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Son behaves like girl? Girl wants to be boy? Gujarat asks school parents #MentalHealth

The “Mental School Health Programme” is being touted as the first such initiative for schoolgoing children between the ages of 4 and 16 years.  Written by RITU SHARMA | Ahmedabad | Updated: August 19, 2015 6:18 am The questions for the mental… Continue Reading →

India – Attempt to suicide no longer a crime #Goodnews #mentalhealth

Bharti Jain,TNN| Dec 10, 2014,  NEW DELHI: The government has decided to decriminalize “attempt to suicide” by deleting Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code from the statute book. Under the said Section, a suicide bid is punishable with imprisonment… Continue Reading →

Bombay HC orders to move children with normal IQ in special homes to regular schools #mentalhealth

Boy rescued from home for mentally deficient tops class full of regular kids By Sunil Baghel, Mumbai Mirror | Oct 31, 2014,  Children rescued from a Kavdas shelter in August 2010 On hearing this, the Bombay High Court asks state to move children… Continue Reading →

Suicide and Depression Among Farmers Linked to Pesticides #mentalhealth

Anastasia Pantsios | October 6, 2014, ecowatch We know that increased use of pesticides on crops isn’t good for human health or the environment, but we probably don’t know the full extent of its damage. Research suggests that pesticides applied by farmers and their workers may… Continue Reading →

Suicide – Choosing death over life #mentalhealth

  ACHAL BHAGAT   Without waiting for changes in the law or development of a policy, we must all try and inform ourselves to respond to people experiencing psychological distress Suicide rarely impacts our consciousness, except when news involving a… Continue Reading →

Assamese Doctor suggests Nazrul songs as distress therapy #mentalhealth

Nazrul Islam, National Poet Bangladesh ( 1899- 1976) Gaurav Das, TNN Dec 27, 2013, GUWAHATI: An Assamese doctor based in England is embarking on an ambitious project to heal people, especially women in distress, with the aid of music. Assamese… Continue Reading →

Are Religious People More Depressed ? #mentalhealth

  Are Religious People More Depressed? A new study finds a high correlation between religiosity and depression. September 19, 2013  | While non-religious people tend to reject religion because they find the evidence for a supernatural deity unconvincing, a new study… Continue Reading →

DSM- 5- What earlier generations called emotions are now ailments #mustread #mentalhealth

This manuals method is SHEER MADNESS  What earlier generations called emotions are now ailments Human lives are governed by emotions.We grieve,we rejoice,we feel fear and anger,we experience doubt and certainty.But if a new psychiatric guidebook is to be believed all… Continue Reading →

Forgetfulness is minor neurocognitive disorder says DSM-V #mentalhealth #WTFnews

Eat or surf a lot? You risk being labelled mentally ill Malathy Iyer, TNN | Mar 24, 2013,  The latest psychiatry manual will, for the first time, spell out Adult Attention Deficit Disorder, minor neurocognitive disorder (like forgetfulness), binge eating, internet addiction,… Continue Reading →

#Mumbai- The polio-afflicted, mentally disabled boy no-one wants #mentalhealth #WTFnews

Yogesh.Sadhwani @timesgroup.com Mumbai Mirror, March 8, 2013 A16-year-old mentally and physically disabled boy has been unable to find a home for the past three days, a month after he was found near Mumbai Central station by volunteers from the NGO Childline. The… Continue Reading →

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