Page 11 - Mental Health

2022: When mental health invited action, but work needed on shedding shame

Insurance regulator intervened, India Inc stepped up but the road to awareness and acceptance remains long

Yoga, zumba, mental wellness in focus as student suicides shake Kota

From Yoga sessions and zumba classes to 24X7 helplines and mental wellness workshops, coaching institutes in Kota say they take multiple steps to help students tackle the anxiety of preparing for competitive exams. The coaching hub is back in focus after three students died last week -- two of them were found hanging at their hostel rooms, and the third one allegedly consumed a poisonous substance. Prominent coaching institute Allen, which currently has over 1.5 lakh students in its various medical (NEET) and engineering (JEE) entrance preparatory courses, runs special programmes such as "Tum Hoge Kamyab" (you will succeed) and "Wings of Wisdom", besides regular yoga sessions and zumba classes, for the mental wellbeing of its students. "We have a dedicated helpline which works round the clock and over 50 concerned calls from students or parents are addressed daily through it," said Dr Harish Sharma, Principal Counsellor and Student-Behaviour Expert at Allen. "For every 10 students

Adults who address stress are able to avoid negative health results: Study

A new study has found that younger adults who take preemptive steps to respond to stress are better able to avoid those negative health outcomes

India Inc takes mental health to heart but challenges remain

Firms using data, sensitising managers to help employees as experts say more awareness, acceptability needed

Online dashboard on mental health facilities to be set in a month: Centre

The Central government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court it will set up an online portal in a month to provide seamless information with regard to mental health facilities available in the country. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer G K Bansal seeking rehabilitation and COVID-19 vaccination of mentally ill people currently lodged in various hospitals and mental healthcare institutions across the country. Additional Solicitor General Madhvi Divan, appearing for the Centre, told the bench, also comprising justices Hima Kohli and J B Pardiwala, the government has invited tenders so real time information on mental health facilities right down to the district level can be displayed on the portal. The portal would be ready and functional within a period of a month, the law officer said. The bench then adjourned the hearing on the PIL and said it will be listed after a month. The top court had on September 1, 2021 passed a slew of directions

Parents have crucial role in safeguarding children from drug abuse: Experts

Raja Shanmugam from FWF said the age of a child is a sensitive factor which should be taken into serious consideration by the parents

Do mental health issues affect your life insurance?

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Mental health insurance in India: How to choose the best one?

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Wysa to Develop Hindi Version of World's Most Popular Mental Health App

/ -- Wysa, the world's leading AI-based digital companion for behavioral health, today announces plans for a Hindi language mental health app, which will also be accessible through WhatsApp. ACT, a non-profit venture philanthropy platform, is supporting the initiative and is seeking a co-funding partner to propel the development further. The pilot is expected to commence in early 2023. Says Neetha Joy, Director - Healthcare at ACT, "This is a first of a kind effort for us, to partner with an established player to make a proven solution accessible to millions. With 14% of our population suffering from mental health disorders and the pandemic exacerbating the lack of access to quality care, we need innovative solutions to address this chasm as there aren't enough trained care providers to meet this latent demand." The first iteration of the Hindi app will guide users through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) exercises via text with a mobile phone-based conversational agent, to help ..

How to Prioritize Your Mental Health & Achieve Work-Life Balance

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Will 2022 prove a good year for mental health at workplace?

Recent years have seen a leap of progress when it comes to de-stigmatising conversations around words like depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, OCD, stress response syndromes, psychotic disorders, etc

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for making mental health global priority

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for making mental health a global priority and urged actions to promote universal quality mental health care

WHO calls member states for making mental health priority for all

World Health Organisation has called on the member states in the South-East Asia Region to intensify action to achieve access for all to quality mental health care

World Mental Health Day: Know all about theme, history and significance

Every year on October 10, nations and organisations across the world observe mental health day to raise awareness about mental health issues

Govt to soon launch national tele-mental health prog, toll-free helpline no

The government is working on launching a national tele-mental health programme and a toll-free helpline number soon to enable wider access to mental health assistance across the country. The national tele-mental health programme (NTMHP) was first announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2022-23. "The pandemic has accentuated mental health problems in people of all ages. To better the access to quality mental health counselling and care services, a 'National Tele-Mental Health Programme' will be launched," she had said. This will include a network of 23 tele-mental health centres of excellence, with the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) being the nodal centre and the International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru (IIITB) providing technological support. As part of the programme, at least one tele-MANAS (Tele-Mental Health Assistance and Nationally Actionable Plan) cell would be established in each state an

Buy an adequate OPD cover to take care of mental health treatment

Most of these ailments are treated on outpatient basis, so just a hospitalisation cover won't suffice

Meesho announces 11-day reset-and-recharge break for staff mental wellness

At a time when burnout and anxiety have become key concerns for today's workforce, Meesho said the move will show the way for other firms to adopt such employee-first practices

Nearly one in 10 in US report having depression, reveals new study

Around one in 10 people in the US reported to have depression, the leading cause of disability around the world, in 2020, claims a new study

School learning after Covid-19: Students, teachers try to move on

Marginalised people lost out during online classes; education quality suffered for all: NCERT survey

NCERT issues guidelines to identify mental health problems in students

Setting up of a mental health advisory panel, school based mental health programme and pedagogical support to ensure mental well- being of students and engaging parents are among the guidelines issued by NCERT for schools. The guidelines for "Early identification and intervention for mental health problems in school going children and adolescents" have been released by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) following a mental health survey among school children. The survey report launched last week cited exams, results and peer pressure among major factors for stress and anxiety among school students. "Schools generally are seen as spaces where communities of learners have been expected to develop in a safe and secure environment. School management, principal, teachers, other staff, and students all spend around 1/3 of a day and around 220 days in a year in schools across the states and UTs in India. For residential schools, the time spent by a student in