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Mental disorder
One in six children has a ‘probable mental disorder’
Mental health disorders seem to be becoming more common in children. (Posed by a model, Getty Images)One in six children in England have a "probable mental disorder", according to research.NHS Digital surveyed 3,570 people aged 5-22 in…
Mental Disorders and Societal Challenges | The Guardian Nigeria News
Every year, like clockwork, groups of people under a defined umbrella go through a routine to raise awareness of certain issues affecting humanity. Given the need for an obligation to keep society informed…
1 in 7 Indians suffers from mental health problems: Cong demands government policy to deal with…
Congress said it raised the issue of mental health issues amid the Covid-19 crisis by asking the Center to come up with an active policy. (Photo for representation)Congress on Tuesday called on the government to come up with active policy…
George Conway breaks down Trump’s deep ‘mental disorder’ and his obsession with…
FFor months, the Conway family drama had played out aggressively in public. There was George Conway, the attorney and co-founder of The Lincoln Project, throwing daily Twitter barbs at President Trump; Kellyanne Conway, the president's…
1 in 6 schoolchildren meet diagnostic criteria for mental disorder, CDC study finds
1 in 6 children (or 1 in 3, depending on the school district) have been shown to have enough symptoms to be diagnosed with a mental health condition. Photo by Syda Productions on ShutterstockA 2020 CDC study looked at mental health…
60% of COVID-19 survivors develop a mental disorder, study finds
As we learn more about COVID-19, it has become clear that the toll of the virus doesn't always end after a patient's fever drops or their cough subsides. From kidney damage to…
Mental Disorder in a Healthy Brain: The Goose, the Fox, and Addiction
A new paper offers a deeply thought-provoking perspective on the nature of addiction and how mental disorders can exist without brain disease.The article, by Jerome Wakefield, contains several arguments. One of them is an analogy, which…
How to know if your child has a mental disorder
According to a 2019 report in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, approximately one in six young Americans between the ages of 6 and 17 has a mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder such as anxiety, depression, or brain deficit disorder.…
Lark Voorhies talks about his mental illness
Gettyimages | NBC Lark Voorhies or better known as Lisa Turtle during her acting career on the show 'Saved By The Bell' was every teenage crush when the show came out. She started her acting career at the age of fourteen and wanted to go…
One in seven people in India suffer from mental disorders, ICMR survey finds – The New Indian…
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NEW DELHI: About one in seven people in India suffer from mental disorders of varying severity, according to 2017 data, with depression and anxiety disorders being the most common disorders…
One in seven Indians with a mental disorder: Lancet paper
One in seven Indians is affected by a mental disorder, according to the latest article published by the Indian Council of Medical Research in
Lancet Psychiatry "The Burden of Mental Disorders in the States of India: The Global Burden…
One in seven people suffer from mental disorders, study finds | Delhi News
NEW DELHI: Depression and anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders and their prevalence is increasing across India, according to a study published in the Lancet Psychiatry. According to the results of the study whose results…
One in seven people suffer from mental disorders in India: Indian Council of Medical Research study,…
About one in seven people in India suffered from mental disorders of varying severity in 2017, with depression and anxiety disorders being the most common mental disorders affecting 45.7 million and 44.9 million people each…
Is veganism a mental disorder?
**This blog is written by contributor Shiri Raz, PhD student in psychoanalysis and philosophy (Bar-Ilan University)In 1909, neuroscientist Charles Loomis Dana coined the term "zoophilpsychosis" to describe a unique mental illness, a…
It affects the whole body
Arguably, depression is one of the most misunderstood illnesses that affect human beings.For a long time, you would have struggled to explain to a lot of people that it went beyond feeling a little unhappy or that it was an illness.…
‘Orthorexia’ in the running to be classified as a mental disorder as more people become…
Breadcrumb Links World News Health Canada Whether it's a 'real' or imagined mental illness, the behaviors and consequences are definitely real, says author of new study Publication date : August 13, 2019…
Terror is not a mental disorder
Once again, America faces an unfathomable act of gun violence - and once again, like clockwork, pundits and politicians are eager to blame the problem on the "mentally ill". “Mental illness and hate pull the trigger. Not the gun,” Trump…
Disease activity in axial spondylitis linked to risk of mental disorder
According to research published in journal of rheumatology.
The researchers used the results of a 2016 survey of patients (N=680) with axSpA who were interviewed for the Atlas of Axial Spondylitis in Spain. The interview assessed…
Being transgender is not a mental disorder, says WHO
(WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) Transgender people will no longer be classified as having a mental disorder by the World Health Organization.WHO officials have voted to move the term they use for transgender people - gender…
Video gaming can be a mental disorder: World Health Organization
The World Health Organization's Manual of Disease Classification has officially designated video game addiction as a mental health disorder.
The WHO approved the eleventh revision of its International Classification of Diseases (ICD) last…
WHO classifies video game addiction as a mental disorder
Video game addiction will soon be listed as an official mental disorder, courtesy of the World Health Organization.
Falling under the same umbrella as gambling addiction, 'gambling disorder' has been added to the…
Video game addiction becomes an official mental disorder in controversial WHO decision
Video games can be very addictive, but can some people become addicted to the game? The World Health Organization (WHO) says yes.Recently, the WHO officially recognized "gaming disorder" as a mental health condition, adding the disorder…
WHO officially classifies video game addiction as a mental disorder
Do you think your child is addicted to video games? There could be something to it.The World Health Organization has made video game addiction an official mental health disorder. The Geneva-based organization has added "gaming disorder"…
More people in Singapore have experienced a mental disorder in their lifetime, study finds
SINGAPORE — One in seven people in Singapore have suffered from a mental disorder such as bipolar disorder or alcohol abuse in their lifetime, up from around one in eight several years ago. The top three mental disorders here were major…
Reviews | Being trans is not a mental disorder
Forty-five years ago, the members of the American Psychiatric Association decided, by a narrow majority of 58%, to remove "homosexuality" from the list of mental disorders in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In…
Study links infections to risk of mental health problems in children
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Severe childhood infections have been linked to a later increased risk of mental disorders in a new study.…
Understanding mental disorders from a scientific perspective — ScienceDaily
Diagnosing mental health problems can seem simple: patients discuss their symptoms, and a clinician associates those symptoms with a disorder and designs an appropriate treatment. In fact, this view belies the inherent complexity of…
it affects the whole body — ScienceDaily
An international team of researchers led by the University of Granada (UGR) has demonstrated, for the first time, that depression is more than a mental disorder: it causes significant alterations in oxidative stress, so it should be…
Should severe premenstrual symptoms be a mental disorder? : Blows
A woman's mood can change depending on the phases of her…
Up to 1 in 5 children have mental health issues: CDC
By Atossa Araxia AbrahamianNEW YORK (Reuters) - Up to 20% of children in the United States have a mental disorder, and the number of children diagnosed with a mental disorder has been rising for more than a decade, according to a report on…