Today marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDWP), an observance dedicated to celebrating them and raising awareness of their conditions. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in its World Report on Disability 2021 that fifteen percent of the global population lives with some form of disability. This translates to more than one billion people. …
This year, International Men’s Day foregrounded the importance of boys’ and men’s health. Men’s mental health is deserving of particular attention. The observance occurs annually on November 19th. Though introduced in 1992, it is a relatively recent occurrence for India. The country first celebrated the occasion in 2007, led by men’s rights advocacy groups such …
The Union Government has handed down regulations concerning mental healthcare amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. On Sunday, the Centre offered instructions as to how mental health issues ought to be handled in the form of a series of guidelines. As reported by Livemint, the substance of the guidelines include that “The Government suggested establishing a hotline …
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It is no surprise to anyone by this point that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in most – if not all – other health conditions have been neglected. Mental health issues are no exception. The findings of a recent World Health Organization (WHO) survey on the impact on mental healthcare underscore this. “The COVID-19 pandemic …
The spectrum of mental health disorders is diverse, but what is uniform among them is that they are noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Suicide, tragically, is an outcome of a number of mental health disorders. This is why suicide prevention is so important. “The Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) Cluster is concerned with the rapid rise …
Recent reports from Karnataka encapsulate how the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the state of Indians’ mental health and wellbeing. Reports indicate that the Karnataka state government has treated almost 8,000 people with medication for mental health issues connected to COVID-19 and conducted approximately 480,000 counselling sessions since May. Those counselled and/or treated for mental health …
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Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan has paid tribute to a resident doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, following his death by suicide. “Shocked & distressed to hear of the painful death of young & most brilliant Dr Anurag Kumar, Junior Resident at AIIMS Delhi,” …
Mental health issues and suicide rates have seen a notable increase in India since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The Indian Psychiatry Society (IPS) said a recent study showed a twenty percent rise in mental health disorder cases, affecting at least one in five Indians. “The lockdown has had a massive impact on the …
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Children who experience chronic health issues in early life are far more likely than their healthy counterparts to experience negative mental health effects throughout their adolescent years, claims a recent study. For India and its patchy track record for child health, this could have dire implications. The study, published in the journal Development and Psychopathology, …
As April 2nd marks World Autism Awareness Day, there is a prime opportunity to talk about autism in India – a health issue that is too often overlooked. An estimated three million people live with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) on the Indian subcontinent according to a 2018 paper. That report notes that “there has been …
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