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Month: April 2017

Guest Contributors Mental Health Your Stories 

Your Stories: Talking Mental Health

April 30, 2017May 6, 2018 Health Collective getting help, Koval Bhatia, Lets Talk, Mental Health 101

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: Do check out this fab video created by Koval Bhatia, Founder-Director, A Little Anarky Films, explaining how there’s nothing

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Ask the Experts Mental Health Ratna Golaknath 

Ask the Experts: How Does Therapy Work?

April 23, 2017May 6, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, getting help, Mental Health 101, Ratna Golaknath, Understanding Therapy

This piece is part of a wider series, Understanding Therapy.  By Ratna Golaknath Deciding to give therapy a chance can

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Guest Contributors Mental Health Your Stories 

Fallen Standing: An Excerpt from a Powerful Memoir

April 16, 2017May 6, 2018 Health Collective mental health, Mental Health Books, Reshma Valliappan, Schizophrenia, Understanding mental health

THE SCHIZOPHRENIST Excerpted with Permission from Fallen Standing: My Life as a Schizophrenist by Reshma Valliappan … “You guys wait for

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Amrita Tripathi Ask the Experts Guest Contributors 

Suicide in India: Do We Need a New Approach to Prevention?

April 14, 2017May 6, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, interview, Mental Health in India, Myths and Facts, Prof U Vindhya, Suicide Prevention, Talking Mental Health, Understanding mental health

By Amrita Tripathi India has finally moved to de-criminalise suicide — can we hope that this is a step towards

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Ask the Experts Devanik Saha Reporter's Diary 

Reporter’s Diary: Male Suicides in India

April 12, 2017May 6, 2018 Health Collective Mental Health in India, reporter's diary, Suicide in India, Suicide Prevention

By Devanik Saha “Men are more vulnerable than women.” “This country is biased against men.” “More Men commit suicides than

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Guest Contributors Mental Health Your Stories 

Your Stories: Understanding Therapy

April 9, 2017May 6, 2018 Health Collective getting help, Understanding Therapy, YOUR STORIES

‘Dialogue With A Therapist’ shared by Pearl Therapist: What does your inner voice tell you? Me: To go travelling (Giggles) Therapist: Why are you

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Ask the Experts Mental Health Ratna Golaknath 

Ten Myths About Child Abuse and Boys

April 2, 2017May 6, 2018 Health Collective abuse, ask the experts, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, child sexual abuse, getting help, Myths and Facts, Ratna Golaknath

This is the second of a two-part series.  Read Part I of this piece here.  Part II deals with myths on child

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Ask the Experts Ratna Golaknath 

‘Lost Voices’ & the Bigger Picture of Abuse and Trauma

April 1, 2017May 6, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, child sexual abuse, mental health, Ratna Golaknath

By Ratna Golaknath I have worked as a therapist/ counsellor for nearly the last fifteen years. While my life continues

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Where to get help: A city-wise list

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Suicide Helplines

  • For India: suicide helplines 
  • For Emails/ Numbers of Psychologists and Psychiatrists across India, check our Contacts page (Work in progress)

Mental Health Resources

  • The World Health Organization’s Fact Sheet on Depression 
  • The WHO guidelines on Preventing Suicide: Media Resource
  • The Samaritans Media Guidelines on Reporting About Suicide
  • National Crime Records Bureau report on Suicides in India
  • Mental HealthCare Act 2017
  • The National Mental Health Survey
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