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Vikram Patel won John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award

Professor Vikram Patel has been awarded with 2019 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for his world-leading research in global mental health, generating knowledge on the burden and determinants of mental health problems in low-and-middle-income countries. The Gairdner Foundation has awarded this to Boston-based Vikram Patel for his research career raising the global profile ..

Topics: Canada Gairdner Global Health Award • Gairdner Foundation • Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award • Global health • Global mental health • Health • Mental disorder • Mental health • Psychiatry • Vikram • Vikram Patel

Vikram Patel wins 2019 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award

Prof. Vikram Patel, a psychiatrist and professor of global health at Harvard Medical School, has won the prestigious 2019 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award. Mr. Patel has led research generating knowledge on the burden and determinants of mental health problems in low and middle-income countries and pioneered approaches which utilise community resources for ..

Topics: Canada Gairdner Global Health Award • Canada Gairdner Wightman Award • Contents • Global health • Health • Mental disorder • Mental health • Psychiatry • Vikram Patel

Prof N N Wig, doyen of Psychiatry in India passes away

Prof N N Wig, the doyen of Psychiatry in India, has passed away in Chandigarh on July 13, 2018. He led many pioneering studies related to mental health at national and international levels and headed departments in various prestigious institutions like AIIMS, Delhi and PGIMER, died here at the age of 88 after a brief ..

Topics: Health • Mental disorder • Mental health • Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research • Psychiatry

Ministry of Women & Child Development holds first-ever National conclave on Psychological Trauma, Child Protection and Mental Illnesses

The first-ever National conclave on Psychological Trauma, Child Protection and Mental Illnesses was held at J L N Auditorium in AIIMS, New Delhi on March 27-28, 2018. The purpose of the conclave was to provide a comprehensive synthesis of research, service provision, and clinical practice in addressing psychological trauma and subsequent mental illnesses in Indian ..

Topics: Abnormal psychology • All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi • Health • Medical Council of India • Mental disorder • Mental health • Psychiatry • Psychological trauma • Psychology

World Mental Health Day – October 10

World Mental Health Day observed on October 10, 2011 . The Theme of the Year- “The Great Push: Investing in Mental Health” The day was observed on October 10, 2011 with an aim to augment thoughts on mental disorders, and to support investments in avoidance, cure and encouraging consciousness of mental illnesses. The day is ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011

Topics: Disability • Health • Mental disorder • Mental health • Mental health in Australia • Positive psychology • Psychiatry • Social constructionism • WFMH • World Federation for Mental Health • World Mental Health Day