1+ week, 4+ day ago   (242+ words) Published Sep 02, 2026 | 6:58 PM ⚊ Updated Sep 02, 2026 | 7:22 PM Keralam’s three mental health centres will henceforth be known as ‘Happiness and Wellness Centres’, Health Minister K Muraleedharan has announced. The centres will also introduce programmes and facilities for stress management, yoga, meditation, art,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (606+ words) Mentally ill killers may avoid the Government's tagging crackdown, which aims to protect victims by tracking the offenders' movements in new restriction zones. Mentally disordered offenders such as Valdo Calocane, the Nottingham killer, will not be covered automatically by the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (260+ words) Dr. Sumita Misra outlines Haryana’s mental health blueprint: community care, school counselling, task-sharing, Tele-MANAS and Vision 2030 to expand early, accessible and stigma-free support. More than half a century ago, the World Health Organization declared that there is no health without…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (919+ words) IntroductionContinue reading on Medium » Creating A Modern Mental Health Practice Creating a modern mental health practice requires more than establishing clinical services and hiring qualified professionals. Today’s practices must coordinate patient access, evidence-informed care, technology, privacy, documentation, staffing, financial operations,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (351+ words) Medical Dialogues New Delhi: As many as 26 States/Union Territories have constituted the State Mental Health Authority Fund under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav, informed the Rajya Sabha The information…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (759+ words) Updated August 11, 2026 — 9:34am,first published 9:30am The reform of mental health care is elusive and tantalising. In my 40 plus years in psychiatry, I have seen the system repeatedly cycle between scandal and the promise of a new era. Hope and optimism flatter…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (752+ words) August 11, 2026 — 11:30am The reform of mental health care is elusive and tantalising. In my 40 plus years in psychiatry, I have seen the system repeatedly cycle between scandal and the promise of a new era. Hope and optimism flatter to deceive, and…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (297+ words) Bhopal/Gandhinagar, Aug 6 Thirty correctional personnel from prisons across Madhya Pradesh have completed a week-long capacity-building programme aimed at strengthening the identification and management of psychological distress among inmates under ‘Project PRAHARI’ at the Regional Jail Management & Research Institute in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (152+ words) PAPUA New Guinea’s health sector is mourning the loss of one of its few practising psychiatrists following the passing of Laloki Psychiatric Hospital chief executive officer and senior psychiatrist, Dr Ludwig Nanawar. Pacific International Hospital (PIH), where Dr Nanawar had…...