Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress have been among the most common problems reported by callers to the Social Justice Ministry’s mental health helpline, with many States seeing an increase in calls during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to officials. According to the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) data, a […]

A low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression that will cross the West Bengal and Odisha coasts on May 26 as a “very severe cyclonic storm”, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The depression is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm, “Yaas”,

The consequences of hearing loss are many, including social isolation1-3 and depression.10-13 The failure of hearing aids to either prevent or improve depression may stem from a complex relationship between hearing loss, depression, and the social dynamism of hearing loss that we have yet to fully understand. To this end, there are several opportunities to

A low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression that will cross the West Bengal and Odisha coasts on May 26 as a “very severe cyclonic storm”, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The depression is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm, “Yaas“, by Monday, it added. “It

Illustration by ThePrint Team Text Size: A- A+ Mental health has never been higher on the agenda for businesses. It is easy to see why, as even prior to COVID-19, anxiety and depression were estimated to cost the global economy over $1 trillion every year in lost productivity. The exodus from offices

Wellness This edition of the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast features an #AskMayoMom episode hosted by Dr. Angela Mattke, a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic Children’s Center. Joining Mattke to discuss teens and depression are Dr. Paige Partain, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician, and Hannah Mulholland, a Mayo Clinic pediatric social worker. Written By: Mayo Clinic News Network | 1:21 pm, May 7, 2021

Dear Amy: I am an adult female in my 50s who has lived with ongoing, treatment-resistant major depression for most of my adult life. I have, for the most part, accepted that it will probably always be something I have to deal with, to one extent or another, although the severity of it does vary.

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IMAGE: Jonas Svensson, postdoc researcher Center for Psychiatry Research Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet view more  Credit: Lou Almskog Low levels of serotonin in the brain are seen as a possible cause of depression and many antidepressants act by blocking a protein that transports serotonin away from the nerve cells. A brain imaging study at

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