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Youth slits his own throat at Ambedkar Circle in Tirupati, creates panic
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
A young man allegedly slit his own throat at Ambedkar Circle in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, creating panic among the public.
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"Protect minors online": TDP MP Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu seeks social m
Updated : 1 month ago IST
TDP MP Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu wrote a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, highlighting the alarming rate of social media addiction and its impact on minors.
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Psychotherapist Namrata Jain sounds the alarm bells for India's silent but
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 17: India's mental health crisis is taking a turn for the worse, suggests Mumbai-based eminent psychotherapist Namrata Jain. Along with her team, Namrata has observed growing instances of self-harm across age groups and genders, which she ascribes to un
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BPSC controversy takes a dark turn: Educator Guru Rahman attempts self-har
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Rahman slashed his wrist and wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, reiterating the demand for a re-examination of the 70th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exam.
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Ananya Birla & IHBAS are on the Frontline Bringing Mental Health Aware
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 8: While the global recognition of mental health's importance has grown, India still faces urgent challenges. Of an average 250 million school-going students in India, 80 per cent experience various stressors, including academic pressures, peer dynamics,
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"Thanks for Asking and Listening" - The 3rd Edition of Handling Unexpected
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 9: The post-pandemic era has brought forth a new set of concerns, particularly in the realm of mental well-being for people of all ages, especially children and adolescents. There has been a disturbing and increasing number of children and adolescents p
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Study finds brain differences in pain modulation in people with self-injur
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Solna [Sweden], June 13 (ANI): Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute believe they have discovered why people with self-injury behaviour experience less pain than others. The key appears to be a more effective pain-modulation system, a discovery which is a breakthrough that can aid tho
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Naomi Judd died of self-harm firearm wound, confirms daughter Ashley
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): Country music icon Naomi Judd died on April 30 at the age of 75, from a self-harm firearm wound, daughter Ashley Judd confirmed in a new interview on Thursday morning.
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Study: Autism, ADHD, school absence are risk factors for self-harm
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 2 (ANI): A recent research led by King's College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has analysed factors associated with self-harm in over 111,000 adolescents aged 11-17 years old.
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Study finds teens with self-harm history have significantly higher pain th
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 13 (ANI): Teenagers, who have self-harmed five or more times in their life, have a significantly higher threshold for pain compared to adolescents that have not, suggested a new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College
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Delhi Police saves man's life after Facebook alerts about suicide bid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): A 39-year-old man's life was saved by Delhi Police who was alerted by officials at US-based Facebook about suicidal behaviour that he displayed in a live video of himself that he posted on the social media platform.
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Life as a member of the royal family affected mental health: Meghan Markle
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): In an interview with American talk show host Oprah Winfrey, Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle said that her life as a member of the royal family had affected her mental health and she had thoughts of self-harm but her senior aides declined to help.
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