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Month: October 2025

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Articles Ask the Experts FEATURED Mental Health

Online Bullying Isn’t Always What You’d Think It Is: Panel

October 23, 2025April 12, 2026 Health Collective Bullying, Cyberbullying, Young Mental Health

Team Health Collective IRL vs URL: What would you choose? A panel discussion hosted by The Health Collective opened with this

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FEATURED Mental Health TOP STORIES

GenAI and Mental Health: Why You Need to Listen Up

October 10, 2025April 12, 2026 Health Collective AI and Mental Health, Amrita Tripathi, Dr Achal Bhagat, Dr Karan Thakur, Mental Health and the Workplace, Ratna Golaknath, World Mental Health Day

Team Health Collective This year for World Mental Health Day, we decided to focus on topical issues that we all

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Your Worry Makes Sense: Empathy in Book Form

October 10, 2025April 12, 2026 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books

By Asma G My first introduction to Dr Martin Brunet’s work was through a reel he posted on burnout. The reel

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Amrita Tripathi FEATURED

How to Notice the Good: Cailin Hargreaves on Glimmers, and Sharing the Light

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 Health Collective Books, mental health, Mental health and books, YOUR STORIES

By Amrita Tripathi Ahead of World Mental Health Day, I had a chance to chat with poet and author Cailin

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Articles FEATURED Your Stories

Bandaged Moments: A New Book

October 3, 2025April 12, 2026 Health Collective Books, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books

Bandaged Moments is a collection of short stories of (and around) Mental Health by women writers across India. Edited by

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Ask the Experts Guest Contributors

Understanding Parasocial Relationships and Their Role in Your Life

October 1, 2025April 12, 2026 Health Collective ask the experts, Emotional Health, Parasocial Relationships, Understanding mental health

Have you ever felt like a celebrity or influencer really gets you, when in reality you have never even met

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Where to get help: A city-wise list

Bangalore
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India helplines
Child Sex Abuse Call For Help
Suicide Prevention Helplines

Suicide Helplines

For India: suicide helplines
For Emails/ Numbers of Psychologists and Psychiatrists across India, check our Contacts page (Work in progress)

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
The National Mental Health Survey

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