Tag: #mental health
Articles tagged with #mental health
Essays on self-realisation and self-healing
Paediatrician Nawaraj KC's new book deals with people of the Karnali who have overcome life's obstacles
Flooded with memories of floods
Strengthening mental health support within disaster response plans to safeguard lives and livelihood in Nepal
The unseen wounds of climate disasters
Ten years after floods devastated a community in Nepal, survivors still cope with mental trauma
Autism awareness with art
Nepalis with autism take to art to live their lives to the best of their abilities
Canine therapy
Adopt a dog and get acquainted with the best version of yourself
You can’t buy self-care
The definition of self-care has changed from taking care of yourself to indulging yourself
Suicides: a pandemic within a pandemic
The coronavirus disease is one of the most well-documented health crises of recent times, with its correlation to almost every sector in society…
Too fat or too thin, but never quite right
Women get body-shamed no matter how much they weigh, should not let others deter from healthy living
The other pandemic: mental health
Children and young people across the world could feel the impact of Covid-19 on their mental health for many years even after the worst effects…
Breaking the pesticide-suicide link
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAA53-years-old laboratory assistant at a reputed hospital in Kathmandu recently bought aluminium phosphide tablets and…
Nepal sees spike in suicides during pandemic
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALATwo years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal…
Letter to a Nepali aunty
You were me once, too, guide us to become a better version of ourselves
Readjusting to life post-Covid
Getting back to life before the pandemic may take time, and that is OK
Coping with Covid FOMO
Tips to seeking real human connection and attaining contentment during the pandemic
The healing power of nature
Reconnecting with nature makes us rise above our troubles, appreciate life and help others
Coping with anxiety in new lockdown
An increase in depression, anxiety and low moods could lead to another mental health pandemic
Mindful of migrants' mental health
Suresh Teli and his father Purna Teli at the Tribhuvan International Airport. Photo: UPASANA KHADKAOn January 20, Prabhu Nath Teli in Kapilvastu…
‘Boys will be boys’ is never an excuse
Addressing violence against women should start at home
Breathe again
As we live through Covid days, self-care when anxiety strikes is important
Spared at first, elderly hit hard by Covid-19
Photo: BIKRAM RAIUp until two months ago, health experts were perplexed as to why mostly younger people were dying of Covid-19 in Nepal and…
Tackling Nepal's mental health pandemic
An 18-year-old boy living with relatives in Kathmandu was working to pay his way through college. He lost his job in a restaurant when it closed…
In the minds of Nepal’s migrant workers
Illustration: SAMBHRANT BISTAThere was a collective, albeit cautious, sigh of relief in Nepal when overseas remittances defied prediction and…
Have suicides increased during Nepal lockdown?
One of the stories that has been making the rounds since the Covid-19 lockdown that began nearly six months ago is that the suicide rate in…
Yoga in the time of Covid-19
In July 2019 when I was 36, I wrote an article about how I struggled to believe that periods are not impure after over two decades of getting my…