Three plays on mental health to be staged on Marathi Rangabhoomi din

Three plays on mental health to be staged on Marathi Rangabhoomi din

Pune: The city will be able to see three mental health plays at the Manorang theater festival to be held at The Box, Erandwane, at Marathi Rangabhoomi Din on November 5. Parivartan, the NGO started by the late rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and run by his son Hamid Dabholkar, and theater director Atul Pethe have collaborated … Read more

India Delegation speaks on Mental Health at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2022

India Delegation speaks on Mental Health at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2022

ANI | Updated: November 02, 2022 10:46 IST Brussels [Belgium]/ New Delhi [India]November 2 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Policy Makers Forum for Mental health, India, led a panel discussion at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting on October 25, 2022 in Brussels, to discuss the challenges around mental health, which especially affect the most vulnerable in India. … Read more

Medical report finds Porter Burks was shot 19 times by Detroit police

Medical report finds Porter Burks was shot 19 times by Detroit police

DETROIT – The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office found that goalkeeper burks he received 19 of the 38 shots he directed detroit police. Authorities say there were two shots to the head, six to the chest, five to the left arm and more. On October 2, around 5 am, Burks, 20, has murdered after being … Read more

Mental health hotline call center in North Texas is looking to hire more, double the size of existing staff

Mental health hotline call center in North Texas is looking to hire more, double the size of existing staff

FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Nearly three months after a nationwide transition on how best to provide help to people experiencing a mental health crisis, calls to one of the 988 centers in Fort Worth are steadily increasing and are expected to grow with greater public awareness of the hotline. One of four major call … Read more

Substance abuse in Hawaiʻi tracked by new dashboard | University of Hawaiʻi System News

Substance abuse in Hawaiʻi tracked by new dashboard | University of Hawaiʻi System News

From overdose deaths to crisis calls Hawaii, data related to drug trends is now available to the public through a new online dashboard. the Substance Use, Mental Health and Hawaii CARES Overview is a website of Hawaii State Department of Health‘s (Health Department) Behavioral Health Administration. The board, a collaboration between the University of Hawaii, … Read more

‘Mental Healthcare Act makes it mandatory for insurers to make provisions for medical insurance for treatment of mental illness’

‘Mental Healthcare Act makes it mandatory for insurers to make provisions for medical insurance for treatment of mental illness’

experts like Fist-established Chetan Divan, president, Center for Mental Health and Disabilities, Karve Institute for Social Service. Now all health insurance policies will be required to cover major mental illnesses, said Diwan, who recently presented a paper on mental health insurance at a national conference in chandigarh saying indianexpress.com. Q. What is the provision of … Read more

Facebook negatively impacts mental health: Study – ET HealthWorld

Facebook negatively impacts mental health: Study – ET HealthWorld

Tel Aviv: While many studies have found a correlation between the use Social media and related various features mental health, until now, it has been challenging to examine whether social media was the cause of poor mental health. Using a novel research method, a study led by researchers from Tel Aviv University, the MIT Sloan … Read more

Itaewon Halloween crush, Gujarat bridge collapse put spotlight on mental health

Itaewon Halloween crush, Gujarat bridge collapse put spotlight on mental health

Dr. Holman said that people are mentally affected by such incidents based on their own life experiences. “Perhaps someone who used to travel on that bridge a lot may feel guilt or remorse because they ended up not being on the bridge at the time, but someone they knew was on the bridge and died,” … Read more