Mental Disorder

At least 60 million Indians -- a number more than the population of South Africa -- suffer from mental disorders, even as the country lags the world in medical professionals and spending on mental-health issues.

This World Health Day let us take a pledge to fight all forms of mental disorders with the help of an arsenal of knowledge, love and understanding.

There are many online quizzes that claim to tell you what mental disorder you have, but this one takes the issue seriouslyYou can't move for online quizzes these days. Nearly every fourth Facebook post seems ...

On World Schizophrenia Day (which falls on 24th May every year), we'd like to dispel the stigma that surrounds mental disorders, busts some myths and spread awareness about the schizophrenia that can help in tackling ...

Ruby Wax's advice threatens to reverse the progress many employers have made on this delicate issue.

Treating schizophrenia patients with high-dose B-vitamins - including B6, B8 and B12 - supplements may significantly reduce symptoms of the mental disorder, says a study.

Schizophrenia is widely known as a psychiatric disorder wherein a person experiences auditory hallucinations, disorganized speech, withdrawn social engagement and irregularities in behavior. Various studies have speculated that the genetic makeup of a...

A person suffering from Pica basically craves for odd and inedible objects. A person with Pica syndrome may crave for anything from coins, and clothes to chalk and even cigarette butts.

These "mini brains" offer insight into the processes with which individual nerve cells organise themselves into our highly complex tissues.

According to a research done by King's College London adults with 'late-onset' ADHD has high levels of symptoms, impairment and other mental health disorders.