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The training programmes researchers compared are tools scientists rely on to test the brains working memory (Photo: AFP)

Higher intelligence may lead to mental illness, says study

Study offers unprecedented insight into links between intelligence and mental illness.

19 Oct 2017 5:05 AM GMT

Researchers found that daughters of female evacuees had the same high risk for mental health disorders as their mothers. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mental illness may be passed to offspring: study

Many studies have shown that traumatic exposures during pregnancy can have negative effects on offspring.

30 Nov 2017 12:51 PM GMT

These mental illnesses include everything from depression, sleep disorders and multiple personality disorders. (Representational Image)

Social media leaves youth mentally drained

Mumbai has the highest number of people being treated for mental illness in India.

24 Nov 2017 9:39 PM GMT

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Here's how Mad King George III turned madder after reading...

According to reports Mad King was given copy of Shakespeare's King Lear as he struggled with mental illness and it...

17 Nov 2018 5:22 AM GMT

Government job searches witnessed a boost despite a surge in tech opportunities.

Acid attack victims, autistic patients to get quota in central govt...

1 per cent posts each shall be reserved for people suffering from autism, intellectual disability, learning disability...

28 Jan 2018 8:27 AM GMT

This study highlights an important link between skin disease and mental illness. (Photo: Pixabay)

Acne linked to increased depression risk: study

The results indicate that it is critical that physicians monitor mood symptoms in patients with acne and initiate prompt...

7 Feb 2018 8:19 AM GMT

Psychiatrists say that the media play a vital role while reporting suicide news.

Mumbai: 26-yr-old mentally ill undertrial hangs self in jail

Officials informed he had attempted suicide in January as well but was saved by alert prison guards.

5 Feb 2018 12:51 PM GMT

They also recommended an initiative where ten minutes of physical activity was combined with lessons and walking meetings for children (Photo: AFP)

Depression can be kept at bay by making teenagers run on a daily basis

Exercise has been known to reduce stress and the lack of it might be causing the rise in depression among teenagers.

19 April 2018 10:47 AM GMT

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India's grey clouds of depression

Although mental illness is experienced by a significant portion of the population, it is still seen as a taboo.

15 April 2018 7:30 PM GMT

They determined that a larger hippocampus led to increased alpha behaviour which means lower self-regulation (Photo: AFP)

Human mental illness can be understood better through personality of...

The findings can facilitate a better understanding of brain structure in humans and its link to mental health issues.

9 July 2018 9:11 AM GMT

Feeling sick after orgasms is also included in list of things that indicate sex allergies (Photo: AFP)

Sex addiction is classified as mental illness for first time

Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder is persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses.

7 July 2018 3:12 AM GMT

A study has shown that people with epilepsy have a risk of developing schizophrenia that is two-and-a-half times higher than those without epilepsy. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Epilepsy closely linked to mental illnesses

Patients with schizophrenia, epilepsy die before 50 years.

18 May 2019 3:17 AM GMT