FE Mental Health Series | India’s troubled minds! How land of 140 crore faces severe shortage of mental health experts – News Healthcare

FE Mental Health Series | India’s troubled minds! How land of 140 crore faces severe shortage of mental health experts – News Healthcare

Mental health involves emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Mental health plays a crucial role in how we think, feel, and act, and it also helps in determining how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. However, the status of mental health continues to deteriorate globally. A 2023 study published in The Lancet Psychiatry … Read more

Antenatal corticosteroid treatment may increase the risk of childhood mental health disorders | 2 Minute Medicine

Antenatal corticosteroid treatment may increase the risk of childhood mental health disorders | 2 Minute Medicine

1. In a retrospective cohort study, prenatal corticosteroid exposure increased the risk of childhood mental health disorders for infants born at term and late preterm. 2. Notable childhood mental health disorders associated with antenatal corticosteroids included developmental delay, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and altered emotions. Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good) Study Summary: Maternal antenatal corticosteroid … Read more

Wysa to develop Hindi language mental health app – ET HealthWorld

Wysa to develop Hindi language mental health app – ET HealthWorld

Bengaluru: By the way Announced plans for Hindi Language mental health Application, which will also be accessible through WhatsApp. Act, a non-profit venture philanthropy platform, is supporting the initiative and is looking for a co-funding partner to drive development. The pilot is expected to begin in early 2023. ACT Healthcare Director Neetha Joy said, “14 … Read more

Role of philanthropy to support mental health interventions in India

Role of philanthropy to support mental health interventions in India

By Priya Hiranandani Sadly, more than 150,000 people took their own lives in India last year. Each suicide is a tragic personal event that prematurely claims a person’s life and has a ripple effect that affects the lives of their families, friends, neighbors, and society at large. Unfortunately in 2020, suicide claimed more lives in … Read more

Prenatal marijuana exposure may put kids at risk of mental health disorders, study says

Prenatal marijuana exposure may put kids at risk of mental health disorders, study says

(CNN) — A study has found that women who use marijuana during pregnancy may put their children at risk for mental health disorders in late adolescence. researchers from Washington University in St. Louis analyzed data from an ongoing study that follows nearly 12,000 youth as they become young adults. They found that marijuana use by … Read more

Researchers discover robots can be used for diagnosing mental health disorders in children – ET HealthWorld

Researchers discover robots can be used for diagnosing mental health disorders in children – ET HealthWorld

Cambridge: This has been revealed in a recent study Robots may be more effective than parent report or self-reported tests in diagnosis Mental health disorders Among the youth. Roboticists, computer scientists and Psychiatrists from University of Cambridge The study was conducted with 28 children between the ages of eight and 13 and administered a series … Read more

Researchers discover robots can be used for diagnosing mental health disorders in children

Researchers discover robots can be used for diagnosing mental health disorders in children

ANI | Updated: September 05, 2022 02:46 IST cambridge [UK]September 5 (ANI): A recent study revealed that robots may be more effective than parent-reported or self-reported tests in diagnosing mental health disorders in young.A team of roboticists, computer scientists and psychiatrists from the University of Cambridge conducted a study with 28 kids between the ages … Read more

Can stress be good for brain functioning? What new study says 

Can stress be good for brain functioning? What new study says 

Stress is widely regarded as an integral part of the modern lifestyle, often but rightly condemned as being responsible for its severe impact on the comfort of life. Interestingly, a new study challenges this long-held notion. Recent research from the University of Georgia Youth Development Institute suggests that the looming work deadline that stresses you … Read more