Mental Illness

World Mental Health Day 2025: History, theme and why it matters now

On World Mental Health Day 2025, experts highlight how awareness, balance and early support can protect well-being, especially during humanitarian crises

How undiagnosed ADHD raises addiction risk, especially in women

Experts warn that undiagnosed ADHD can lead to addiction due to impulsivity, emotional dysregulation and subtle symptoms often overlooked in adult women

Flight anxiety rising after Air India crash? Doctor explains what to do

After the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, doctors report rising aviophobia and urge travellers to watch for signs and adopt coping strategies

Mental health at work: 7 expert-backed strategies to make a difference

From flexible work hours to empathetic leadership, these expert strategies go beyond buzzwords to create mentally healthy workplaces that genuinely support teams

Why 'I'm fine' can be a red flag for anxiety in young professionals

Driven by deadlines and the pressure to succeed, many young professionals say 'I'm fine' while silently struggling with anxiety, burnout, and emotional fatigue

Your teen's mental health may be tied to what their mother endures at home

A new India-focused study reveals how domestic abuse faced by mothers leave lasting scars on the mental health of their adolescent children, often in hidden, heartbreaking ways

Struggling with negative thoughts? Regular exercise can help reduce them

A new study found that regular moderate-to-high intensity exercise can significantly reduce rumination and worry, with the best results seen when combined with psychological interventions

Behind the filter: Misha Agrawal's death sparks mental health wake-up call

Influencer Misha Agrawal's death has triggered a national reckoning on how online validation, social media pressures, and mental health intersect in the lives of Indian youth and influencers

The Ice Bucket Challenge is back-this time, to fight a silent epidemic

Revived by US college students after two suicides, the Ice Bucket Challenge returns to raise mental health awareness and funds for youth-focused nonprofit Active Minds

Stress, stigma, and struggles: India's women battle a mental health crisis

One in two women report experiencing chronic stress due to work-life imbalance, financial pressures, and societal expectations, revealed a report exposing the mental health crisis facing Indian women

Doom scrolling to cyberbullying: Economic Survey focuses on mental health

The Economic Survey for FY24 highlighted that mental health affects productivity more broadly than physical health issues and highlighted the socio-economic impacts of mental disorders

Govt replaces 'mental illness' with 'unsound mind' in 3 criminal law bills

The government has introduced the term "unsound mind" in place of "mental illness", on the recommendations of a parliamentary panel, in the redrafted criminal law bills that seek to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill was first introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 11, along with the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam bills. The proposed laws used the term "mental illness" with meaning assigned to it in clause (a) of section 2 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, headed by BJP MP Brijlal, had recommended that the word "mental illness" in the proposed laws may be changed to "unsound mind" as mental illness is too wide in its import in comparison to unsound mind, as it appears to include even mood swings or voluntary intoxication within its ambit. The panel made the observations in its report prepared after examining the propos

World Mental Health Day 2023: Date, Theme, Importance, Facts, Celebration

World Mental Health Day highlights the significance of comprehensive help for people confronting both long-term physical illnesses and related mental health issues

Launch insurance products for the disabled, mentally unwell: Irdai

Regulator Irdai has asked general and standalone health insurers to offer a specific cover for Persons with Disabilities (PWD), persons afflicted with HIV/AIDS, and those with mental illness. In a circular, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) asked the insurers to determine the price of the product in line with the IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2016 (HIR, 2016). The insurers have been directed to put in place a Board-approved underwriting policy that ensures that no proposal from these categories of population is denied insurance cover. The policy tenure of the product should be for one year and is renewable as per regulatory framework. General and standalone health insurers, who have been issued a Certificate of Registration to transact General and/or Health Insurance Business, have been asked to mandatorily launch and offer their respective product immediately. Irdai has been set up to bring about speedy and orderly growth of the insurance

62.2% death row prisoners diagnosed with at least one mental illness: Study

The report which was released after five years of research also established correlations between conditions of incarceration and ill-health.

The hidden history of spas

Book review of Health, Hedonism and Hypochondria

Before and after darkness

Book review - No Straight Thing Was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health

Teen angst in the digital age

Book review of Stoned Shamed Depressed: An Explosive Account of the Secret Lives of India's Teens

Insufficient, inconsistent: Mental health pension rarely reach the affected

Government financial support during and since the lockdown for persons with psychosocial disabilities from low-income families, many of which had lost income, was inadequate

One in 5 Covid-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days: Study

Anxiety, depression and insomnia were most common among recovered Covid-19 patients in the study who developed mental health problems