Mental health
- Global development, Mental health, Middle East and North Africa, Nepal, Remittances, South and Central Asia, Suicide rates
Families mourn ‘devastating’ suicide rates among Nepal’s migrant workers
Almost 12% of Nepali migrant workers who die abroad, mainly in the Gulf and Malaysia, take their own livesWhen…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Mental health, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Violence against women and girls, Women, World news
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 b…
- Global development, Global health, Health, India, Mental health, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘A lifeline’: mental health camps bring peace of mind to thousands in rural Assam
India’s severe shortage of mental health professionals and treatment funding leaves many patients without opti…
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‘What was it for?’: the mental toll of China’s three years in Covid lockdowns
As the government abandons ‘zero Covid’, it may take decades for ordinary Chinese people to recover – and many…
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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 wal…
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No fear: the New Zealand virtual reality app helping conquer phobias
Researchers found the app, which gradually exposes people to their worst fears, can greatly reduce phobia symp…
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Covid forces China to face mental health crisis a long time in the making
Strains of lockdown have seen demand for counselling services rise, exposing a lack of mental health support t…
- Afghanistan, Education, Global development, Mental health, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news, Young people
‘Robbed of hope’: Afghan girls denied an education struggle with depression
As female students are denied schooling and career prospects, medical staff warn of a rise in mental health pr…
- Asia Pacific, China, Global development, Health, Maternal health, Mental health, Society, World news
Video of woman chained to wall in shack causes outcry in China
Debate over treatment of people with mental illness revived as authorities launch investigationA video of a wo…
- Global development, Health, India, Inequality, Mental health, Society, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘A breakthrough, not a breakdown’: one woman’s quest to transform mental health care in India
Psychologist Ratnaboli Ray’s recovery from a mental health crisis inspired her to fight for women suffering in…
- Global development, Global health, Health, India, Life and style, Mental health, Psychiatry, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
I got help for postnatal depression that saved me. Most women in India do not | Priyali Sur
With up to one in five new mothers suffering depression or psychosis, experts say the need for help is ‘overwh…
- Afghanistan, Doctors, Global development, Mental health, Psychiatry, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
Abducted Afghan psychiatrist found dead weeks after disappearance
Family say the body of Dr Nader Alemi, who was taken by armed men in September, showed signs of tortureOne of …
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‘People should be helped, not punished’: could Pakistan’s suicide law be about to change?
Criminalisation means survivors are vulnerable to blackmail to avoid imprisonment and stigma, but there is hop…
- Anxiety, Comedy, Culture, Family, India, Life and style, Mental health, Parents and parenting, Society, South and Central Asia, Stage
Sindhu Vee and her father go back in time: ‘As a child, I was always copying him’
The comedian and her dad recreate a childhood photo and talk about early days in India, agoraphobia and swappi…
- Afghanistan, Doctors, Global development, Health, Mental health, Psychiatry, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
Fears for Afghan psychiatrist abducted by armed men
Dr Nader Alemi, who opened the country’s first private psychiatric hospital, had received death threats before…