World Happiness Report 2021
The World Happiness Report 2021 focuses on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared. Aim was two-fold, first to focus on the effects of COVID-19 on the structure and quality
Mental Health
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The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017
<p>Mental disorders are among the leading causes of non-fatal disease burden in India, but a systematic understanding of their prevalence, disease burden, and risk factors is not readily available for
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Economic value of protected areas via visitor mental health
<p>We evaluate methods to calculate the economic value of protected areas derived from the improved mental health of visitors. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/protected-area-mental-health-visitor.pdf"
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Preventing suicide: a resource for pesticide registrars and regulators
The number of countries with national suicide prevention strategies has increased in the five years since the publication of WHO’s first global report on suicide, said the World Health Organization in
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New WHO prevalence estimates of mental disorders in conflict settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
<p>Existing WHO estimates of the prevalence of mental disorders in emergency settings are more than a decade old and do not reflect modern methods to gather existing data and derive estimates. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/mental-disorders-conflict-settings.pdf"
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Association between exposure to the natural environment, rurality, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children in New Zealand: a linkage study
<p>Several small experimental studies and cross-sectional observational studies have shown that exposure to the natural environment might protect against attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A nationwide cohort study
<p>The hypothesized link between the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism continues to cause concern and challenge vaccine uptake.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/MMR-Vaccine-Autism.pdf"
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Nigeria: Dementia Increases 400% in Nigeria in 20 Years- Report
While Nigeria is still struggling with recent reports that ranked the country 6th among miserable people in the world, the country has again, scored another negative point with regards to its already battered
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Zimbabwe Launches Mental Health Strategy
The Ministry of health and Child Care (MOHCC) launched a Mental Health strategy to cover the period 2019- 2023. This comes at a time when the Ministry of Health and Child Care is moving with the global
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Stanford Researchers Explore the Effect of Climate Change on Suicide Rates
As global temperatures rise, climate change’s impacts on mental health are becoming increasingly evident. Recent research has linked elevated temperatures to an increase in violence, stress and decreased
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Air pollution linked to psychotic experiences in young people
The study found that teens in place with higher levels of nitrogen oxides, which come from diesel vehicles, were most at risk. Photograph: Jinny Goodman/Alamy Young people living with higher levels