Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Mental health

Siddique Kappan under depression in prison, says wife

Unlike earlier months, jailed Malayali journalist Siddique Kappan is no more ‘hopeful’ in his calls to his wife Raihanth Kappan. He has been rumbling about ‘dying in prison,' making Raihanath ‘extremely worried’.

Simon Biles is not a quitter

“You have no idea what we are going through- I got a lot of great comments, like a lot of outpouring support and love, but I also got a lot of bad stuff,” says Simon Biles, on winning bronze in Tokyo Olympics, 2020. Biles has marked her Olympics return with bronze, after a mental health battle. She has won the bronze in the beam in the final to add to the silver she won in the team event.

Chess calms nerves, improves mental health throughout pandemic

Marking World Chess Day on Tuesday, the UN is celebrating the fact that while COVID-19 has forced most sports to scale down, this ancient game of intellect, not brute strength, has demonstrated remarkable resilience and adaptability throughout months of lockdown worldwide.

Half of world’s children experience violence on and offline every year: Report

Half of the world’s children experience violence on and offline in some form every year, with “devastating and life-long consequences” for their mental health, the UN chief warned a symposium on the issue on Thursday.

What costs a Kashmiri journalist on ground reporting the truths?

A wider angle on the mental health of Kashmiri journalists and the associated risks of being a ground reporter

New WHO guidance aims to stamp out rights violations in mental health services

New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO), published on Thursday, calls for providing mental health care that respects human rights and focuses on recovery.