mental health

Return to classes: how did COVID-19 affect the academic performance of Peruvian university students?

Like millions of schoolchildren who have already returned to the classroom, university students are also preparing to return to face-to-face classes after more than two

“How the night I won $170,000 turned out to be the worst of my life”

“I won over £127,000 in one night (about $170,000). That was the worst night of my life, because that’s when my addiction really started to

Cases of depression in Peru increased by 12% in 2021: “It is a disease that has been totally underestimated”

The depression it is not just a temporary change in mood, it is a disease. It is also the leading cause of disability worldwide. And

Mental Health: 2021, the year in which “the pandemic and Tokyo 2020” caused the emotions of athletes to be taken into account

“The brain is a muscle and when it is sick it must be treated.” The phrase is from Álex Abrines, a Spanish basketball player who

Peru, Colombia and Ecuador develop video games against depression and anxiety

Students from Peru, Colombia and Ecuador create video game against depression and anxiety, inspired by ideas of children and adolescents from schools of the Fe

These are the best Peruvian research in health sciences

Since 1967, and every three years, the Hipólito Unanue Award recognizes and highlights scientific research Peruvians who have the potential to solve problems of public

Children’s baby teeth can help identify mental health disorders

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital conducted a study on how growth marks on baby teeth can help identify children at risk for depression or

Mental health in Peruvian COVID-19 patients: “Aftermath may be present up to 10 years later”

A team of Peruvian researchers analyzed the mental health of patients from COVID-19 of the first wave after their hospital discharge in Lima and found

The cost of remote work in mental health: 7 out of 10 Peruvians suffer from stress

Malena has been teleworking for more than a year and a half, shares her accounting tasks with the care of her daughter and feels that

La Llorería opens in Spain, a space to make mental health visible

Regarding Mental Health Month, the Madrid neighborhood of Malasaña (Spain) hosted for three days a space called La Llorería, devised by an advertising agency that

Mental Health Day: these are the figures for Peru in the context of a disappointing global outlook

The World Health Organization (WHO), regarding the World Mental Health Day taking place today, published a detailed and updated report on the panorama of the

Mental health services have been the hardest hit throughout the pandemic

A year ago, Carissa Etienne, director of the of the Pan American Health Organization (OPS), sent a strong message: the pandemic by COVID-19 is causing

One in 7 adolescents worldwide has a mental health problem

More than one in seven adolescents aged 10-19 worldwide has a diagnosed mental health problem, and nearly 46,000 adolescents commit suicide each year, making it