A Psychologist Is Trying To Use Genetics To Predict If Therapy Will Work

“How treatment is allocated is still relatively random,” said Dr Thalia Eley, professor of developmental behavioural genetics, and one of the lead scientists of...

The Rights Of The Terminally Ill

The draft Bill fails to protect the constitutional rights of patients who wish to have their decisions about medical treatment respected. Euthanasia has always been fraught...

Culture Of Silence Around Disability Influences Bad Policy

Disability in India has long been misunderstood and persons with disability in India for decades now have lived on the fringes of society – excluded, marginalised and...

Deepika Padukone's Foundation Unveils Awareness Program On Mental Health For General Physicians

The Live Love Laugh Foundation (TLLLF), a not-for-profit organization which aims to raise awareness of mental health in India, has launched a program that's designed to ass...

May 4 Marks First Maternal Mental Health Day To Increase Awareness Of Postpartum Mood Disorder

For the first time ever across the globe, May 4 will mark Maternal Mental Health Day in an effort to increase awareness of postpartum mood disorder (PPMD).

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One Third Of India Is Depressed: Time We Start Talking About It

Among the many problems an average Indian has to navigate through the course of her life, depression is depicted as a made up problem of the leisured class. While WHO estim...

Climate Change Not About Temperature, It's About Dying, Starving, Displaced People

Among the range of physical health impacts, Americans can look forward to a future of more food and water contamination, increased asthma rates, and tenfold jumps in death ...

Deepika Padukone Is Doing Her Bit To Promote Mental Well-Being In The Country

Mental Health Was Not Given Too Much Of Importance In A Country like ours, till even a few years back. But thanks to celebrities like DeepikaPadukone--who have lent their v...

Sean Astin Pays Tribute To Mother By Launching Patty Duke Mental Health Project

Actor Sean Astin has paid tribute to his mother, Patty Duke, by starting a Crowdrise campaign. Duke – a passionate supporter of mental health issues – passed aw...