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Budget 2023 and the Future of Mental Health in India

The Union budget is a national phenomenon and is really important for the nation. Currently, our mental healthcare industry receives 1.4% of the total budget, around 670 crores. Out of this total, 630 crores are left to the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS) and Assam’s Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental […]

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Google’s Director of Mental Health and well-being Laid off

The head of Google’s mental health and wellbeing program was affected by the job cuts last Friday. Google has been actively laying off its employees in the last month. According to them, they had over-hired their company and the change in macroeconomic conditions needs a lesser workforce than before. All major tech companies such as […]

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Technology

Social Media and its social Norms

In the ancient times, people regularly gathered in the evening for en­gagement and entertainment. While it used to be an hour of leisure for them, they also exchanged informa­tion and had discourses on import­ant issues of the day. The ordinary person nowadays seldom has time to sit and sip wine with friends and family. Despite […]

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Mental Health Teleservice by NIMHANS Receives 12000 Calls in Three Months

Tele-Manas is a phone call service for mental health support and is receiving a good response. There have been various calls in the past three months, many of which are related to mental health issues like anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties. Many people are, under stress that could be related to their work, home, or […]

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Health News

A Study Found That Poor Literacy is Linked to Worse Mental Health Problems

The researchers from the University of East Angelia (UEA), have conducted the first study on global literacy and its impact on mental health. They have found that people who have low literacy tend to have poorer mental health and are more prone to suffer from depression, anxiety, and loneliness. As the world is moving towards […]

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The Text Neck: A Cause for Cervical Pain and Irritability Among Youngsters

  A significant increase has been observed in screen time post pandemic on laptops and smartphones. From school going children and teenagers to young and middle-aged adults, people are spending long hours on screens for classes, meetings and work schedules.  The spine is composed of five segments: cervical, thoracic, and lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx each […]

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Education Health

Mindfulness Proved More Efficient Than Anxiety Medication: Study

People may face a general fear of dogs, insects, interviews, etc. However, if this fear is overwhelming to an extent that it hampers our day-to-day life causing serious problems in our social interactions and physical health then it can be termed as clinical anxiety. Anxiety can be of different types ranging from phobias, panic disorders […]

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PRIDE & PREJUDICE A TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE

Most of us are familiar with the term “transactions”. During the 1950’s Eric Berne introduced the concept of Transactional Analysis. People at the period considered a “transaction” to be a single social encounter, and “transactional analysis” was the study of social interactions between people. The writings of Freud, Wilder Penfield, Erikson, and many others greatly […]

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Awareness

Geriatric care A need of the hour?

If only things could have been different, but Alas…Mistreatment and abuse of the aged may be a major social drawback. Needless to say, with the biology of aging, the aged generally become physically frail. This frailty renders them dependent on others for care—sometimes for little desires like chores, and generally for help with basic functions […]

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Recruitment for Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatric Social Worker: IHBAS

The Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) was set up in 1993 and is one of the leaders in the country dedicated to mental health, neurosciences, behavioural, and allied sciences. Centre of Excellence (COE, IHBAS) in the field of Mental Health was commenced with the intention of upgrading existing mental health institutes and […]

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