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Mental disorders. Mental health, as defined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, [6] is an individual's capacity to feel, think, and act in ways to achieve a better quality of life while respecting personal, social, and cultural boundaries. [7] Impairment of any of these are risk factor for mental disorders, or mental illnesses, [8] which are ...
Therapy. First aid. Exercises. Test. Recovery. Awareness. Teens. Common mental health issues can include bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and social anxiety disorder. Treatment can ...
Dhat syndrome. Dhat syndrome (Sanskrit: धातु दोष, IAST: Dhātu doṣa) is a condition found in the cultures of South Asia (including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) in which male patients report that they suffer from premature ejaculation or impotence, and believe that they are passing semen in their urine. [1]
in 2007. Mental healthcare in India is a right secured to every person in the country by law. [1] Indian mental health legislation, as per a 2017 study, meets 68% (119/175) of the World Health Organization (WHO) standards laid down in the WHO Checklist of Mental Health Legislation. [2] However, human resources and expertise in the field of ...
There are a few types of bipolar disorder, including: Bipolar I. With this type, you have manic “up” periods that last at least a week or are so severe that you need medical care. There are ...
The symptoms of depression can be experienced differently among males, females, teens, and children. Males may experience symptoms related to their: mood, such as anger, aggressiveness ...
The bottom line. Mental health is not mental illness. Mental health is your health and well-being. It can be great, poor, or somewhere in the middle. Many people experience ups and downs in their ...
Notable steps taken by the Government of India include the decriminalization of suicide in the Mental HealthCare Act of 2017 [4] and launching of India's first mental health toll free helpline KIRAN. [5] Many experts have emphasised the urgent need for a national strategy for suicide prevention to be implemented that is multi-sectoral in nature ...