mental health

The latest war in Lebanon has had a significant negative impact on children’s lives, with effects continuing to reverberate even after the ceasefire came into effect in November 2024, according to a new UNICEF report. The...

The wall was tagged with graffiti above 22-year-old Sidi’s bed in the lone psychiatric hospital in Mauritania, a country whose mental health system is as sparse as its desert landscapes. “Stress kills your neurons,” said the...

With a prevalence rate of 18.7% and a startling treatment gap of 92.4%, Bangladesh is facing a concerning increase in mental health disorders, according to the 2019 National Mental Health Statistics (National Mental Health Survey 2019)....

Selena Gomez, a music sensation, actor, and producer, believes that talking about mental health is beneficial, and she is committed to be a catalyst for positive change. The “Ice Cream” singer has launched Wondermind, a mental...

Children and young people could feel the impact of COVID-19 on their mental health and well-being for many years to come, UNICEF warned in its flagship report. According to The State of the World’s Children 2021;...

One in three COVID-19 survivors received a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis within six months of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an observational study of more than 230,000 patient health records published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal...

Facebook is making it easier for users in Bangladesh to connect with helplines by partnering with local organizations in an effort to support and raise awareness on mental health. According to a 2019 survey, nearly 17...

International medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has organized a webinar for the first time in Bangladesh, on the impact of mental health on women and children of COVID-19. The webinar was broadcast live...

The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact” on mental health services globally, the World Health Organization said Monday, ahead of a large fundraising push. It warned that mental health had been overlooked in the crisis,...

Most people admitted to hospital with severe COVID-19 should recover without experiencing mental disease if infection with SARS-CoV-2 follows an identical course to the coronavirus epidemics of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 and Middle...