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Sonali Bendre Behl on social media and mental health

Sonali, who joined Twitter in 2015 believes that, as one can't change much, one should instead focus on what one can.

31 March 2018 12:42 AM IST

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Using chosen names reduces suicide risk in transgender youths

Transgender youths are estimated to be only about 1 percent of the population.

30 March 2018 5:46 PM IST

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How meditation improves attention span in old age

This study shows intensive and continued meditation practice is associated with enduring improvements in sustained...

29 March 2018 2:24 PM IST

Parents of shy children need to be especially thoughtful about how they express conflict. (Photo: Pixabay)

Parental conflict affects children's mental health

Helping children get the message that, even when they argue, parents care about each other and can work things out is...

28 March 2018 5:42 PM IST

Social isolation, but not loneliness ... remained as an independent risk factor for mortality. (Photo: Pixabay)

Are lonely hearts prone to cardiovascular disease?

Despite dodgy lifestyle habits, social isolation boosted the risk of dying by 30 per cent.

27 March 2018 11:45 AM IST

More than 77 percent of the individuals with disabilities in the study lived with their parents. (Photo: Pixabay)

Less educated, new parents are at high risk

Peripartum mood disorders can persist for one year or more after childbirth.

5 May 2018 6:13 PM IST

The stepped-up measures follow an outdoor concert in Cairo on September 22 by Lebanese band Mashrou Leila, when the flag representing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community was raised.(Photo: AP/Representational)

Here's why some transgender people inflict self-harm

Findings hold critical implications for service access and delivery policies that protect transgender help-seekers in...

5 May 2018 8:32 AM IST

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Waking up early can keep the blues away

Light exposure and work schedules appears to mildly influence depression risk.

15 Jun 2018 9:37 AM IST

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Diabetes not good for people with severe mental illness

People with severe mental illness are more than twice as likely to have type 2 diabetes.

14 Jun 2018 10:02 AM IST

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Smoking up does not make psychiatric patients suicidal

Cannabis consumption is expected to increase.

14 Jun 2018 9:18 AM IST

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Being fit can turn back your brain's clock

Here is what a new study has found.

13 Jun 2018 9:20 AM IST

Doctors suggest that everyone should take a more subtle approach to discussing mental health with men. (Photo: Pixabay)

Male depression: Masculinity forces men into loneliness, say doctors

Experts say preconceived notions of what men should act like often forces them into loneliness and makes it harder to...

12 Jun 2018 3:35 PM IST