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Delhi HC directs authorities to declare candiate with bipolar disorder as
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Friday declared a person, suffering from bipolar disorder as selected to the Delhi Judicial Service without any further delay.
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Fear of coronavirus causing depression, anxiety among people, relapse of m
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country and the subsequent lockdown to curb its spread, the psychological effects of the coronavirus, especially on mental health of people, have become a poignant concern for health experts.
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Plea in NHRC seeks public health programme for mentally ill homeless peopl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): A petition was moved in National Human Right Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday seeking directions to the Centre, States and Union Territories to draft and implement a public health programme for the welfare of homeless people with mental illness across the countr
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Job seekers with mental illness consider poor physical health a barrier fo
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 12 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers find that people with serious mental illness believe their physical health problems rather than psychological health make it difficult for them to find jobs.
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Delhi court dismisses Nirbhaya convict's plea seeking medical treatment
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the application of Vinay Sharma, one of the death-row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, seeking high-level medical treatment for the convict claiming head injury, arm fracture, insanity, mental illness
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Nirbhaya convict's lawyer questions Tihar Jail report
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Advocate AP Singh, lawyer of convict Vinay Sharma in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, on Saturday alleged that Tihar Jail filed a fabricated report in the court on an application seeking high-level medical treatment for the convict's claimed head injur
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Adolescent brain networks come 'online' to gear up teenagers for adult lif
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 1 (ANI): Teenagers develop more complex adult social skills once new networks are activated in their brains during adolescence, but this might make them more vulnerable to mental illnesses.
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Study suggests that long-term medication for schizophrenia is safe
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): Researchers from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet found out that mortality rate in patients suffering from schizophrenia is higher when the patients are not on medication as compared to when they are.
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A good care plan can reduce number of mental illness patients ending up in
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 4 (ANI): In a recent study it was found that the percentage of patients with serious mental illnesses ending up in hospital can be reduced by 40 per cent if they have a care plan.
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Being physically active reduces death risk in older adults: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 2 (ANI): Leading a physically active lifestyle is a must for older adults as it reduces deaths from heart disease, diabetes, chronic lung disease, and mental illness, says a study.
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France: Man arrested in a museum for writing threatening message in Arabic
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], Oct 23 (ANI): The French police on Wednesday arrested a suspect for fencing himself in a museum in southern France and writing threatening messages on the walls in Arabic.
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AIIMS plans to reach to 2,000 Delhi school students for positive mind, hea
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Seeking to build stronger mental health among students, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has planned to reach out to at least 2,000 school-going children in Delhi to make them more competitive, maintain positive lifestyle and to prevent any
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