Volume 11 Issues 6 June, 2021 This being the last edition of the outgoing MINDS editorial team, it was apt to dedicate it to the celebration of women! Each of the articles have been contributed by women in the psychiatry arena and allied branches. In a way, this is an appreciation to all the wonderful […]
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Volume 11 Issues 11 November, 2021 Is there a recipe for happiness? What is happiness? What makes you happy? Why do you need happiness? These are the questions we pondered overages. Whatever the answer is, happiness seems to be the powerful determinant of human behaviour. Happiness is something we spend most of our lives searching […]
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Volume 11 Issues 10 October, 2021 Guest Editorial: Mental Health: from Illness to Wellness October 10 is World Mental Health Day. World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH) has chosen ‘Mental health in an Unequal World’ as the theme and W.H.O. ‘Mental Health for All- Let us Make it a Reality. There are challenges to reaching […]
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Volume 6 Issue 12 December, 2016 Mental, neurological and substance use disorders: a ticking time bomb! As per the Global Burden of Disease survey 2010, the DALYs due to mental neurological and substance use disorders (MNS) have increased by about 40%. These disorders now constitute the leading cause of YLD (Years Lived with Disability). The […]
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Volume 6 Issue 11 November, 2016 Mental health gap is a term used to indicate the number of people with mental illness not able to get thetreatment, expressed as percentage of total number of mentally ill. Excluding a very few developed nations, mostof the other countries have a huge mental health gap. In our country, […]
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Volume 6 Issue 10 October, 2016 Psychological First Aid October 10th is one of the most important day in mental health calendar for it is observed as world mentalhealth day globally. It is meant for mental health awareness, education and advocacy. It was celebrated first in1992, at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental […]
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Volume 6 Issue 9 September, 2016 Connect, Communicate and Care Suicide’ – In the recent past, a commonly heard ‘breaking news’ in every news channel, sensationalizedin all possible and sometimes inappropriate ways, has become cliché. It is however, not so for the bereaved, asalso for those in the health profession. It is, for us, an […]
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Volume 6 Issue 8 August, 2016 Stigma within Us Is there anybody who is happy to be ill or not worried at all on learning that he is ill? Ranging fromemotional and social reactions to being ill, variations occur in inflammatory markers like CRP, kinins, IL-6,neurosteroids and even the hippocampal structures, indicating biological changes. These […]
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Volume 6 Issue 7 July, 2016 Doctors and Counseling… On behalf of new editorial team, it is an opportunity to thank all the well-wishers of MINDS Newsletter, we hope your support and encouragement will continue as before. Warm greetings to you all on the occasion of Doctors’ day celebrated in memory of Dr. B. C. […]