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Month: October 2018

Articles Health Collective Mental Health Reporter's Diary 

Heart Mothers: Adoption and Maternal Mental Health

October 31, 2018 Health Collective Adoption, getting help, Maternal Health, mental health and india, Mental Health and Mothers, PPD, Relationships

By Swarnima Bhattacharya There are as many motherhoods as there are mothers. Their subjectivity, journeys and experiences all mould and

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Healing Flowers
Articles Ask the Experts Health Collective 

Emotional Abuse: Move Past Commentary to Compassion

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Health, healing, Scherezade Siobhan, Understanding Therapy

By Scherezade Siobhan My client H is a bright-eyed software engineer with an envious fountain of noodle curls for hair.

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Comics for Mental Health Solo 

Solo’s Sadventures: Episode 07

October 22, 2018October 24, 2018 Sreejita Biswas borderline personality disorder, bpd comcis, comics, comics for mental health, solo's sadventures

  As a young girl navigating through mental illness, I had a rather vivid imagination. Years later, I also realise

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Articles Guest Contributors Mental Health 

Know Your Rights: Mental Healthcare Act 2017

October 21, 2018October 24, 2018 Health Collective Know Your Rights, Mental Healthcare Act, Mental Healthcare in India, the law and you

By Arjun Kapoor This series will explore the rights of Persons with Mental Illness under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017

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Articles Ask the Experts Mental Health 

Taking Care of Ourselves: #MeToo & Mental Health

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Health Collective #MeToo, Adults and Mental Health, ask the experts, healing, self care

By Scherezade Siobhan The prominent writer Clarice Lispector once wrote, “Many were they who abandoned all they had and went

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Articles Guest Contributors Your Stories 

Legends of Tomorrow: Talking Mental Health and Queer Lives through Sci Fi and Fantasy

October 14, 2018 Health Collective Adults and Mental Health, Legends of Tomorrow, Pop Culture, YOUR STORIES

By Ilina Acharya There is something about the show Legends of Tomorrow that has left me captivated. Maybe it is the revelation

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Love in the air
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Once Upon a Time: The Keys to Romance

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, Love, MPower, Relationships, Understanding Relationships

By Tanya Vasunia It is through our relationships that we evolve and thrive as human beings. The last ten years have

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Articles Ask the Experts Mental Health 

Me Too and Mental Health

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Health Collective Adults and Mental Health, ask the experts, healing, Kamna Chhibber, Me Too, self care

ACJ Student Pritha Mallick reached out to us with some questions around Mental Health and #MeToo. Here are some edited

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Articles Your Stories 

Your Stories: Healing after Rape and Avoiding Triggers

October 5, 2018October 10, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, healing, Me Too, Sexual Assault, Violence, YOUR STORIES

By Anonymous I had suppressed every shred of memory I have of being raped, deep in some dusty corner of

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Comics for Mental Health Mental Health Solo 

How To Cope With Your Brand New BPD Diagnosis: Part II

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 Health Collective art, Art for Mental Health, borderline personality disorder, bpd, cartoons, comics for mental health, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH INDIA, Solo

Coping with a new diagnosis of any sort isn’t easy. It is especially difficult when it is BPD.  Because being

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