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My Take: More Mental Health Podcasts that Resonate

August 6, 2025 Health Collective Asma G, Podcasts, Reccos, Voices, Young India

By Asma G A lot of habits have stayed with me from the pandemic. Some, like revenge bedtime procrastination, I

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My Take: Mental Health Podcasts That Resonate

June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 Health Collective Asma G, Podcasts, Reccos, Voices

There are podcasts and then there are podcasts! Here’s ‘My Take’ with Asma G, sharing some fab mental health podcasts that resonate.

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Fed Up: A Book that Unpacks Emotional Labour

November 2, 2024December 12, 2024 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Health Collective Book Club, Long Read, Mental health and books

By Asma G “Stop being such a nag,” my cousin says to his wife when she reminds him to go

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But What Will People Say? A Book Review

September 30, 2024December 12, 2024 Health Collective Asma G, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books

By Asma Title: But What Will People Say? Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures  “What will people

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Youth Voices: Adulting 101

May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 Health Collective Manini Meredith Alva, Young India

A 17 year old high school student writes about the stress of exams, the challenges in transitioning to college and the reason schools could consider hosting an Adulting 101 class

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Youth Voices: ‘Bliss Sick’

April 14, 2024April 15, 2024 Health Collective Young Mental Health, YOUR STORIES

Guest Post Editor’s Note: I read this intriguing piece sent in by a young student and while getting some editorial

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Affirmation Poetry: Permission to Explore

November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Art for Mental Health, Poetry, Poetry for Mental Health

By Adwaita Das Check out more in the Beloved Poetry for Mental Health series by Adwaita Das

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Affirmation Poetry: Dance Like No One’s Watching

October 26, 2023October 4, 2023 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Art for Mental Health, mental health, Poetry for Mental Health

By Adwaita Das

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What Does Mental Health Mean to You?

October 4, 2023October 10, 2023 Health Collective getting help, mental health, Understanding mental health, World Mental Health Day, YOUR STORIES

This World Mental Health Day, we’ll be sharing some of your takes — do write to us/ reach out via

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My World Without Jehan: Surviving a Brother’s Suicide

September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 Health Collective Books, getting help, Suicide Loss Survivor, Suicide Prevention Day

A moving excerpt from a new book about losing a brother to suicide. #TW suicide loss
Please reach out for help if you are feeling distressed

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Mental Health Resources

  • The World Health Organization’s Fact Sheet on Depression 
  • The WHO guidelines on Preventing Suicide: Media Resource
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  • National Crime Records Bureau report on Suicides in India
  • Mental HealthCare Act 2017
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The Health Collective is not in the business of nor intends to provide counselling service. The professionals, the website of the professionals and helpline numbers listed on the The Health Collective are not employed, associated or endorsed by The Health Collective. The professionals and the organisations behind the listed websites and helpline numbers, on The Health Collective website, are independent third parties and there is no relationship of principal-agent, employer-employee, partnership of any nature with The Health Collective. The Health Collective does not make any recommendation or guarantee service or quality of any professional or helpline number or website listed herein. The Health Collective does not make any representations, warranties or guarantees as to, and is in no manner responsible for, the services provided by the professionals or their websites or the helpline services. The stories and comics set out by The Health Collective are intended purely for reference purposes. Advice or stories set out herein are by no means intended to malign or defame any person, organisation, caste or community. Advice or stories set out herein are views of the concerned author only, The Health Collective does not claim copyright or endorse or recommend or represent on veracity of the advice contained in the articles or stories (including the comics) on this website. Additionally, the articles and stories set out herein should not in any manner be considered as substitute for professional help. All experiences are personal, hence advice and suggestions contained in the articles and stories may not apply to a reader’s specific facts or situations, and it is recommended that professional help is sought for such matters. The Health Collective disclaims all liability of all nature arising out of reliance placed on the advice set out in the articles and stories or arising out of meetings with professionals or calls with the professionals or helpline numbers mentioned on the website of The Health Collective.