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.

Parliament panel calls meeting to deliberate mental health Bill

Non-profits say it has provisions that would work against the interest of patients

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 …

Are we seeing early signs of reverse migration in India?

Living in a metropolis can be exciting but there are downsides

Treadmill can’t beat blues

Exercise no cure for depression

Not all good, not all bad...

Low cholesterol levels may be good for the heart but can cause depression

For Indians only

A serious hereditary condition or genetic disease has been discovered among Indians

What was the name again?

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

Economic and social costs of mental ill-health very high: OECD report

Spending on mental healthcare does not meet treatment needs

How virtual humans might help our lonely elderly

Intelligent virtual human companions could help address the social isolation felt by many older people  

Economic price for neglecting mental health of children is $387.2 billion a year: UNICEF

More than 13% adolescents aged 10-19 live with a diagnosed mental disorder globally

Children as court witnesses: Compassion needed to protect minors from trauma

The role of medical practitioners assumes significance in handling such cases

That sinking feeling: A review of Inside a Dark Box

Inside a Dark Box is a peek into what depression can feel like to an individual

Autism caused by genes or environment?

Recent studies add weight to the environmental factor theory

Mad about beef

The threat over mad cow disease resurfaces yet again in Europe