Humanising Mental Healthcare: The Urgency for a Rights-Based Approach to Mental Health in India
A rights-based approach recognizes mental health as a fundamental human right.
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Stephy Stephen
Apr 15
End The Period Stigma: Why is menstrual awareness important?
The news report of the untimely death of a 14-year-old by suicide due to stress related to menstrual period shocked us all in the last month
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This month, dedicated to Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM), serves as a vital reminder to raise awareness.
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Breaking Barriers, Shaping Climates
Women, particularly in developing countries, find themselves at the forefront of climate-related challenges due to traditional roles that...
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Jul 19, 2023
The Social Split: Navigating the Labyrinth of Youth Mental Health in a Complex World
"The sheer complexity and fast-paced nature of our modern society can make it challenging to grasp the essence of mental well-being"
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Jul 4, 2023
Lack of Mentors, Patriarchal Work Cultures and Familial Responsibilities Identified as Key Challenge
Despite women making up a sizeable majority -- approximately 70 to 75 percent -- of the global health workforce, they are...
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May 28, 2023
‘Charting the Pathway: Accelerating Women in Science’
India performs better than the majority of western nations in terms of the proportion of female graduates at 43 percent. Sadly, while...
ANI News
Apr 13, 2023
WomenLift Health, DIWAS, and ETI host a webinar on charting the pathway
Science and medicine often form an inseparable part of human life - building innovations that work to address the challenges of the...
Economic Times
Apr 10, 2023
Collaborations and surveillance are going to be the key for us to be prepared for the next pandemic:
The challenges ahead that we really need to tackle are going to be in primary healthcare. We will have to strengthen that. We will have...
ANI News
Feb 8, 2023
Mariwala Health Initiative holds a National Consultation on prioritising suicide prevention
In India, more than 40 percent of deaths by suicide are amongst young people below 30 years of age. The consultation brought together...
SheThePeople TV
Feb 6, 2023
Why Being Female And Political Intersects When We Talk About Healthcare
Dr Sukriti Chauhan, CEO, ETI Services was invited to speak at the NETRI Summit 2023. The discussion focused on the intersection of...
The Print
Nov 23, 2022
DIWAS organizes The Future is Her Event to mark World Diabetes Day, 2022
Diabetes is a serious non-communicable disease, and India, with more than 70 million persons with diabetes one of the highest burdens in...
Business Wire
Nov 17, 2022
Panel Discussion on Stress on the Table: Mental Health in the Workplace at the India CSR Summit 2022
Mental health in the workplace is particularly disregarded, despite being a pertinent subject. A report by Deloitte suggests that 80 per...
Business Wire
Nov 1, 2022
India Delegation Speaks on Mental Health at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2022
ETI was invited to speak the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2022. The Indian delegation composed to technical experts and policymakers...
The Print
Oct 20, 2022
The Power of Giving: A webinar on bridging the gap by ShareOn
ShareOn is a fundraising platform built under a European Union and Welthungerhilfe project, which was created as a consortium of reputed...
The Indian Express
Sep 9, 2022
Acknowledging submerged mental health trauma: Understanding the predicament of Indian housewives
Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar and Dr Sukriti Chauhan write "Women are expected to be primary caregivers in most social settings but the same...
The Indian Express
Sep 6, 2022
Omnipresent but de-prioritised: Understanding the many faces of mental health and suicide in India
The medicalised nature of suicide tends to override its sociocultural embeddedness, and this is why the community’s vital ability to...
Business Wire
Aug 9, 2022
A Roundtable Discussion on Approaches to Suicide Prevention in India Held in New Delhi
Esteemed Parliamentarians and Domain Experts discuss a pathway for a national suicide prevention policy and building a positive...
The Indian Express
Jun 3, 2022
Building a supportive environment for mental healthcare in India
Only when we start accepting, beyond the shades of gender, class, and stigma, will we be able to build a nation ready to respond to...
The Indian Express
Apr 1, 2022
Mental Health in India: Need for a National Suicide Prevention Strategy that Targets the Youth
Despite being entirely preventable, India has been increasingly losing individuals to suicide. The severity of the crisis worsened by the...
The Indian Express
Mar 18, 2022
Mental Health in India: Well-being of the youth during Covid-19
Recognising the needs and rights of the youth to receive mental healthcare is the need of the hour. If left unaddressed, the economic...
The Indian Express
Mar 3, 2022
Mental health in India: Community-based interventions as the answer to India’s mental health burden
An efficient and robust community-integrated model will have the ability to build a response system of cadres of community volunteers and...
The Indian Express
Feb 17, 2022
Mental health in India: Impact of social media on young Indians
The discussion on mental health in India is not addressed seriously, and faces stigma and neglect. While challenges faced by the youth...
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