Psychology & Psychiatry

As suicides rise, Spain seeks answers despite social taboo

"Eleven people commit suicide every day in Spain, the number is growing and the necessary measures are not being taken," said Victoria de la Serna, 63, whose son took his own life over a decade ago.

Psychology & Psychiatry

The moral wounds of war

A soldier in the Australian Army is posted to Somalia, a country ranked among the world's most troubled states and where the capital, Mogadishu, is known as the "city of death". Life is cheap and warlords rule over clan-based ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Dengue fever infects over 12,000 in Pakistan

Already cursed by floods and suicide bombings, Pakistan now faces a new menace from an unprecedented outbreak of the deadly tropical disease dengue fever.