Mental Health

The mental health scenario in rural India needs specialised and local intervention to effectively tackle issues, and community mental health workers are the vanguard of this movement.

Mental healthcare services need to be integrated into India’s primary health care systems so that the country’s mental health burden can be reduced as soon as possible.

Incorporating mental health in school education programmes can give a big boost to tackling mental health issues in children and adolescents.

What started off as a means to escape soon became a healthy addiction, says Anupriya about running.

The heartwarming story of how an aware citizen and an NGO came together to help a mental illness patient living on the streets of Mumbai find her way back home to Alwar in Rajasthan.

Rural India has 69 % of India’s population. Here’s how policymakers can help all of them get access to better mental healthcare.

Through the video, the group hopes to address the stigma that is attached to depression.

People often confuse sadness with depression. It’s okay if they assume that a sad person might be depressed and help him/her. But unfortunately, it is the other way around; a depressed person is often assumed to be sad and the first piece of advice they get is: “forget about it and chill!”

Depression is a severe problem for large swathes of India’s population, especially in rural India. However, it is time to overcome stigma and reluctance to discuss the disorder openly and help victims overcome it as soon as possible.

Handling stress can be a problem for people of all ages, including children. In fact, stress management is particularly difficult but important for children, to avoid the development of disorders in the future. Richa Shukla explores strategies to manage childhood stress.