Mental Illness

One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days – study

The researchers from Britain’s Oxford University also found significantly higher risks of dementia, a brain… Read More

Mawra Hocane opens up about her battle with anxiety

"We are all in this together," she tells people who have or are suffering from… Read More

Mental illness affects a fifth of people living in war zones

One in five people in war zones has depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, bipolar disorder or… Read More

Instagram tightens rules on self-injury images

Instagram announced it is clamping down on images related to self-injury such as cutting Read More

“Donate my body parts,” requests medical student in suicide note

The youth from Mardan was a student of final year at Khyber Medical College in… Read More

Supreme Court seeks fresh medical report of mentally ill death row prisoner

A two-member bench of Supreme Court forwarded the matter to a larger bench that is… Read More

President Alvi urges psychiatrists to focus on ‘some MNAs’ among 20mn mental patients

LAHORE: President Dr Arif Alvi urged psychiatrists to first focus on treating 'some members of… Read More

Padukone says India ‘long way’ from ending mental illness stigma

NEW DELHI: Bollywood superstar Deepika Padukone called on Friday for bolder efforts by Indians to… Read More

Schizophrenia not a mental illness, Supreme Court rules

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has ruled that schizophrenia does not fall within its legal definition of… Read More

China, India face huge mental health burden: study

PARIS: China and India are home to more than a third of people with mental… Read More

Man in Thailand hacks five children to death

BANGKOK: A man with a history of mental illness hacked five young children to death… Read More

Man says he beheaded wife ‘to get the evil out’: police

PHOENIX: An Arizona man who admitted to decapitating his wife and her two dogs in… Read More