Mental Health

Writer Deepali Raina speaks of the change she has witnessed in her beloved father who is suffering from advanced Parkinson's disease and the life lessons she has learnt along the way.

Pune-based Amrit Kumar Bakhshy, former president of the Schizophrenia Awareness Association, talks about his daughter’s schizophrenia, his book on caregivers in India, and his role in helping draft the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.

Dr Bharat Vatwani and his wife, Dr Smitha, run the Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation in Mumbai and Karjat, which aims to rescue and rehabilitate mentally ill patients off the roads, and reunite them with their families.

This initiative by Neerja Birla's 'Mpower' pushes you to think about questions relating to mental health issues. And it affects us all.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and health workers have been busy round the clock. Here’s what Dr Manoj Goel has been going through on a daily basis.

Raashi Thakran who lost her younger brother to suicide, opens up about what it is to be a survivor of suicide loss.

The volunteers who work at these helplines must also undergo a supervision every week to discuss the kind of calls they receive along with a therapy session - a major point most NGOs miss out on.

In the wake of the death of an actor, a lot of misconceptions about bipolar disorder became known. These two women tell us about what it actually is like.

Being informed is crucial. Every patient, including well-known people like the late Sushant Singh Rajput have rights that cannot be violated

While telemedicine was launched years ago, doctors have been apprehensive to use it because of legal issues. Where do we stand when it comes to telemedicine for mental health?