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India has an estimated 56 million cases of depression and another 38 million suffer from anxiety disorders, according to a report by WHO. Quite often we ignore mental health. But poor mental health can affect our ability to make healthy decisions and fight off chronic diseases. In this episode we bring you an interview with Dr Shyam Diwakar, Director of the newly established Mind Brain Centre, at the Amrita University, Kerala on the correlation between mental and physical health. (Image courtesy: Wikimedia Commons)
By N.B. NairIndia has an estimated 56 million cases of depression and another 38 million suffer from anxiety disorders, according to a report by WHO. Quite often we ignore mental health. But poor mental health can affect our ability to make healthy decisions and fight off chronic diseases. In this episode we bring you an interview with Dr Shyam Diwakar, Director of the newly established Mind Brain Centre, at the Amrita University, Kerala on the correlation between mental and physical health. (Image courtesy: Wikimedia Commons)