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Topic: depression

US govt to pay $138.7 mn to sexual abuse survivors of Larry Nassar as FBI failed to act on time

US national team gymnasts had complained about the physician to FBI's Indianapolis field office first in 2015. Years later, senior officers admitted they did not act on time.

Pulled up over Chandigarh mayoral polls, Anil Masih tells SC he is ‘seeking help for depression’

Masih, accused of deliberately defacing 8 ballot papers during Chandigarh mayor poll and contempt of court, has told SC that incessant criticism caused him trauma & anxiety.

Exercise helps treat depression, should be part of mental disorder guidelines, says big global study

Walking, jogging, yoga & and strength training more effective than other exercises, particularly when intense, finds analysis of 218 global trials, published in BMJ.

‘Fetus is normal’ — AIIMS asks HC to reconsider order allowing abortion for 31 weeks pregnant woman

Delhi HC order allowed abortion citing psychiatric report that woman was suffering from extreme trauma. Hospital's application says 'feticide' in this case 'neither justified nor ethical'.

‘Baby’s fighting chance’ vs ‘right to choose’: What led SC to reject plea to abort 26-week pregnancy

Top court took into account an AIIMS medical report which ruled out risk to woman's life and detected no abnormalities in foetus. Also ordered Centre to provide the couple support.

China’s preference for sons is leaving women exploited, abused—they’re ‘losing will to live’

Popular Chinese TV series – Ode to Joy, All is Well and I Will Find You a Better Home – have sparked renewed attention to the ill-treatment of female children in Chinese society.

Everyone’s a therapist in India—influencers, dentists, homeopaths. It’s the new epidemic

India has a new mental health challenge—how to find a real therapist and stop worrying about the cost.

Here’s a new magnet therapy for depression and anxiety in the UK

People who have tried antidepressants but they haven’t worked, may be offered TMS. It involves zapping areas of the brain associated with depression with pulsing magnetic fields.

Pakistani actor Resham’s depression cure is ‘cry before God’, sparks off calls for ‘education’

Resham's remark on a PTV Home show did not go down well with Pakistanis. Dawn wrote an editorial while viewers spoke of creating more awareness about clinical depression.

IRS Shubhrata Prakash is talking of depression in a world of stiff, steel-frame civil servants

Shubhrata Prakash is India’s first civil servant to speak about mental health matters in an open manner.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.