Page 20 - Mental Health

India coronavirus dispatch: 40% Jan Dhan holders can't access govt's relief

How Covid-19 impacts mental health, India's hotels are reimagining hospitality industry, asymptomatic patients can develop lung damage - a roundup of new on how India is dealing with the pandemic

Covid-19 triggering panic attacks, depression and suicides, say experts

Potential job losses, financial burden, uncertainty about the future and fears of running out of food and necessities add to the worries

500% spike in online medical consultation under lockdown: Practo report

50 million Indians used telemedicine, 62 per cent of psychiatry consultation was sought by youngsters in the age group of 21-30 years

Hopelessness and isolation are major factors for suicide: Psychiatrist

Ashit Sheth, one of India's best known psychiatrists, tells Aditi Phadnis and Pavan Lall what it means to suffer from depression and how to deal with it.

How companies can maintain employee mental health in the time of Covid-19

Very few have been able to cope with a sudden, prolonged shift to WFH; Zoom fatigue has set in, causing burnouts and low productivity

Feeling extra stressed during the pandemic? Try exercise

The study is preliminary and not yet peer-reviewed, but its results indicate that, during difficult, testing times, the benefits of exercise extend beyond the physical and perhaps bolster our psyches.

Dislocation and mental health

It underlines the impact of displacement, communal violence, and the trust deficit on individuals across time and borders

The weight on India's mind: Rising psychological problems amid Covid-19

Amid growing stress over isolation and job insecurity, people are developing serious psychological conditions and many with existing problems are experiencing a relapse

Financial uncertainty, health concerns and boredom: What's on India's mind

Many people are complaining of relapse of mental health conditions, financial uncertainties; experts fear this could be a crisis in the making

UN chief urges govts to address mental health needs arising from Covid-19

The UN said a long-term upsurge in the number and severity of mental health problems is likely and warned that if action isn't taken Covid-19 has the seeds of a major mental health crisis

Depressing times: Covid-19 lockdown casts a long shadow on mental health

From doctor appointments to sale of medicines, mental health services have been disrupted across the country, even as experts note a steady spike in mental health issues

Letter to BS: Lockdown to take a toll on the mental health of people

It is time people stayed away from spreading misinformation on the Covid-19 pandemic

Art's healing touch

Does art heal? Evidence would point towards that, and it seems the chain hospitals are taking cognizance of it

Power of words: This initiative helps healing emotional crisis with letters

The initiative is important in a country where mental health issues are a taboo subject so there is hardly any discussion

Corporate environment hardest to treat: Neerja Birla on mental health

Why did Birla pick mental health as a focus area? National statistics drove the choice

How sex change operations could improve mental health of transgenders

While the new study confirms that transgender individuals are more likely to use mental health treatments, it also shows that gender-affirming therapy might reduce this risk

Night shifts, changing work schedule tied to poor mental health: Study

Researchers examined data from seven previously published studies of work schedules and mental health involving a total of 28,438 participants

Destigmatising mental health

Most patients and their families prefer being in the denial mode

Instagram's trial to hide number of 'likes' may save users' self-esteem

Without a public tally of likes, it is likely that comments will become an even stronger indicator of how people are interacting with a particular Instagram post

Cognitive behavioural therapy: What we think, how we feel, how we behave

CBT has been demonstrated to be effective in a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, addictions, eating disorders and severe mental illness