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Saturday, October 11, 2025
TopicMental health

Topic: mental health

A quiz to groom India’s next-gen psychologists? Dr Samir Parikh is making mental health fun

Dr Samir Parikh is taking mental health to schools, the Olympic team, and even Ranveer Allahbadia’s show. It’s pop psychology without the misinformation.

Legal aid, a decade delayed: Uttarakhand convict with psychosis spent 10 yrs in jail without appeal

The Supreme Court has pulled up the state of Uttarakhand in connection with the case of Pramod Singh, was sentenced to life term for killing his mother, in 2011.

Therapy and tech combo is the next frontier for mental health

Mental healthcare doesn't start in the clinic. With smart prompts, digital check-ins and nudges and self-guided reflection, the journey to recovery starts earlier and feels less anxiety-inducing.

SC issues pan-India guidelines to protect mental health of students in colleges & coaching centres

Justices Vikram Nath & Sandeep Mehta issued the guidelines, while hearing a petition by the father of a student who died by suicide in Andhra Pradesh, seeking a CBI probe. 

IIT Kharagpur wants students to run to mommy. ‘Campus Mothers’ is regression not innovation

By soliciting the active participation of women as ‘Campus Mothers’, the initiative is likely to exclude men from this important initiative.

Bengaluru is leading India’s mental health revolution. VCs say it’s the next big field

Fireside Ventures has invested in about six mental health and wellness start-ups, and has more in the pipeline. According to a VP, the next big thing is high-performance gyms.

Kerala sticks to school zumba plan amid censure from Muslim outfits, Congress calls row ‘unnecessary’

Education minister V. Sivankutty says objections will only foster communalism, clarifying that initiative is part of anti-drug programme & meant to support mental health.

SubscriberWrites: The cruel irony of mental health support in schools—apathy disguised as care

SubscriberWrites: The cruel irony of mental health support in schools—apathy disguised as care

What makes somebody a narcissist? Evidence shows links to insecure attachment styles

Fearful attachment involves negative views of both the self and others. Those with this style typically crave connection while at the same time fearing it.

Delhi woman motorcycled to Kashmir with a mission. A day after Pahalgam terror attack

In her journey, Seher Hashmi and her team conducted more than 30 mental health awareness sessions across 20 cities. The initiative was titled ‘Breaking Stigma - One Mile at a Time’.

On Camera

In Great Game for Kabul, India plays a patient hand. Multi-alignment to compartmentalisation

Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.