Kollam: The troubled lives of the people in the city have come to the fore with the data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) the previous week, which placed Kollam city on top of the list in suicide rate. Express had reported on Thursday about the position of the city as the suicide capital of the country, with 39.3 suicide cases per one lakh persons during the previous...
12:31 PM, Jul 20, 2012
According to a new Lancet study, India has the highest suicide rate in the world with maximum number of young people on the brink, worse it may soon turn out to be the biggest killer in the country. ...
11:58 PM, Jun 26, 2012
New Delhi: According to a new Lancet study, India has the highest suicide rates in the world with maximum number of young people on the brink, worse it may soon turn out to be the biggest killer in the country. According to Registrar General of India's first national survey, 2001-03, suicides claim twice as many lives per year as HIV-AIDS and could take over maternal mortality as the biggest killer...
07:59 AM, Jun 23, 2012
New Delhi: The two malnourished sisters, who were rescued by relatives and neighbours in the capital, are in a stable condition, doctors attending on them said on Sunday. Mamta, 30, and her sister Neerja, 28, apparently suffering from depression, had not ventured out of their house in Rohini for about six years. They were on Saturday shifted to the hospital. Doctors said they were responding to the treatment. "They are...
08:14 PM, Jun 17, 2012
A young woman in her early twenties, sat across me in my office a while ago telling me she had no will to go on. ...
03:42 PM, May 28, 2012
Gurgaon: When Dana Sangma, an MBA student and niece of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, committed suicide in her hostel room April 24, she was following in the footsteps of dozens of others who took the extreme step in Haryana's Gurgaon district which has recorded over 100 such incidents since January. At least one suicide, on an average, is taking place every 36 hours in Gurgaon as victims hang themselves,...
06:09 PM, May 11, 2012
Bangalore: Most media campaigns on cases of rape and sexual assault or stories based on such victims in movies end with justice or the lack of it. Counsellors who handle sexual assault victims say that justice is often the last thing on the minds of the victims as they grapple with insecurities that affect their life adversely. City Express speaks with counsellors and women's rights activist, who delve into the...
11:25 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The recent cases of student suicides - one in Gurgaon and the other in Bangalore - once again highlights the bitter question: Are we giving a suitable environment for our loved ones to grow? Studies show that around twenty students take their lives in this country everyday, that every 10 minutes, someone in this country takes his own life. In fact, psychiatrists say that there is often an...
09:32 AM, May 07, 2012
Mumbai: A 32-year old woman committed suicide by jumping off the 12th floor of a building along with her 3-year-old son. The boy died in the incident too. While the exact reasons for her suicide are unclear, police said that the woman was suffering from depression. ...
10:06 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Washington: A new smart phone senses your depression and nudges you to go out with friends, a study reveals. It's the future of therapy at a new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine centre where scientists are inventing web-based, mobile and virtual technologies to treat depression and other mood disorders. The phone and similar projects bypass traditional weekly therapy sessions for novel approaches that provide immediate support and access to...
12:23 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Former England Fast bowler Steve Harmison's admission in a BBC documentary that he suffered from depression has focused attention once more on this least understood ...
10:47 AM, Jan 23, 2012
Kolkata: Famed for his literary, artistic and intellectual capabilities the world over, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore led a very lonely life and even suffered from frequent bouts of depression, says his new biography. "In January 1915 Tagore again speaks of a 'breakdown', 'deep depression', but in February he claimed to have been healed in the solitude of the boat he inhabited on the banks of the Padma (river) in north...
02:01 PM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: India has been seeing a worrying rise in suicides. Statistics show every 10 minutes, someone in the country is taking their own life. "I always remember this line from my favourite Rocky series - it's not about how hard you get hit, it's about how hard you get hit but keep moving," 18-year old Rashmi said. Rashmi comes across as any other 18-year old. It is hard to...
08:58 AM, Nov 11, 2011
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It's world mental health day today -something none of us can afford to ignore. First the disturbing stats: The World Health Organisation estimates that ...
12:28 PM, Oct 10, 2011
Washington: Acceptance is fundamental to the well-being and worth of an individual. But its evil twin -- rejection -- spawns ill health and anti-social feelings, which can have damaging consequences. "If you turn on the television set and watch any reality TV programme, most of them are about rejection and acceptance," said Nathan Dewall, psychologist at the University of Kentucky who co-led a study with Brad J. Bushman of Ohio...
11:19 AM, Aug 15, 2011
London: A sweet tooth might not be the only reason why we reach for ice cream and cake in times of stress. Comfort from the consumption of fatty foods is not derived purely from the pleasurable sensory experience of eating but also through gut-brain signalling, according to a study by scientists at the University of Leuven, in Belgium. The study, which was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, used...
12:36 PM, Aug 03, 2011
Washington: Rather than taking anti-depressants, people suffering from depression have an inexpensive way out - practising acts of kindness and compassion, new research claims. Acts of kindness or compassion might serve as an effective treatment for depressed people, say researchers from the University of California, Riverside, and the Duke University Medical Centre. They have proposed a new approach called as Positive Activity Interventions (PAI). PAIs are intentional activities such as...
06:16 PM, Jul 31, 2011
New Delhi: The recent flurry of reports suggesting that Indians are the most depressed in the world has the Health Ministry up in arms, clarifying that only some data has been released from a World Health Organisation-sponsored study. The WHO's Mental Health Survey of nearly 90,000 people across 18 countries seemed to have shocking findings for India allegedly showing the highest level of depression worldwide. The survey found that 36...
05:02 PM, Jul 30, 2011
London: Indians are the world's most depressed people with nearly 36 per cent suffering from Major Depressive Episode (MDE), the cluster of symptoms of depression, according to a WHO-sponsored study. The study found that people living in wealthier nations like Netherlands, France and the US were less happy and more depressed than those in poorer ones. Netherlands with an average 33.6 per cent case of MDE came second while France...
08:20 PM, Jul 27, 2011
In this episode we discuss the effects of depression on people's life. ...
07:57 PM, Jul 10, 2011
