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Monday, October 13, 2025
TopicMental health

Topic: mental health

36% patients in mental health facilities stay over a year — way above ‘6-week requirement’

Hans Foundation survey finds 93.5% mental health patients never stepped out of hospital, 86.5% never had a visitor, 94.8% never visited anyone out of the hospital.

Schools in Australia show how happiness apps can improve student mental health

Such apps can have limits, but can work wonders for those who live in countries lacking facilities, or because they simply can’t afford to get professional help.

More mental health care won’t stop the gun epidemic in the US

Without question, the U.S. has the most firearm deaths and firearm suicides compared to all other high-income, developed countries.

Anxiety, depression, PTSD — how climate change is affecting mental health

Multiple studies have shown how direct and indirect effects of climate change, exacerbated by inaction, are affecting mental health of people.

Facebook, Instagram like ‘weird rabbit holes’ — social media anxiety is real & here to stay

On World Mental Health Day, users reveal how social media has impacted their lives — the good, the bad and the really ugly.

Here’s what you need to do if your dog looks depressed. First, don’t Google it

Researchers have long studied similarities between human & animal mental health. Turns out, depressed pets can do with a therapist too. 

Your stress is most likely stressing your dog out too

Man's best friend is a sentient animal and a study shows that owners with higher stress levels tended to have dogs with higher stress levels too.

When MJ Akbar says ‘I don’t remember’, he mocks the trauma of sexual abuse survivors

It is cruel to place the responsibility of assault, suffering, healing and reclaiming their story with ‘perfection’ on just the survivor.

SC allows post-conviction mental illness to be a factor in deciding death penalty appeals

Supreme Court lays down guidelines, says such convicts 'cannot be ignored and left to rot away', they require care and treatment.

US approves first drug to treat postpartum depression in women

The depression either develops during pregnancy or after childbirth, which could adversely affect the growth of the offspring.

On Camera

Resetting Afghanistan ties is geopolitical need. Gandhis are showing their diplomatic ignorance

With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.

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.