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Your Stories: ‘I’m In Therapy And It’s Wonderful’

August 6, 2019 Health Collective healing, Understanding Therapy, Voices, YOUR STORIES

By Rachit Varma The world that I live in, the people that surround me, the circles that I’m a part

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Solo’s Sadventures 09: The Art of Self-Care

July 24, 2019July 21, 2019 Health Collective Art for Mental Health, bpd comics, comics for mental health, healing, Mental Health Comics, Solo, solo's sadventures

  Check out more Sadventures by Solo About the Artist: Solo is a writer and cartoonist from Bangalore. She likes reading,

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Join us: Launching a Book on Dealing with Depression

June 23, 2019 Health Collective Amrita Tripathi, Arpita Anand, Mental Health Books, Real Stories of Dealing with Depression, The Health Collective, YOUR STORIES

Inspired by many of Your Stories, we have a book ready, the first in the Mindscape series with publishers Simon & Schuster

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Book Alert: Real Stories of Dealing with Depression

June 22, 2019January 31, 2021 Health Collective Amrita Tripathi, Arpita Anand, Books, Mental health and books, Mindscape, Real Stories of Dealing with Depression, YOUR STORIES

  View this post on Instagram   Here you go folks, our title for June! Book 1 of The Mindscape

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Comics for Mental Health Mental Health Wellness Your Stories 

Affirmations: I’m Always Kind to My Inner Child

June 5, 2019June 3, 2019 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Art for Mental Health, Positive Mental Health, self care

By Adwaita Das Also Check Out More Affirmations by Adwaita Das About the artist: Adwaita is an author-filmmaker-artist. Her books

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Mental Health Books: Real Stories of Dealing With Depression

June 1, 2019January 31, 2021 Health Collective Amrita Tripathi, Arpita Anand, Depression, Mental Health Books, Mindscape, The Health Collective

  We are delighted to share that pre-orders are open for the first book in the Mindscape series, published by

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Comics for Mental Health Wellness Your Stories 

Affirmations: I Love My Body

May 29, 2019May 28, 2019 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Art for Mental Health, Body Image, Mental Health Comics, Positive Mental Health

By Adwaita Das   About the artist: Adwaita is an author-filmmaker-artist. Her books Colours of Shadow, 27 Stitches, and Songs of Sanity

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Articles Your Stories 

Choose Your Words Wisely: On Melancholy and Sadness

May 11, 2019June 6, 2021 Health Collective anxiety, Art for Mental Health, Depression, getting help, Jayshree Misra Tripathi, Poetry for Mental Health, Understanding mental health

By Jayshree M. Tripathi Have you noticed the apparent stealth with which certain words are doing the rounds on Social

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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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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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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
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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.