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IISc researchers have ascertained that decrease in F-actin protein level results in early behavioural changes that would eventually lead to Alzheimer’s disease. F-actin thus behaves as an early biomarker of Alzheimer’s.…
The increase in temperature during the cropping season reduces crop yields, thus resulting in increased suicides. Climate change has led to over 59,000 farmer suicides over the last 30 years…
While about 10% of the population in India suffers from common mental disorders, only about 15-25% of this receives mental health care. But a small-scale study carried out on approximately…
Psychotherapy could not be more unlike the many psychometric tests that are administered to evaluate a person’s aptitudes and skills. The process pertains to the acquisition of the competencies required…
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 300 million people across the world are living with depression. “But that does not mean that all the 300 million people would…
The proportion of people with depression who sought care increased six-fold from 4.3 to 27.2 per cent in 30 villages in the Amravati district of Vidarbha. The proportion of people…
