Tag: Mentally Ill
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Bride in MP’s Rewa terms bridegroom ‘mentally ill’, refuses to marry him
A video of the incident has gone viral in which the bridegroom is being seen being dragged by hair.
February 23, 2022 -
Sinead O’Connor says she’s suicidal
Singer Sinead O'Connor says she is suicidal and is living in a motel trying to deal with "mental illness", which she compares to drugs. The singer is living in a New Jersey Travelodge motel, she said in a 12-minute video posted on her Facebook account. "I'm now living in a Travelodge hotel in the arse …
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August 8, 2017 -
Going to university may help prevent dementia: study
Want to stay mentally healthy in old age? Stimulating your brain by going to university or taking on leadership roles at work may help, a new study suggests. The research led by University of Exeter in the UK used data from more than 2,000 mentally fit people over the age of 65. Researchers examined the …
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April 24, 2017 -
Suicide attempt by mentally ill people not punishable: New law
Attempts to commit suicide by a mentally ill person will not be punishable under a new law that has got assent from President Pranab Mukherjee. The law also prohibits use of electro-convulsive therapy, referred to as shock therapy, without the use of muscle relaxants and anaesthesia on a patient suffering from mental illness. Besides this, …
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April 9, 2017 -
SC asks Centre to frame guidelines for rehabilitation of mentally ill
Expressing concern over the well being of persons who have suffered mental ailments, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to frame guidelines for their rehabilitation as the issue was "very sensitive". A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar observed that after mentally ill persons are cured, not even their family members …
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February 22, 2017