Over 1 billion people faced childhood sexual violence in 2023: LancetStartling global figures indicate that more than a billion people experienced sexual violence during their childhood. In the year 2023, app...
10 Dec, 2025, 11.50 AM IST
AIIMS unveils AI-powered mental health programme for studentsAIIMS Delhi introduces 'Never Alone', an AI mental health program. It aims to prevent student suicides. The app offers 24/7 screening and c...
11 Sep, 2025, 03.35 PM IST
Apart from population decline, now 10 elderly South Koreans die by suicide every day — what’s really going on?South Korea faces a worrying trend. Almost ten senior citizens commit suicide daily. Mental health issues and loneliness are major factors....
04 Aug, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
Salman Khan opens up on battle with ‘suicide disease’: How Bollywood's toughest star fought through unbearable painSalman Khan revealed during his Sikandar promotional event that he suffers from trigeminal neuralgia—nicknamed the “suicide disease” for it...
24 Apr, 2025, 10.21 PM IST
Debate over euthanasia rages in Europe as healthy 29-yr-old Dutch woman granted permission for assisted dyingOnce Zoraya ter Beek aspired to be a psychiatrist, now she suffers from chronic depression, anxiety, trauma, and borderline personality dis...
17 May, 2024, 06.51 PM IST
New study links improved air quality to decreased suicide ratesA study conducted in China by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, suggests that lower air pollution levels may be a...
29 Feb, 2024, 06.24 PM IST
Health anxiety can be fatal: Swedish study finds people with hypochondria have shorter lifespansHypochondriasis, now called illness anxiety disorder, is a rare condition with symptoms that go beyond average health worries.
14 Dec, 2023, 10.30 AM IST
Mental health matters: Looking at psychological well-being with a gender-less lensMental health issues affecting men require more attention than they currently get due to social stigma, gender dynamics and inaccurate ster...
21 Aug, 2023, 05.55 PM IST
What is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? CTE brain disease diagnosed in Heather AndersonIn a first in global medical science, scientists in Australia have made the diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in professi...
04 Jul, 2023, 10.16 PM IST
MHA appointed taskforce on suicides in CAPFs to study fratricides tooA draft report will first be prepared and circulated among the CAPFs for their final comments, following which it will be submitted to the ...
07 Mar, 2022, 08.46 PM IST
2021 was the year of self-care. Pandemic made people look at mental health struggles differentlyChildren, adolescents and health workers were the most affected during the pandemic.
01 Jan, 2022, 06.19 PM IST
MHA creates taskforce to prevent suicides by CAPF troopsThe Union Home Ministry has set up a taskforce comprising its senior-most officers for the prevention of suicide by central paramilitary fo...
01 Dec, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
Spain legalises euthanasia, assisted suicideThe vote, which passed by 202 in favour and 141 against and two abstentions in the 350-seat chamber, makes Spain the fourth European nation...
18 Mar, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
Spanish parliament approves bill to allow euthanasiaThe draft law will allow someone suffering from a "serious and incurable disease" or from a "debilitating or chronic condition" which the p...
18 Dec, 2020, 09.58 AM IST
People suffering from mental disorders are at high risk of attempting suicideSuicide is a complex issue and therefore prevention efforts require coordination and collaboration among multiple sectors of society.
13 Sep, 2016, 05.47 PM IST
One in 5 suicides in India is due to chronic illnessAfter prolonged illness, "insanity" was another reason that pushed people to the edge, constituting 30% of suicides linked to ailments.
05 Nov, 2014, 12.05 PM IST
Cancer behind 70% deaths in India's atomic energy hubsCancer caused almost 70% of the 3,887 health-related deaths in the atomic energy hubs across the country over the last 20 years, an RTI rep...
07 Sep, 2014, 05.48 AM IST