Mental Health

Sydney, June 4: Online counseling is as effective as face-to-face therapy in combating the blues, with similar recovery rates, according to the latest findings.

London, June 4: Eating Indian curry meal regularly can help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease or dementia, an Indian-born researcher has told a meeting of British psychiatrists.

Beijing, June 1: Clinical Data Inc. claimed that its antidepressant, Vilazodone, being experimented to treat major depressive disorder (MDD), met the main goal in a second late-stage study.

Washington, June 3: Feeling emotionally close to a friend boosts levels of the hormone progesterone, promoting well-being and reducing anxiety and stress, according to a new study.

Ranchi, June 3: Cases of depression, amnesia and schizophrenia being reported in Jharkhand has significantly increased since 2000, particularly among women, say psychiatrists.

The fact that anger is the most destructive human emotion is well known. However, there are ways by which you can control anger rather than letting it turn your life upside down. Relaxation techniques can help in getting a hold on angry feelings.

Washington, June 1: A family-based programme helped reduce symptoms and the risk of developing an anxiety disorder among children of anxious parents, according to a recent study.

Cambridge, May 29: A new study proposes that one in every 64 school children may possibly suffer from some type of autism. But most of these autism cases go undiagnosed.

Los Angeles, May 26: Women run the risk of memory loss shortly before entering menopause, results of a latest study confirm. But fortunately the impairment is only temporary, researchers assure.

Edinburgh, Scotland, May 26: A long-overdue provision of an essential service for people suffering from severe eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia, in the country has finally seen the light of the day.