Why You Might Want to Try Dance Movement Therapy
The third part in the Mind-Body Connection series looks at Dance Movement Therapy and how dance, in the form of
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Voices
Superstition, Stigma and the Mental Health Crisis
There is a looming mental health crisis in this country, experts fear, and not enough trained experts or affordable resources available.
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Myths on Mental Health by Class XII Student Manvi Tiwari
Class XII student and mental health advocate Manvi Tiwari addresses some myths on Mental Health that she would like to bust, and a message to her younger self.
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Schizophrenia Awareness and the Need for Workplace Support
Women living with schizophrenia are forced to hide their diagnosis at the workplace due to widespread stigma, even as the COVID-19 pandemic takes a toll on people living with mental illness. This story is reported as part of the India for Mental Health Fellowship set up by The Health Collective in partnership with Indiaspend.
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An 18 Year Old Anxiety Survivor and ‘Badass’ Tells It Like It Is
By Manvi Tiwari I am 18 years old right now. In the previous lockdown, I started to feel very anxious,
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Health Collective Talks: It’s All in your Head M and No Straight Thing was Ever Made
What is it like to write a personal memoir on living with a mental illness, and what kind of reactions have readers been sharing? We ask authors Manjiri Indurkar and Urvashi Bahugana.
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Left Behind: A Searing Story of Surviving Suicide Loss
Dr Nandini Murali writes, Suicide grief is a profoundly isolating experience. The truth is that unless you have had a similar experience, you can never really know how a person bereaved by suicide loss feels. Also, no two suicide losses are alike. They may be similar, but not identical.
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We Need to Talk: Care-Giving and Self-Care
The very idea of self-care in a society that is founded on systemic lack of care can be a tricky one, but critical, especially for caregivers.
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Art and the Human Connection: Val Resh’s New Project
Val Resh shares she’s launching a large-scale art project Shared Consciousness: a search for human connection through art. Here’s how you can find out more and take part
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