Union Health Ministry advises States, UTs to hold screening sessions for mental health, cancer Medical Dialogues Bureau21 May 2019 9:00 AM ISTInvestment in risk behaviour prevention and health promotion among youth are the most cost-effective ways to improve health outcomes. Education...
WHO issues guidelines to cut dementia risk Medical Dialogues Bureau15 May 2019 10:00 AM ISTMedical conditions like hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity and depression are also associated with increased risk of developing...
Children bullied in schools more prone to mental health issues: Study Medical Dialogues Bureau21 April 2019 9:00 AM ISTAs part of the study, the team of researchers that found being bullied in school increases the extent of mental health problems at age 25 by 40 per...
Indian Psychiatric Society sees red with the upcoming movie title Mental hai Kya Medical Dialogues Bureau20 April 2019 9:00 AM ISTMumbai: Tension has erupted between the Indian Psychiatric Society and the makers of an upcoming movie after the former wrote to the Censor Board...
Mental health experts mentored by AIIMS counsel 7,000 Tihar inmates Medical Dialogues Bureau14 April 2019 9:45 AM ISTThe Delhi Prison Administration in collaboration with an NGO - Mental Health Foundation and mentored by AIIMS had started the intensive counselling...
Dr Vikram Patel conferred with prestigious John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award Medical Dialogues Bureau3 April 2019 9:30 AM IST"This prize is a recognition of the tremendous effort of innovators in low resource settings to transform our understanding of mental health problems...
Bombay HC asks JJ Hospital to assess Mental Health of 20 year old seeking abortion Medical Dialogues Bureau28 March 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe bench said the opinions of the private medical practitioners submitted by the petitioner "did not suggest" she was incapable of carrying the...
Shakuntala Gamlin lays foundation of National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation in Madhya Pradesh Medical Dialogues Bureau4 March 2019 9:30 AM ISTIt will promote mental health rehabilitation using an integrated multidisciplinary approach, to undertake capacity building and to involve in...
Canadian doctors to start prescribing museum visits to patients! Medical Dialogues Bureau26 Oct 2018 1:56 PM ISTMontreal:Â A group of Canadian doctors are to begin prescribing trips to an art gallery to help patients suffering a range of ailments become a picture...
Each State to set up mental health authority, review boards: Union Health Ministry Medical Dialogues Bureau22 Oct 2018 9:36 AM ISTAccording to the Mental Health Care Act-2017, every person with mental illness shall be treated as equal to persons with physical illness in the...
IRDAI tells all Insurers to cover mental illness under insurance Medical Dialogues Bureau18 Aug 2018 9:52 AM ISTThrough a recent notice, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has clearly spelt out to all the insurers in the...
IIT Kanpur develops online tool to help people deal with mental health issues Medical Dialogues Bureau25 July 2018 2:46 PM ISTkanpur:Â The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, has developed an online tool, TreadWill, to help people cope with issues related to mental...
