Mental health

Started as a WhatsApp group by a few Bengaluru-based entrepreneurs, Project StepOne has now become an active volunteer network fighting COVID-19 across India.

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.

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?

"Taking care of one’s mental health is the first step to self-care," say counsellors and therapists who are not stopping for the pandemic and providing online sessions all across the country, for free.

“How do I find humour through so much adversity? What choice do I have? What else am I going to do? You either ride the tide or get washed away. I don’t want to be washed away because I tried to wash away myself once. I don’t want to do it again.”

“I have seen media houses showing a rope knot, bloody knife, syringes or chemical cans. These are deeply triggering images. They must be avoided because it gives people ideas to those already contemplating suicide.”

"A law seeking a ban on conversion therapy might help, but even if there doesn't exist one there are enough provisions in the law to criminalise it."