カテゴリー: Mental health
Almost 12% of Nepali migrant workers who die abroad, mainly in the Gulf and Malaysia, take their own livesWhen Pawan Kumari’s husband called one morning from Kuwait, where he had gone to work nine months earlier, there was no reason to worry. They woul…
Farzana survived rape, addiction and losing her children. Then the Taliban came – now she is missing
Exiled Afghan psychologist Mariam is desperately trying to trace 15 domestic abuse survivors she was helping before the Taliban seized controlFor more than a year, Mariam*, an Afghan psychologist, has been trying to trace Farzana* and 14 other female s…
India’s severe shortage of mental health professionals and treatment funding leaves many patients without options. But a pioneering programme is working to get lives back on trackIt is Saturday morning, and some 40 people on foot, bikes and rickshaws b…
As the government abandons ‘zero Covid’, it may take decades for ordinary Chinese people to recover – and many aren’t sure it was worth itAfter China’s abrupt scaling back of its zero-Covid restrictions, many ordinary Chinese people are struggling to c…
The paddock that became a grave for the people New Zealand branded ‘defective’ – and chose to forget
Nearly 500 patients consigned to the Tokanui psychiatric hospital died there, their only legacy a memorial wall in a fieldIt was, remembers Caroline Arrell, just another paddock. Grazed by sheep under the wide Waikato sky, it gave no hint of its past –…
Researchers found the app, which gradually exposes people to their worst fears, can greatly reduce phobia symptomsIn the days leading up to an injection, Julie Raine’s mind would fog over with fear – she was convinced the needle would harm her.On the d…
Strains of lockdown have seen demand for counselling services rise, exposing a lack of mental health support that long pre-dates the pandemicSee all our coronavirus coverageSince the Covid lockdown in Shanghai began, Hu Bojun has received numerous inqu…
As female students are denied schooling and career prospects, medical staff warn of a rise in mental health problemsThere was an English exam under way when news began to circulate that the Taliban had reached Kabul. Panic spread and Yamna was among th…
Debate over treatment of people with mental illness revived as authorities launch investigationA video of a woman apparently locked against her will in a filthy shack has gone viral in China, prompting an investigation as well as a conversation about t…
Psychologist Ratnaboli Ray’s recovery from a mental health crisis inspired her to fight for women suffering in ‘abysmal’ conditions in West Bengal’s state institutionsPhotography by Ranita Roy for the GuardianRatnaboli Ray regards one of the lowest poi…
With up to one in five new mothers suffering depression or psychosis, experts say the need for help is ‘overwhelming’ IndiaA month after giving birth, Divya tried to suffocate her new daughter with a pillow. “There were moments when I loved my baby; at…
Family say the body of Dr Nader Alemi, who was taken by armed men in September, showed signs of tortureOne of Afghanistan’s most prominent psychiatrists, who was abducted by armed men in September, has been found dead, his family has confirmed. Dr Nade…
Criminalisation means survivors are vulnerable to blackmail to avoid imprisonment and stigma, but there is hope the colonial-era legislation could soon be repealedIt was when the police knocked on Aatifa Farooqui’s* door and threatened to send her to p…
The comedian and her dad recreate a childhood photo and talk about early days in India, agoraphobia and swapping banking for comedy Born in New Delhi in 1969, Sindhu Vee spent her childhood in India and the Philippines, before throwing herself into aca…
Dr Nader Alemi, who opened the country’s first private psychiatric hospital, had received death threats before being taken on his way home from work last week One of Afghanistan’s most prominent psychiatrists has been abducted on his way home from work…