTI.
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Jun 23, 2020 12:04 PM IST A majority of teenaged patients have issues related to the internet, directly or indirectly, and the peer pressure it exerts is enormous, say experts.
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Jun 19, 2020 08:27 PM IST Moneycontrol's Shraddha Sharma does a 3-Point Analysis to understand the situation of India Inc with regard to their employees' mental well-being.
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Jun 18, 2020 09:12 AM IST With mental health still poorly understood in India, Indian companies have a lot of gap to bridge when it comes to sensitivity towards employee's psychological conditions.
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Jun 17, 2020 06:48 PM IST There are many possible causes of depression including faulty mood regulation by the brain, genetic vulnerability, stressful life events, medications and medical problems
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Jun 17, 2020 10:36 AM IST Amidst a renewed focus on mental health issues after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death by suicide, it is a reality that treatment for anxiety, depression and allied issues is unaffordable in India.
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Jun 16, 2020 03:57 PM IST Many writers put their eloquence to work to describe what it feels like. Here is a look at some of those who have provided clarity about the problem that sometimes feels impossible to describe.
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Jun 16, 2020 03:14 PM IST Suicide is an extreme manifestation of mental health problem and is considered as a grey area medically. Even psychiatrists find it difficult to identify a suicidal person beforehand.
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Jun 15, 2020 06:57 PM IST Dr Soumitra Pathare talks about what triggers anxiety and depression during these times, and simple ways to tackle them.