Mental Health

Patriot Bureau -September 12, 2023

The Central Mental Health Care Act of 2017 mandates the establishment of the State Mental Health Authority (SMHA) to ensure the well-being of individuals with mental illnesses

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Ambica Gulati -September 13, 2022

Retreat, withdraw, and pause to break the shackles of pain and manage stress. There are healers who can help you do that in the forest, in meditation rooms, and in Vipassana centres

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Ahona Sengupta -August 23, 2022

At a time when a plethora of stigma persists around antidepressants, conflicting research studies are increasingly leaving survivors with more questions than answers.

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Wara Samar -June 28, 2022

With complete family and societal acceptance still being a distant dream for most people of the LGBTQIA+ community, those who need psychotherapy find it difficult to find the right counsellor

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Judith Mariya Antony -May 31, 2022

Around 43% of the Indian population is battling depression, according to a fitness magazine. Patriot talks with doctors to get an expert view of this alarming trend and get some guidance on how sufferers can seek medical help

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Judith Mariya Antony -April 20, 2022

Often, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is portrayed as a quirky aspect of someone’s personality.

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Mihir Srivastava -June 2, 2021

‘Anxiety syndrome’ and the long term effects of Covid-19 have prevented thousands of people, even with milder viral load, from resuming their normal life weeks after they are cured It’s not easy to get back some semblance of normalcy in their lives after having dealt successfully with the scourge of the pandemic. Reclamation of normal […]

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MAYANK JAIN PARICHHA -May 11, 2021

Isolation, constant screen time, exposure to news of the ongoing crisis – all these have led to the rise in mental health issues in Covid-19 patients, and it continues even post recovery 25- year-old Aditi was taking all precautions to avoid contracting Covid. But unfortunately the wretched virus took her in its grip. Initially, she […]

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