All posts tagged "Mental Health"
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508Jammu & KashmirNearly 30% of all suicide attempts in India took place in Jammu and Kashmir
125% increase in suicide attempts in 2021 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir had the highest number of reported cases of attempted suicide in...
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1.3KJammu & Kashmir
Mental health authority to come up in JK: Admin
All professionals, establishments to be registered with it; MD NHM to be Chief Executive Srinagar: The administration of Jammu and Kashmir has...
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1.7KInternational
New Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab a ‘momentous’ breakthrough: Research
The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer’s has been hailed by the experts and termed it momentous,...
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1.4KJammu & Kashmir
Training programme on children’s mental health held in Pulwama
Pulwama: A capacity-building training programme on ‘the identification of mental health/psycho-social issues among children and adolescents was conducted at Govt Government Degree...
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2.9KFeature
Discarded for disorder—No takers for Kashmir’s distressed minds
‘These patients aren’t taken back despite their families being aware of their sound state. These poor souls are clearly facing violation at...
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2.8KHarassment
‘Cow’, ‘Lambo’, ‘Nataraj Pencil’: Kashmir’s toxic body-shaming culture
“What people saw was a ‘fat figure’. They called her ‘darti pe boaj’, cylinder and what not. These tags became her nicknames....
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4.9KFeature
‘Situation is distressing, pathetic’: Kashmir in grip of suicides
Back-to-back lockdowns have not only affected Kashmir’s people economically, but psychologically too, resulting in more deaths by suicide. A transient thaw and...
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3.6KFeature
Dread, distress and dope: Young Kashmiris pushed to walls
As Kashmir unlock phase has begun, many lockdown-battered youngsters caught in the Covid wave are battling the new normal within weary walls....
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4.5KCommentary
#WorldMentalHealthDay: Why millennials die of suicide
Johann Hari in his book ‘Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression-and the Unexpected Solution’ talks about how we as individuals...
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2.6KMental Health
Of conflict(ed) minds, stigma and mental wellbeing
With political conflict and societal norms adding to stress, taboo around mental health is stopping people in Kashmir from seeking professional help. ...
