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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Topic: psychiatrists

Can psychiatry heal wounds of history? Delhi doctors say ‘battle for the mind’ is political

History and politics play a role in the psyche of a nation and the mental health of its people. Just how much so was the crux of a panel discussion at Delhi’s IIC.

‘0.75 psychiatrists per 1,00,000 people’ — House panel urges govt to increase MD psychiatry seats

According to National Mental Health Survey 2015-16, around 150 million Indians affected by some type of mental illness. Panel says there are just around 9,000 psychiatrists in country.

Girindrasekhar Bose—India’s first psychoanalyst was pen pals with Sigmund Freud

Girindrasekhar Bose did not fully accept Sigmund Freud’s ‘theory of libido’ and offered a different view based on his own theory of opposite wishes.

Women’s Day awardee psychiatrist says media stokes mental health stigma, demonises disorders

Awareness, professionals, access to services, lacking in rural North India, says Thara Rangaswamy, one of 29 women conferred Nari Shakti Puraskar on International Women’s Day.

Kashmir psychiatrists say braid chopping is nothing but mass hysteria

Valley psychiatrists say that the government and police have allowed the situation to get out of hand after incidents of braid chopping.

On Camera

A Donald Trump presidency threatens Indian economy. Just see his record

The chances of a trade war that raise inflation and reduce India’s economic growth are much higher under a Trump presidency.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.