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Auto-rickshaw driver, 2 cops help reunite mentally unstable 12-year-old boy with family

February 06, 2025 8:51 am

The Dariya Police Post (PP) incharge in Chandigarh has recommended a commendation certificate for the auto driver, Ajay Kumar, and two policemen -- Senior Constable Nikesh and ?Constable Ajay -- for timely action in this regard.

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Mentally ill woman kills 11-year-old daughter, attempts suicide

February 17, 2024 12:10 am

The incident took place at Goraksha Dham building in Kuloop Wadi area of Borivali (East)

Only 23% of individuals hospitalised for mental disorders had health insurance coverage at the national level.

Self-reporting of mental illness less than 1% in India: IIT-Jodhpur study

January 31, 2024 9:32 am

This study also revealed that self-reporting of mental disorders is 1.73 times higher among the richest income group population compared to the poorest in India

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Bengaluru: NCBS launches Rohini Nilekani Centre for Brain and Mind for research on severe mental illnesses

July 04, 2023 8:06 pm

Rohini Nilekani, chairperson of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, unveiled the plaque to mark the inauguration of the centre on the NCBS campus. In May this year, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies announced the grant of Rs 100 crore to the NCBS and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) to set up the centre.

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Expect the state to ensure enough homes for persons with mental illness: HC

June 28, 2023 7:03 am

In the 2005 judgment, the HC had directed the state to create short- or long-stay homes for persons suffering from mental illness who do not need hospitalisation.

Need a mental health day but worried about admitting it? You're not alone

June 17, 2023 10:17 am

We've come a long way in terms of recognizing and discussing mental health issues, but unfortunately, stigma and prejudice still exist so much that many of us don't want to tell our bosses or colleagues when we're having a hard time.

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Harbour, Pullman explore mental illness with humour in new London play

June 25, 2022 12:38 am

The 47-year-old actor, who recently told Britain's Big Issue magazine he was institutionalised and diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 26, said his conversations with the U.S. playwright helped shape the script

How the insanity defence has evolved over the years

May 28, 2022 2:00 pm

After an intellectually disabled man was executed in Singapore, a debate was reignited over the controversial insanity defence. Although popularised in television shows and movies, the insanity defence is rarely used and ever more rarely successful. This is largely due to a lack of a legal consensus on how to define the term and the difficulty of justifying that a crime was committed due to the illness in and of itself

Army whistleblower’s lonely death highlights toll of mental illness

November 25, 2021 11:12 am

The short life and needless death of Fishback underscore the costs of two decades of war far beyond the battlefields and the overall strain on the nation’s mental health system.