It seemed like an anomaly in the data when we looked at the temporal pattern of malnutrition in the Dharni tribal subdivision in the Amravati district of Maharashtra. A peak in April in the number of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) surprised us. Common sense of nutrition discourse dictates … Read more
The Meghalaya cabinet has approved a policy aimed at tackling mental health and social care issues through collaborative engagement with communities, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said. Meghalaya is the third state in the country to have introduced such a policy, paying attention to mental health problems, especially among children, adolescents and young people, he … Read more
Wedding bells rang at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) on Friday as Deepa and Mahendran, two interns at the century-old institute, began a new life by getting married. IMH staff, friends and family cheered as Mahendran and Deepa were married in a simple religious ceremony at the temple on campus. Within minutes, the couple … Read more
A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organization Sangath based in Anger and new Delhi has won a grant in collaboration with the University of Manchester, UK, to design and test a model of screening care for young children with autism and their families in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The goal is to test a flexible pathway that would … Read more
Speaking at the Ministry of Health’s ‘Swasthya Chintan Shivir’ in Gujarat on Friday, Karnataka Health Minister Dr. K Sudhakar criticized the launch of Karnataka’s e-Manas portal nationwide. But a reality check shows that the portal has a long way to go in Karnataka itself. The ‘Chintan Shivir’ was attended by health ministers from all states. … Read more
The Mumbai High Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to respond to a PIL seeking implementation of the Mental Health Act 2017 and investigation of mental health care institutions that fail to regularly assess the condition of patients to determine if they can be allowed to live in society. The plea said implementation of … Read more
NEW DELHI: India is slowly but surely emerging from the dark shadows of Covid pandemic that interrupted our lives like never before. Life is limping back to pre-Covid normalcy. The restrictions are about to disappear. Markets, offices, restaurants, public places are opening up a lot to everyone’s relief. But there are certain hidden impacts of … Read more
NEW DELHI: Behind the prison walls of India, mental health problems affect a considerable number of inmates. According to the last ‘Prison Statistics India‘ reportup to 7,524 prisoners were reported to be suffering from mental illness in 2020. Of the 1,887 inmates who died in prisons that year, 189 (10%) were victims of unnatural causes, … Read more