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Health
authorities to screen prisoners for mental health
conditions : It is estimated that 35 percent of
around 30,000 jail inmates across the country have
some form of mental health problems (kp
15/12/2024)
Nepal
bans three more pesticides
to tackle growing suicide
cases : Nepal police data
show suicide cases fell
sharply following past bans
on highly toxic pesticides,
by Arjun Poudel (kp
09/12/2024)
Nepal
unprepared to tackle
children’s mental health
problems : Issues often
dismissed due to lack of
awareness, social stigma and
poor treatment set-up,
by Aarati Ray (kp 26/10/2024)
Hustle
culture—the productivity
trap : The relentless
pursuit of productivity
leads to serious mental and
physical consequences for
workers and students alike,
by Aarati Rai (kp 17/10/2024)
Beauty
in pain? How mental illness
is fashioned online :
Glamourisation of mental
health across social media
platforms is not just
trivialising the issues but
also dissuading many from
seeking help, experts say,
by Aarati Ray (kp 16/10/2024)
Suicidologists
urge media to stop
glorifying suicides (rep
04/10/2024)
Post-disaster
scenario: Dealing with a mental health
crisis, by Rika Rijal (ae
01/10/2024)
Nepal
Needs a Licensing Body for Counseling
and Therapy in Mental Health, by
Kishor Adhikari (rep 22/09/2024)
More
farmers and students are killing
themselves in Nepal, data shows :
Growing financial pressures including
debt and rising production cost is
fuelling self-harm among farmers, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 10/09/2024)
World
Suicide Prevention Day: An average of 20
people commit suicide daily in Nepal
(rep 10/09/2024)
Maternity
Hospital starts screening pregnant
women, new mums for mental health issues
: Doctors say mental health problems in
pregnant women and new mothers are more
severe than previously believed, with
around 20 percent women affected, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 24/08/2024)
Nepal
witnesses unprecedented rise in suicide
cases : A record 7,223 suicides were
reported in the fiscal year 2023-24,
highlighting a worsening mental health
crisis, by Ajun Poudel (kp
19/08/2024)
Understanding
Mental Health in Rural Mugu: A Personal
Experience, by Grishma Paneru (rep
19/08/2024)
Children
and adolescents to be screened for
mental health conditions : Report shows
the prevalence of current suicidal
thoughts among adolescents was around
four percent in 2020; suicidal attempt
in the same age group was 0.7 percent
(kp 08/08/2024)
Crisis and its
long-term impact on mental health in
Nepal, by Nabin Prasad Joshi (ae
01/08/2024)
Maternity
Hospital pushes for mental health screening
training for all healthcare workers : It is
estimated that around 20 percent of women suffer
from mental health problems during pregnancy
(kp 02/07/2024)
Bleeding
Resilience : The prevalence of mental health
issues, such as anxiety and depression, is on
the rise in Nepal and worldwide, by Fr.
Augustine Thomas, S.J. (rep 02/07/2024)
Embracing
mental health awareness in adolescents (rep
29/06/2024)
KMC
imparts mental health screening training to
doctors, paramedics : Officials say : they will
also provide medicines for mental health
problems to patients from urban health promotion
centres (kp 27/06/2024)
Nepali
society yet to embrace hard mental illnesses :
Individuals with hard mental conditions are
still pitied, and socially isolated, by
Aarati Ray (kp 31/05/2024)
Need
for counselling as students complain of rigid
school rules : Students and mental health
facilitators believe that regular school
counselling can go a long way in creating a
healthy learning environment, by Manushree
Mahat (kp 11/05/2024)
Health
workers deployed at prisons to get mental health
screening training : An estimated 35 percent of
around 27,000 inmates in Nepal have mental
health problems, by Arjun Poudel (kp
02/04/2024)
Mental
health support in schools : Schools should do
more to ensure a stress-free environment for
students to learn and grow, rather than obsess
over studies, by Dipesh Tandukar (kp
02/04/2024)
Judiciary
and Mental Health, by Diwakar Dhakal (kh
02/03/2024)
Focus
on mental health : Nepal has less than one
mental health worker for every 100,000 people,
by Pallavi Koirala (kp 30/01/2024)
Transforming
Mental Health For All, by Jhabindra Bhandari
(rn 20/01/2024)
Mental
illness: Social Media Identified as a
Significant Factor, by Pawan Mudbhari (kh
18/01/2024)
Against
all odds : The mental health challenges of
individuals with disabilities, which are a
result of societal misconceptions and
discrimination they face, are often neglected,
by Aarati Rai (kp 09/01/2024)
Mental
Health and Human Rights, by Swastika Poudel
(rep 06/01/2024)
Haunting
specter of heartbreak takes toll on young lives,
by Sita Neupane (kh 02/01/2024)
National
Planning Commission set to bring suicide
prevention strategy this fiscal year : Nepal
aimed to reduce suicides to 9.7 per 100,000
people by 2022 but the number rose to 24, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 01/01/2024), Getting
serious on suicides : The National Planning
Commission should lobby for more money for
mental health (kp 02/01/2024)
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