Depression can be Classified as Serious Illness amid COVID-19 Pandemic: High Court Barsha Misra6 Sep 2021 5:30 AM GMTAhmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has recently observed that in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Depression can be classified as Serious...
Electro Convulsive Therapy for treating suicidal tendencies: HC seeks reply from Centre, NIMHANS Barsha Misra3 Sep 2021 1:30 PM GMTBengaluru: While considering a plea questioning the prohibition on Electro Convulsive Therapy for treating mental illness, the Karnataka High Court...
HOD, Hospital Director must know nature of sickness, treatment of Patient: Delhi HC holds exception in confidentiality MD Bureau10 May 2021 9:23 AM GMTNew Delhi: 'In the medical field, whenever treatments are given by doctors, the Head of the Department and the Director of the Institution should also ...
Low-dose quetiapine for mental illness not linked to excess diabetes risk: JAMA Medha9 May 2021 5:45 PM GMTDenmark: The use of low-dose quetiapine is not associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in people with mental illness in comparison...
Inclusion of mental illness as priority group for COVID vaccine: Delhi HC seeks Health Ministry's reply Medical Dialogues Bureau19 March 2021 3:30 AM GMTThe petitioner stated that by way of excluding the mental illness from the list of Specified Comorbidities, Health Ministry has not only prohibited...
High insulin levels during childhood linked to mental health problems later, finds study Hina Zahid16 Jan 2021 3:00 PM GMTResearchers have shown that the link between physical and mental illness is closer than previously thought. Certain changes in physical health, which...
Structured intervention can reduce CVD risk in serious mental patients: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 Jun 2020 2:31 AM GMTResearchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found an intervention program for people with serious mental illnesses that can reduce the 10-year risk of...
IRDAI tells all Insurers to cover mental illness under insurance Medical Dialogues Bureau18 Aug 2018 4:22 AM GMTThrough a recent notice, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has clearly spelt out to all the insurers in the...
