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He is accused of assaulting and raping another woman between 2008 and 2010 (Photo: Pixabay)

Man assaults woman 200 times in a year, claims he has sexsomnia

The man said that the condition made him have sex in his sleep and that he had no recollection of what happened.

24 Oct 2017 7:40 PM IST

The basic problem or rather the biggest impediment to providing appropriate mental healthcare services and provisions in the country is due to inadequate allocation of funds for mental healthcare facilities.

It's time to invest in mental health issues

October is observed as the month to raise awareness on mental health issues across the world.

17 Oct 2018 1:34 AM IST

Clinicians have started recognising compulsive sexual behaviour as a disorder (Photo: AFP)

Stress is number one libido killer, says study

According to major survey feeling stressed puts people off intimacy more than anything else.

21 Nov 2018 5:14 PM IST

Ketamine can be legally prescribed by doctors as a general anaesthetic in humans and animals (Photo: AFP)

Research reveals party drug ketamine can ease depression in 30 minutes

While most anti-depressants take months to relieve depression, ketamine controls transmission of electrical signals...

18 Feb 2018 4:36 PM IST

Researchers also found that genetic variants associated with lower empathy are also associated with higher risk for autism. (Photo: Pixabay)

J&K: Intervention centre set up for children with birth defects...

The centre has been set up for early detection of developmental delays and disorders including down syndrome in...

4 April 2018 3:01 PM IST

Inattention was associated with more errors in the simulator, and self-reported symptoms of hyperactivity (Photo: AFP)

Mental health issues may be a factor causing risky driving according...

During the experimental drives, the researchers exposed the teens to different crash scenarios like a rear-end collision...

1 April 2018 6:11 PM IST

Five mental health disorders seen in the elderly are depression, dementia, affective disorder, paraphrenia and psychosis. The biggest challenge is getting patients to an institute for the problem to be identified. Often, those who live alone are dependent on caretakers or family members to attend to their needs.

The declining health of an ageing brain

Mental health issues among the elderly are largely written off as signs of old age.

23 July 2018 12:16 AM IST

Preeti Narayanan and husband Raj with their daughters Tapasya and Arya around their dog-tors.

Turn to animals for therapy

The idea about dog therapy is very famous in the western countries and is yet to gain popularity in ours.

19 May 2019 2:57 AM IST

With mental health issues becoming more and more prevalent, society, in turn, is growing more and more accepting of the impacts of mental health on ones overall well-being.

Food for thought

Depressive and eating disorders have decreased life expectancy and are affecting females more than men.

6 Jan 2020 1:03 AM IST

We find that people undergo anxiety, fear, depression and phobias. Offices of psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists are filled with normal, everyday people who cannot cope with lifes struggles. They are unable to deal with their problems.

Psychologists cancel sessions over coronavirus lockdown

It's double-whammy for those battling mental issues

24 March 2020 11:50 PM IST

Several great players have crumbled under pressure, developing the fear of failure, followed by the fear of losing the position they have achieved slowly setting the stage for depression in their lives.

Blow away the blues

Mental health experts say sportsmen are no exceptions, they too need a psychologist 24 x 7

11 May 2020 7:04 PM IST

Need lessons on living life

Need lessons on living life'

The point is to not judge Sushant Singh Rajput or the people he didn't get along with, we need to discuss stress,...

19 Jun 2020 9:37 PM IST