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Topic: Mental healthcare

WHO urges shift from institutional to community-based mental health care in Southeast Asia

In a statement, WHO said the transition from long-stay tertiary psychiatric institutions to community-based care would benefit both individuals and society as a whole.

Pedigree dogs are India’s new therapists. ‘Rent-a-dog’ latest business on the block

Personal dog therapy can be just as expensive as hiring a snazzy Mumbai therapist with three master’s degrees and a PhD.

Mental and digital wellbeing focus of FM Sitharaman’s Budget as health spend gets 16% boost

FM announces setting up of national telemental health network. NIMHANS will be nodal centre, and International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru, will provide tech support.

The mentally ill were not ‘fit’ for national news until ’80s except for wrong reasons

In the book 'Asylum', Daman Singh provides an account of the history of mental healthcare and asylums in India since the early 20th century.

Locked down and anxious, more and more Indians are making panic calls, seeking therapy

For patients of anxiety and depression, coronavirus has entered the list of ‘triggers’ for their mental health problems, say experts.

Not broken health systems but digital technology can help reduce mental illness stigma

By putting knowledge about mental illness stigma in the hands of patients and caregivers, technology democratises expertise.

How doctors in Kashmir are dealing with lockdown — with anti-anxiety pills & generosity

Ever since the communication shutdown following Article 370 move, Kashmir doctors have been routinely paying from own pockets to save patients' lives.

443 Delhi students committed suicide in 5 yrs, exam stress & failed relationships to blame

A public interest litigation has been filed in Supreme Court seeking better mental healthcare facilities across the country.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.