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Being popular means being louder. An actor, musician, sportsperson or politician opening up about his or her mental health is better heard than an ordinary individual.
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Celebrity backing may change societal stigma linked with mental illness

Being popular means being louder. An actor, musician, sportsperson or politician opening up about his or her mental health is better heard than.

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Factors like the patient’s character, carer’s personality and attitude towards the patient, relationship between the carer and patient, time spent together, and the severity of the illness impact the intensity of the caregiver burden.
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Opinion: Who will worry about caregivers for the mentally ill?

By Aparna S May 14, 2024: A caregiver is a person who takes care of and provides for another individual who cannot take.

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According to a 2022 survey, 20% of Indians resigned and 29% took leave from their firms due to mental health problems. This means that around a quarter of the country’s workforce is unable to be available for their professional demands.
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Opinion: Mental health rules at office may change ‘worry ship’ concerns

Aparna S May 3, 2024: Employees’ mental health is increasingly recognised as an indicator of the work culture and employer-employee relationship. Poor mental.

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FoMo has been conceptualised as a negative emotion due to unmet relatedness needs. It may be episodic as in a single conversation or a long-term disposition. Too much exposure to others’ activities results in a feeling of self-doubt and inadequacy — a feeling of “whether I am enough.”
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Opinion: FoMo’s ‘compulsive connectivity’ may cause anxiety

By Aparna S April 14, 2024: Social media has remodelled communication in good and bad ways. Those who have been increasingly lonely find.

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Policymaking and planning should be inclusive, safe and flexible. The “sanity” of a city is the well-being of its residents, and it is time we focus on achieving it.
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Opinion: ‘Sanity’ is sacrosanct, city residents’ mental health sacred

By Aparna S April 3, 2024: Over the last decade and until 2022 about one-third of India’s 1.4 billion people have become city.

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obesity
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Ultra-Processed Foods linked to over 30 adverse health outcomes

Bharti Jayshankar February 29, 2024: From packaged snacks to sugary drinks, the allure of ultra-processed foods (UPF) has become a staple in many.

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Excessive levels of parental involvement and control stem from a worry that their child may come to harm or not do well enough.
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Opinion: Which parent are you? ‘Helicopter,’ toxic or stressed?

By Dr Aparna S February 27, 2024: Parents who have adolescents may be tough as old boots, excessively involved in bringing up their.

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More than 35,000 sexual safety incidents, ranging from abusive remarks to rape, have been allegedly perpetrated by staff, patients, or visitors at the National Health Service of the UK for five years ending 2022, a probe by The Guardian and British Medical Journal found.
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Bipolar disorder linked to significant decrease in life expectancy

HQ Team January 6, 2024: A recent study from the University of Michigan reveals a surprising correlation between bipolar disorder and a significant.

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The WHO has released new guidelines to aid nations in reforming legislation to end human rights abuses and increase access to quality mental care.
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WHO issues new rules to reform laws for better access to mental care

HQ Team October 9, 2023: The WHO has released new guidelines to aid nations in reforming legislation to end human rights abuses and.

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depression
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Scientists identify new category of depression: the cognitive biotype

Psychiatrists have few measurement tools for depression to help make treatment decisions

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