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Harassing Juniors Through Informal WhatsApp Groups To Be Treated As Ragging: UGC
The UGC receives dozens of complaints every year from freshers alleging harassment by seniors.
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Organ Transplant: Donor's Organs Influence Recipient's Personality, Claims Study
The study noted distressing experiences like delirium, depression, anxiety, psychosis, and sexual dysfunction in some cases.
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Ice Cream And Potato Chips Are As Addictive As Drugs, Study Finds
The analysis examined 281 studies from 36 different countries, and it was revealed that a significant 14 percent of adults are addicted to ultra-processed foods (UPFs).
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Launches MaNaM Initiative For Psychological Support To Medicos
Under the MaNaM initiative, peer counsellors would be roped in to identify students with mental distress and provide them with psychological support.
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"His Soul Was Calling Me": Engineering Student Allegedly Commits Suicide
An 18-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide at his home in Maharashtra's Nagpur. Saurabh Nagpurkar was suffering from "psychological distress", the police said. In his one-page suicide note, Saurabh referred to an accident he had reportedly witnessed two months ago and wrote that "the soul of a young boy who he saw dying in the a...
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How Psychotherapy Can Treat Mental Health Problems Better Than Medication
Have you been taking medications for your emotional distress and depression? There is a better way to deal with it!
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Anxiety and Depression Can Put You at the Risk of Cancer
A new study indicates that higher levels of psychological distress such as anxiety and depression may be associated with an increased risk of death from certain cancers.
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Exercise Improves Memory In Breast Cancer Survivors: Study
Exercise may alleviate stress and benefit breast cancer survivors psychologically, which in turn could improve their memory, a new study has found.
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Bisexuals, Gays, Lesbians Face Greater Health Risks: Study
Bisexual, gay and lesbian adults are more likely to experience psychological distress and engage in unhealthy behaviors, possibly as a result of being the target of discrimination, according to a study published Monday.
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Facebook Use May Lead to Poor Mental Health, Says Study
Teens who use social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for more than two hours daily may be at risk of poor mental health, high psychological distress and suicidal thoughts, a new study has warned.
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Mercy killing for man after sex change distress
A 44-year-old Belgian in distress after a failed sex change was euthanised this week after doctors agreed to the mercy-killing on psychological grounds, national media said Tuesday.
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Mental distress linked to inadequate sleep
Young adults who get fewer than eight hours of sleep per night have higher risks of psychological distress, a combination of high levels of depressive and anxious symptoms.
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Better luck with IVF if a woman 'lets go'
Women who cope with the stress of infertility treatment by relinquishing control are nearly twice as likely to get pregnant as those who don't adopt this strategy.
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Power at work - impact on health
A recent study on job authority and health suggests that people at the top level are not only lonely, but being in this position also takes a toll on their physical and mental well-being.
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Psychological distress in cancer survivors
Cancer survivors are more likely than their healthy peers to suffer serious psychological distress such as anxiety and depression, even a decade after treatment ends.
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Harassing Juniors Through Informal WhatsApp Groups To Be Treated As Ragging: UGC
The UGC receives dozens of complaints every year from freshers alleging harassment by seniors.
-
Organ Transplant: Donor's Organs Influence Recipient's Personality, Claims Study
The study noted distressing experiences like delirium, depression, anxiety, psychosis, and sexual dysfunction in some cases.
-
Ice Cream And Potato Chips Are As Addictive As Drugs, Study Finds
The analysis examined 281 studies from 36 different countries, and it was revealed that a significant 14 percent of adults are addicted to ultra-processed foods (UPFs).
-
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Launches MaNaM Initiative For Psychological Support To Medicos
Under the MaNaM initiative, peer counsellors would be roped in to identify students with mental distress and provide them with psychological support.
-
"His Soul Was Calling Me": Engineering Student Allegedly Commits Suicide
An 18-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide at his home in Maharashtra's Nagpur. Saurabh Nagpurkar was suffering from "psychological distress", the police said. In his one-page suicide note, Saurabh referred to an accident he had reportedly witnessed two months ago and wrote that "the soul of a young boy who he saw dying in the a...
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How Psychotherapy Can Treat Mental Health Problems Better Than Medication
Have you been taking medications for your emotional distress and depression? There is a better way to deal with it!
-
Anxiety and Depression Can Put You at the Risk of Cancer
A new study indicates that higher levels of psychological distress such as anxiety and depression may be associated with an increased risk of death from certain cancers.
-
Exercise Improves Memory In Breast Cancer Survivors: Study
Exercise may alleviate stress and benefit breast cancer survivors psychologically, which in turn could improve their memory, a new study has found.
-
Bisexuals, Gays, Lesbians Face Greater Health Risks: Study
Bisexual, gay and lesbian adults are more likely to experience psychological distress and engage in unhealthy behaviors, possibly as a result of being the target of discrimination, according to a study published Monday.
-
Facebook Use May Lead to Poor Mental Health, Says Study
Teens who use social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for more than two hours daily may be at risk of poor mental health, high psychological distress and suicidal thoughts, a new study has warned.
-
Mercy killing for man after sex change distress
A 44-year-old Belgian in distress after a failed sex change was euthanised this week after doctors agreed to the mercy-killing on psychological grounds, national media said Tuesday.
-
Mental distress linked to inadequate sleep
Young adults who get fewer than eight hours of sleep per night have higher risks of psychological distress, a combination of high levels of depressive and anxious symptoms.
-
Better luck with IVF if a woman 'lets go'
Women who cope with the stress of infertility treatment by relinquishing control are nearly twice as likely to get pregnant as those who don't adopt this strategy.
-
Power at work - impact on health
A recent study on job authority and health suggests that people at the top level are not only lonely, but being in this position also takes a toll on their physical and mental well-being.
-
Psychological distress in cancer survivors
Cancer survivors are more likely than their healthy peers to suffer serious psychological distress such as anxiety and depression, even a decade after treatment ends.
