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Psychiatric patients are twice as likely to have multiple medical problems
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to the study, those with significant mental health issues are more likely to have physical disorders such as metabolic diseases, hypertension, epilepsy, respiratory, vascular, kidney, and gastrointestinal diseases, as well as cancer.
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Psychiatric patients at increased risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation, mortal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): According to a new study, the chances of dying or being hospitalised following COVID-19 infection in individuals with psychiatric disorders were found to be twice as high in comparison to persons without mental disorders.
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Psychiatric patients can get anti-anxiety, sedative drugs on online prescr
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): Making changes to its telemedicine practice guidelines, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has allowed certain anti-anxiety and sedative drugs to be purchased on a doctor's online/soft copy prescription.
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Physical exercise naturally treats psychiatric patients: Study
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 26 (ANI): A new study has recommended physical exercise as a natural way to treat patients with mental health and mood disorders - from anxiety and depression to schizophrenia, suicidality and acute psychotic episodes.
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Smoke up does not make psychiatric patients suicidal
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 14 (ANI): It has been long considered that cannabis leads to an increase in suicidal behaviour among patients with psychiatric disorders.
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Did you know! Smokers with mental illness wish to quit smoking
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 30 (ANI): Smoking cessation is beneficial to the mental health of psychiatric patients suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or clinical depression, suggests a study.
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Psychiatric patients' visit to emergency rooms result only in transfe
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sept. 12 (ANI): A new study found that people who visit emergency rooms for mental health care were transferred to another facility at six times the rate of people, who visit ERs other conditions, and could face a wait of almost two hours.
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