Human Development Report 2021/2022
Continuing the thread of the 2019 and 2020 HDRs, 2021/22 HDR carries forward a conversation centered on inequalities while integrating other important themes related to uncertainties in the Anthropocene:
Mental Health
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Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health
<p>Although the COVID-19 crisis is, in the first instance, a physical health crisis, it has the seeds of a major mental health crisis as well, if action is not taken. Good mental health is critical to
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Indigenous mental health in a changing climate: a systematic scoping review of the global literature
<p>Indigenous Peoples globally are among those who are most acutely experiencing the mental health impacts of climate change; however, little is known about the ways in which Indigenous Peoples globally
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The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence
<p>The December, 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak has seen many countries ask people who have potentially come into contact with the infection to isolate themselves at home or in a dedicated quarantine
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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