Tag Archive: mental health care

Angst among soldiers needs greater psychiatric focus

Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) The incidents of soldiers gunning down their superiors in a fit of rage in the US and India have placed much needed focus on mental healthcare in the military, a new research said.

The research showed that there was significant understaffing of mental health services and service providers in the military and [...]

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Psychotherapy may be an effective way to boost happiness

Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) Psychotherapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money, according to a new study.

The research has obvious implications for large compensation awards in law courts but also has wider implications for general public health.

Chris Boyce and Alex Wood of the Universities of Warwick [...]

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Therapy 32 times more cost effective than money in boosting happiness

Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): Psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective in boosting happiness than simply obtaining more money, according to a study.

The research by the University of Warwick and the University of Manchester has obvious implications for large compensation awards in law courts but also has wider implications for general public health.

Chris [...]

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MBBS students should have separate paper on mental health: NHRC

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Mental illness will be the biggest health risk in India by next year but the number of specialist doctors to deal with it is grossly inadequate. Hoping to fill the huge gap, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has suggested that mental health be made a separate subject for medical [...]

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Less than 50pct Ontario men, women with depression visit a doctor for care

Washington, October 1 (ANI): A new study has shown that less than 50 per cent of men and women in Ontario, who may be suffering from depression, see a doctor for treatment.

Conducted by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), the study has also revealed that many [...]

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