February 2021

A man from Maryland accused of plotting a 2019 Islamic State-inspired attack on a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, DC, has been diagnosed with delusional disorder.…

KIGALI from RwandaA peak of mental health cases was noted in Rwanda among survivors of the 1994 genocide which took place against the Tutsi ethnic group.Although an increase in depression and other mental…

“I'm really good at calling in sick and I have an incredible ability to go to a GP and get whatever I want. Every time I go to a GP I have a residual fear of knowing that I am there…

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday banned the execution of mentally ill inmates, observing that carrying out the death penalty does not "serve the ends of justice" if a convict is unable to understand the death penalty. justification for…

DISCLAIMER: This story contains graphic details that readers may find disturbing. Discretion is advised. A Nova Scotia judge has said a man who killed his mother and mutilated her remains is not criminally responsible because of his…

A five-member bench led by Judge Manzoor Ahmad Malik passed the Ordinance on Appeals from Mentally Disordered Death Row prisoners who spent 30, 18 and 14 years on death row respectively. Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday…

Research from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) claims that distinctions in the expression of gene transcripts that build cells in the human body may help to understand how mental problems with common inherited danger factors…

People with severe mental disorders are at high risk of dying from Covid-19, according to the study conducted by researchers at UmeÃ¥ University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Among the elderly, the proportion of…