Mental Health and Indian Pop Culture
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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Month: March 2018
Ask the Experts: Busting Five Myths About 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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The Law and You: Trans Persons, Mental Healthcare and the Law
By Vandita Morarka “People call us hijra, chakka and all sorts of things, no one asks us our individual names
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Your Stories: Autism Awareness
(By Kishore Mohan and Merryn John/ Health Collective)
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Avoid Stereotypes, Navigate Your Way to Mental Health
Havovi Hyderabadwalla is a clinical and forensic psychologist, who believes that the knowledge of psychology is a powerful tool that
Read moreThe Phantom Pain Monster: My Battle with PTSD and Fibromyalgia
By Sohni Chakrabarti How do you begin to chart the cartographies of pain? Where do you really start? Is there
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Life Beyond Trauma: A Therapy Guide
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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Ask the Experts: A Psychologist’s Journey
The Health Collective/ Image courtesy Raw Pixel This Women’s Day, as part of our special series, we’re bringing you more from
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Mental Illness, Stigma and Gender Stereotypes
By Shubhrata Prakash Mental illness is tough on everyone, men and women, and even tougher on children; and so is
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Overcoming Depression: A Non-Stop Fight
By Riya* I have had a difficult, tiring experience with depression. But I fought and overcame it all. Here is
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