UNITED NATIONS

For a saner world

Communication gain

Understanding desire

Swinging moods

Deviations in sleep patterns trigger mood swings in healthy individuals, says a new study

The enemy within

Is suicide in your genes?

International Youth Day: Education needs transforming for children’s mental health

The younger generation has to be equipped with resilience and ability to handle pressures and challenges by inculcating academic excellence and …

The status of mental health care in India: Interview with Vikram Patel

Vikram Patel is a psychiatrist, professor of international mental health and senior clinical research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and …

The essence of being

Is it the soul? Is it the mind? Or is it something outside the confines of the human body? Author most elusive of mental phenomenon of consciousness

Brain-teasers

Recent studies not only reveal that functions of the human brain are highly localised but also that the brain responds to different stimuli in a …

A taste of nerves

By studying a gene causing a taste anomaly in fruit flies, researchers are trying to interpret the working patterns of the human brain

Disguised depression

Feelings of anxiety and alienation must not be taken lightly as most of the cases of depression go unnoticed and hence uncured

Sleep well, old pal

The greatest truths for remaining healthy are evident but mostly ignored. Two new studies stress on one of them -- exercise

A psychedelic high

Driven by surge in global trials and low success rate of current medications in treating mental health problems, researchers call for home-grown …

Simply Put: Out of pocket expenditure

Havoc in harmony

Mothers' sins

Gender inequality

Women's woes

The good news is

Reviving the brain

Scientists could soon develop a drug that would help repair brain disorders

The fairer, depressed sex?

Memory booster

MONEYMAKERS

Eyes of the beholder

Yes, we can see. A new study tells us how