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The Lancet Psychiatry

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Health

Body dissatisfaction linked to increased risk of depression

Pranjal Malewar

It may be that some public health messaging could be fostering feelings of guilt or shame.

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Health

Mental health disorder to affect half the population by the age of 75

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Mental disorders: Age of onset and cumulative risk across 29 countries.

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Health

Substance use disorders linked to poor health outcomes, study

Pranjal Malewar

In some cases dramatically affects the life expectancy of the affected people.

The iceberg model of self-harm
Social Science

The iceberg model of self-harm

Amit Malewar

Scientists at the University of Oxford used national data on suicide, together with data on hospital-presenting self-harm from five hospitals and data on self-harm in...

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