Sao Paulo: Work is underway to create anxiety and depression prediction models, using artificial intelligence (AI) and Twitter, one of the world’s largest social media platforms, that could detect signs of these illnesses before clinical diagnosis, according to researchers. Researchers at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil said that preliminary findings from the … Read more
March 10, 2022 — Hypothermia, frostbite, respiratory diseases, mental health issues, and a lack of treatment for heart disease and cancer are the biggest health concerns at the moment for the people of Ukraine, the World Health Organization says. The WHO also is monitoring for infectious disease outbreaks, which are likely within Ukraine where, out … Read more
In a collaborative initiative to provide free counselling to people suffering from mental health issues, the Heartfulness group of organizations and Ripples of Change Foundation (ROCF) announced the launch of their “Voice that Cares- Psycho-social First Aid (PSFA)” helpline on Thursday. The helpline number is 8448-8448-45 and will be open from 9:00 AM to 9:00 … Read more
The intervention made for the High School students in Beijing is not new as several academicians, mental health experts and scientists have highlighted the importance of catering to the growing vulnerability of mental health of young adults In a significant development, happiness lessons imparted to High School students in Beijing has led to significant improvement … Read more
Usually, when you have a near-term crisis, your focus on problems that are further out is greatly reduced…Fortunately, with this pandemic, it’s not the same. Anant Goenka: Let me start with a book I read on your recommendation: Factfulness. Its central thesis is that facts show how the world is actually doing much better than … Read more
Gates says there is huge potential for online learning and improving education after the pandemic. Bill Gates, chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and co-founder of Microsoft, says that it will be somewhere between two to five years from now before the world goes back to where it was in terms of the … Read more
The children in their attempt to be acknowledged tend to exaggerate the matter which then turns disrespectful. (Representative image) By Seema Lal Anything that can be learnt, can be taught as well. The simplest way to teach respect to children is by being respectful to them. Children tend to become disrespectful in the face of … Read more
It is an old saying that only a healthy body can house a sound mind. By Shumita Kakkar Mental health problems are probably one of the biggest challenges but not yet accepted openly by most. Despite this, there is little to no awareness or acceptance of the issues, especially among employers. The common perception has … Read more