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Comics for Mental Health
Comics for Mental Health Guest Contributors Wellness 

Affirmations: I See Myself With Love

May 11, 2019May 28, 2019 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Art for Mental Health, Love, self care

By Adwaita Das     I see with love. I see myself with love. I choose to see with love.

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Articles Reporter's Diary Sukanya Sharma 

Sukoon: A Counselling Model for Family Courts across India?

May 6, 2019May 31, 2019 Health Collective Bombay High Court, Family Courts, healing, Long Read, Mariwala, Mental Health and Law, Mental Health in India, Mumbai, Sukoon

By Sukanya Sharma “Itni shakti hume dena data man ka vishwas kamzor ho na hum chalen nek raste pe hamse

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Unravel is Improv around Mental Health
Articles Guest Contributors Reporter's Diary 

Unravel: Improv That Shows Us How to Listen

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 Health Collective Art for Mental Health, healing, Play, Unravel

By Aqseer Sodhi Dear Kaivalya Plays, Congratulations on a fine, heartful attempt at showing us what improv theatre can do

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Comics for Mental Health
Comics for Mental Health Solo Your Stories 

Borderline: Understanding Symptoms

April 28, 2019 Health Collective borderline personality disorder, bpd, bpd comics, comics for mental health, Mental Health Comics, Solo

  Art by Solo for The Health Collective Solo is a writer and cartoonist from Bangalore. She likes reading, playing video games

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Unravel is Improv around Mental Health
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UNRAVEL: IMPROV AROUND MENTAL HEALTH

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 Health Collective Art for Mental Health, healing, Improv, Unravel, Varoon Anand

UNRAVEL Unravel, directed by Varoon Anand, explores issues related to mental health and wellness, such as anxiety and depression, through improv.

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Talking about Art, Poetry and the importance of Self Care
Articles Mental Health Reporter's Diary Sukanya Sharma 

PAINT ME A CANVAS: ON ART, POETRY AND SELF-CARE

April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 Health Collective Art for Mental Health, healing, self care

By Sukanya Sharma Adwaita Das, Meghna Prakash, and Shyama VS are young artists who openly talk about mental health through

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Articles Vandita Morarka Your Stories 

Your Stories: Surviving and Dealing with PCOS

April 2, 2019 Health Collective

By Vandita Morarka I learned retrospectively that I have had Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) since right after tenth grade, though

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Students March
Articles Ask the Experts Mental Health 

PSYCH-Ed: Talking Positive Mental Health, One School at a Time

March 23, 2019 Health Collective Bullying, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Dr Samir Parikh, getting help, Kishore Mohan, Mental Health and Students, Positive Mental Health

By Dr Samir Parikh Having closely worked in the field of Child and Adolescent Mental Health with various schools over

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Articles Ask the Experts Mental Health 

What is a Rights-Based Approach to Mental Health?

March 16, 2019 Health Collective Bridge the Care Gap, Human rights, India and Mental Health, Know Your Rights

By The Mariwala Health Initiative This post seeks to explain what a Rights-Based Approach to Mental Healthcare looks like, and why

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Flowers healing
Articles Vandita Morarka 

Mental Health First Aid for Adult Survivors of Sexual Violence

March 9, 2019 Health Collective Adults and Mental Health, healing, Sexual Violence, Survivors

By Vandita Morarka Author’s Note: This manual wouldn’t have been possible without multiple inputs from Dr. Avinash DeSousa and Pragya Lodha.

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