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Saturday, November 1, 2025
TopicMental health

Topic: mental health

Jemimah Rodrigues shows real strength lies in vulnerability. It’s a powerful reminder

When an athlete or a cultural icon speaks openly about these challenges, it goes beyond personal healing; it becomes an act of public good, breaking stigma and inspiring others to seek help.

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.

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan’s India is about love, not hate. Chak De! India to My Name Is Khan

This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.