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Coronavirus may affect nervous system, cause anxiety, depression: Study

The research, published in the The Laryngoscope, noted that the two symptoms related to mental health were most closely associated with a loss of smell and taste

Covid-19 triggering panic attacks, depression and suicides, say experts

Potential job losses, financial burden, uncertainty about the future and fears of running out of food and necessities add to the worries

Hopelessness and isolation are major factors for suicide: Psychiatrist

Ashit Sheth, one of India's best known psychiatrists, tells Aditi Phadnis and Pavan Lall what it means to suffer from depression and how to deal with it.

How companies can maintain employee mental health in the time of Covid-19

Very few have been able to cope with a sudden, prolonged shift to WFH; Zoom fatigue has set in, causing burnouts and low productivity

Depression Economics in the time of corona

The current crisis, in contrast, is a consequence of a cause outside the financial system, and a lasting solution has to come not from financial sector polices but from science

Statsguru: The trail of Covid-19 destruction and a resulting recession

According to the International Monetary Fund, the pandemic is expected to cause the biggest recession since the Great Depression

Few tips that may help if you are suffering from post-partum depression

Healthy eating alone will not cure PPD. Still, getting into the routine of eating nourishing edibles can help you feel rejuvenated

Here're some tips from experts to deal with worry, stress and anxiety

They're not all the same, but we do have tips to help you deal with all of them

Mandira Bedi talks about life's curveballs and why she still feels grateful

Bedi has been very candid about battling what she now believes was undiagnosed and untreated depression in her thirties

Power of words: This initiative helps healing emotional crisis with letters

The initiative is important in a country where mental health issues are a taboo subject so there is hardly any discussion

Fathers should be screened for postpartum depression too, says Survey

Fathers with postpartum depression are also less likely than mothers to ask for help

Cardiac patients leading lonely lives at greater risk of death: Study

The researchers added that women have larger social networks than men, so separation, divorce, or the death of a partner may disadvantage men more.

Depression in teenagers: Some warning signs signal need of intervention

All adolescents who experience stressors may not develop depressive feelings, or resort to self-harm or exhibit suicidal tendencies. Multiple factors interact together to create such a susceptibility

Depression, anxiety may cause patients to leave cardiac rehab programs

Nearly one in five, 18%, had symptoms of moderate to extremely severe depression.

Weight changes to sleep problems, depression is much more than feeling sad

There is more to clinical depression than just being sad or lonely

Treating hearing loss may prevent depression in elderly

Treating age-related hearing loss, which is often under-treated among all elderly, can help stave off late-life depression, scientists say. The study, published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, found that with age-related hearing loss had more symptoms of depression. "Most people over age 70 have at least mild hearing loss, yet relatively few are diagnosed, much less treated, for this condition," said Justin S Golub, assistant professor at Columbia University in the US. "Hearing loss is easy to diagnose and treat, and treatment may be even more important if it can help ease or prevent depression," said Golub, lead author of the study. Age-related hearing loss is the third-most common chronic condition in older adults. The condition is known to raise the risk of other conditions, such as cognitive impairment and dementia. However, there are few large studies asking whether hearing loss may lead to depression in the elderly -- particularly in Hispanics, a ...

Dad's 'baby-blues' can lead to emotional stress in teenage daughters: Study

This might mean that family life is more disrupted for everyone with higher levels of stress for all, researchers said

This is how modern world stress is taking a toll on pregnant women

Today's moms-to-be are more likely than women from their mothers' generation to become depressed while pregnant, a study suggests

Feeling gloomy? Hit the gym. Weight training can lift mood, reveals study

There already is considerable evidence that exercise, in general, can help to both stave off and treat depression

Why Indian professionals in metro cities suffer from anxiety disorder

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