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In Russia, Many Held As Psychiatric Patients Due To Their Political Views
Dozens of Russians are being subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment because of their political views, according to lawyers and human rights groups.
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Covid Survivors At Risk Of "Brain Fog", Epilepsy Even Years Later: Study
Increased risk of neurological and psychiatric conditions such as dementia and seizures is still higher two years after COVID-19 compared to other respiratory infections, suggests an observational study published in Lancet Psychiatry journal.
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One In 5 COVID Patients Develop Mental Illness Within 90 Days: Study
Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days.
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Physical Exercise Naturally Treats Psychiatric Patients: Study
Physical exercise can help treat patients with mental health and mood disorders - from anxiety and depression to schizophrenia.
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Seeking Psychiatric Treatment Does Not Make One Mentally Unstable, Says Delhi High Court
Consulting a psychotherapist does not mean a person is mentally unsound. It is a common practice in today's stressful life, said the Delhi High Court in the case of a psychiatric patient being kept away from her daughter.
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Over 100 Psychiatric Patients Escape As Kenya Doctors Strike
More than 100 patients escaped from Kenya's only psychiatric hospital on Monday as doctors and nurses joined a national hospital strike for pay rises.
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Gabon's Mentally Challenged 'Treated Like Animals'
The buildings are decrepit, the lawns unkempt, the patients left to shuffle alone and unwatched among weeds -- welcome to Gabon's sole psychiatric hospital.
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Scientists Record Real-Time Dopamine Release in Parkinson's Patients
Scientists have reported first-ever measurements of a key neurotransmitter involved in learning with unprecedented precision in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease.
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Mentally-Ill Patient Snatches Gun, Opens Fires Inside NIMHANS Hospital in Bengaluru
An alleged criminal taken for a psychiatric evaluation to a hospital in Bengaluru opened fire inside the premises today. The man was injured in the police firing that followed. He later succumbed to his injuries.
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Kenya: 31 psychiatric hospital patients on loose
Kenya police on Monday searched for 31 mentally ill patients who escaped from the country's only public psychiatric facility.
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Batman shooter was psychiatric patient
The suspected Batman massacre gunman was seeing a psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia before the attack that killed 12 in Colorado, court documents showed on Friday.
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Psychiatric patient molested by officer?
Senior officer accused of molestation by 19-yr-old Sassoon psychiatric patient.
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Cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis
Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who smoke marijuana show impaired thinking compared with patients who don
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In Russia, Many Held As Psychiatric Patients Due To Their Political Views
Dozens of Russians are being subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment because of their political views, according to lawyers and human rights groups.
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Covid Survivors At Risk Of "Brain Fog", Epilepsy Even Years Later: Study
Increased risk of neurological and psychiatric conditions such as dementia and seizures is still higher two years after COVID-19 compared to other respiratory infections, suggests an observational study published in Lancet Psychiatry journal.
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One In 5 COVID Patients Develop Mental Illness Within 90 Days: Study
Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days.
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Physical Exercise Naturally Treats Psychiatric Patients: Study
Physical exercise can help treat patients with mental health and mood disorders - from anxiety and depression to schizophrenia.
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Seeking Psychiatric Treatment Does Not Make One Mentally Unstable, Says Delhi High Court
Consulting a psychotherapist does not mean a person is mentally unsound. It is a common practice in today's stressful life, said the Delhi High Court in the case of a psychiatric patient being kept away from her daughter.
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Over 100 Psychiatric Patients Escape As Kenya Doctors Strike
More than 100 patients escaped from Kenya's only psychiatric hospital on Monday as doctors and nurses joined a national hospital strike for pay rises.
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Gabon's Mentally Challenged 'Treated Like Animals'
The buildings are decrepit, the lawns unkempt, the patients left to shuffle alone and unwatched among weeds -- welcome to Gabon's sole psychiatric hospital.
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Scientists Record Real-Time Dopamine Release in Parkinson's Patients
Scientists have reported first-ever measurements of a key neurotransmitter involved in learning with unprecedented precision in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease.
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Mentally-Ill Patient Snatches Gun, Opens Fires Inside NIMHANS Hospital in Bengaluru
An alleged criminal taken for a psychiatric evaluation to a hospital in Bengaluru opened fire inside the premises today. The man was injured in the police firing that followed. He later succumbed to his injuries.
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Kenya: 31 psychiatric hospital patients on loose
Kenya police on Monday searched for 31 mentally ill patients who escaped from the country's only public psychiatric facility.
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Batman shooter was psychiatric patient
The suspected Batman massacre gunman was seeing a psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia before the attack that killed 12 in Colorado, court documents showed on Friday.
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Psychiatric patient molested by officer?
Senior officer accused of molestation by 19-yr-old Sassoon psychiatric patient.
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Cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis
Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who smoke marijuana show impaired thinking compared with patients who don
