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It comes amid a ‘mental health emergency’ in England, according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Kozhikode's Govt Mental Health Centre to get ₹400-cr makeover. Plan submitted to State govt, 1st phase to cost ₹100 cr. To include admin block, paediatric psychiatry, family ward, canteen, toilet block, classrooms, auditorium. 2 yrs for completion, sewage treatment in 2nd phase. Trust formed in 2016, DPR by Mukesh Associates.…

Analyst and psychiatrist who proposed a science of human nature that embraced psychology, anthropology and medicine

Our health consumes a growing share of our economy and our attention, but we are not in great shape. Even as a ruinous pandemic subsides, epidemics of chronic disease, obesity, addiction and mental illness continue. Systems of care strain to cope and many of us engage in an anxious and…

Exclusive: Junior doctor roles in mental health at Melbourne hospital to be reduced from 17 to four next year, trainees say

Though private practice is an option to supplement income, teachers will end up compromising on the quality time required to train budding doctors. The consequences of poor training on future doctors is something that society cannot afford. A vast majority of medical college teachers in India are not assured of…

Possibly the earliest account of a disturbed mind is recorded in a 3,500-year-old Hindu text that describes a man who is “gluttonous, filthy, walks naked, has lost his memory and moves about in an uneasy manner”.

The hospital where I practice recently admitted a 14-year-old girl with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, to our outpatient program. She was referred to us six months earlier, in October 2022, but at the time we were at capacity. Although we tried to refer her to several other hospitals, they…

Not long ago, everyone had a psychologist. Now, everyone seems to have a psychic, too. Laura Antonia Jordan finds out how changing perceptions are driving everyday Londoners to embrace the woo-woo

New research in JAMA Psychiatry found no association between taking Ritalin and struggling with substance use

The pioneer in trauma treatment has a new book that focuses on the need for social justice