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Gaslighting: Getting Help and Healing

June 2, 2018 Health Collective Abuse and Relationships, ask the experts, Emotional Health, Gaslighting, getting help, mental health, Relationships

By Scherezade Siobhan This is Part 2 of a Series on Gaslighting. Read Part One, GASLIGHTING: RED FLAGS  The logical

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Mental Health Reporter's Diary Sukanya Sharma 

Mental Health in the News

May 18, 2018May 19, 2018 Health Collective mental health, Mental Health News

  THE HEADLINE: Studies take a closer look at Mental Health challenges faced by LGBTQ Youth (Reuters) WHAT YOU NEED

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Articles Ask the Experts Reporter's Diary Sukanya Sharma 

You Can Heal: A Psychologist’s Message

May 14, 2018May 13, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, Interviews, mental health, Understanding Therapy

Kaneenica Ninawe is a clinical psychologist working in King Edward’s Hospital in Mumbai since 2011. She recently completed her Phd

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Reporter's Diary Sukanya Sharma Voices Wellness 

Food, Nutrition, Well-Being and…You

May 8, 2018 Health Collective Diet, Emotional Health, mental health, Nutrition, wellness

By Sukanya Sharma You are what you eat… is increasingly you are how you eat. Many of us have a

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Articles Mental Health Voices Your Stories 

High Functioning Depression and Me

May 6, 2018 Health Collective Depression, getting help, mental health, Understanding Therapy, YOUR STORIES

by Anonymous   There’s too much noise inside my head. Constant. Cluttered. Cacophonous. Two years ago was the first time

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Articles Guest Contributors Reporter's Diary 

Mental Health and Indian Pop Culture

March 26, 2018April 30, 2018 Health Collective getting help, mental health, reporter's diary

Shruti Venkatesh Here’s what we know: Indian cinema, especially Bollywood, repeatedly misrepresents mental health and illness. And yet, India is

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Ask the Experts Guest Contributors 

Ask the Experts: Busting Five Myths About Therapy

March 25, 2018April 30, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, getting help, mental health, therapy

By Kamna Chhibber Undertaking therapy is not an easy decision for most people. Over the years that I have interacted

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Reporter's Diary Vandita Morarka Voices 

The Law and You: Trans Persons, Mental Healthcare and the Law

March 18, 2018April 30, 2018 Health Collective mental health, the law and you

By Vandita Morarka “People call us hijra, chakka and all sorts of things, no one asks us our individual names

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Ask the Experts Mental Health Reporter's Diary 

Avoid Stereotypes, Navigate Your Way to Mental Health

March 11, 2018May 1, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, getting help, mental health, Psychology, Understanding Therapy

Havovi Hyderabadwalla is a clinical and forensic psychologist, who believes that the knowledge of psychology is a powerful tool that

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Ask the Experts Mental Health 

Life Beyond Trauma: A Therapy Guide

March 8, 2018January 9, 2019 Health Collective ask the experts, mental health, therapy, Women and Mental Health

By Scherezade Siobhan The recent months have seen the emergence of a resounding global movement that is countering the unfortunate prevalence

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