mentalhealthawareness

Acknowledging submerged mental health trauma: Understanding the predicament of Indian housewives

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...

Omnipresent but de-prioritised: Understanding the many faces of mental health and suicide in India

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...

Building a supportive environment for mental healthcare in India

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...

Mental Health in India: Need for a National Suicide Prevention Strategy that Targets the Youth

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...

Mental Health in India: Well-being of the youth during Covid-19

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...

Mental health in India: Community-based interventions as the answer to India’s mental health burden

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...

Mental health in India: Impact of social media on young Indians

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...

The Indian Express

Feb 10, 2022

Mental health in India: A perspective

Mental health literacy is the gateway for mental health interventions in India. There is a lack of awareness which can lead to...

The world spends upto18% of its GDP on mental health, India spends only 0.05%: Dr Lakshmi Vijaykumar

Economic Times

Jan 30, 2022

The world spends upto18% of its GDP on mental health, India spends only 0.05%: Dr Lakshmi Vijaykumar

Watch Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Founder, SNEHA in her interview with ET Healthworld

COVID 19 and Long COVID Impact: Need to prioritize mental health in India

ETI & PATH

Jan 17, 2022

COVID 19 and Long COVID Impact: Need to prioritize mental health in India

As a possible third wave of the pandemic looms, we must note that the COVID-19 virus affects people differently. A continued existence of...

India has the highest suicide rate in the world: Dr. Dalbir Singh

Economic Times

Jan 12, 2022

India has the highest suicide rate in the world: Dr. Dalbir Singh

Dr Dalbir Singh, President, Policymaker’s Forum for Mental Health talks to Mr Shahid Akhter, Editor, Economic Times about mental health...

A commitment to addressing the challenge of suicide and mental health in India

Economic Times

Jan 7, 2022

A commitment to addressing the challenge of suicide and mental health in India

India has one of the highest burdens of mental health disorders with 56 million cases of depression, 38 million cases of anxiety...

Roundtable Discussion on Mental Health & Suicide Prevention: By Policymakers Forum for Mental Health

Business Wire

Dec 9, 2021

Roundtable Discussion on Mental Health & Suicide Prevention: By Policymakers Forum for Mental Health

The Lancet Psychiatry, ETI and SNEHA organised A roundtable for discussion on mental health and suicide prevention in India. The...

Addressing adolescent mental health need of the hour: Experts

The Indian Express

Jul 28, 2021

Addressing adolescent mental health need of the hour: Experts

Dr Virander Singh Singh Chauhan, Founder, ETI, said the COVID-19 pandemic had had a debilitating impact not only on physical health but...

‘How could a psychiatrist have helped me out?’ Transgenders share struggle with mental health issues

The Indian Express

Jul 18, 2021

‘How could a psychiatrist have helped me out?’ Transgenders share struggle with mental health issues

"In a country where belonging to the ‘other’ gender category is still taboo, transgenders battle for their self-respect on a daily...