SC order to vaccinate patients in mental health facilities is welcome – but more needs to be done

State governments need to reintegrate people with mental health conditions with their families and communities, supporting them to live independently.

Shantha Rau Barriga

· Oct 01, 2021 · 09:00 am

In India, coronavirus crisis has been particularly hard for mental health patients and hospitals

An already overextended and under-resourced mental healthcare system has unravelled during the pandemic.

Riddhi Dastidar, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 03, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Mental health and caste: Society needs to talk about the politics of well-being

The acknowledgement that an individual’s mind is affected by casteism and patriarchy is often missing.

Divya Kandukuri

· Oct 10, 2020 · 11:30 am

Chronic stress changes your brain chemically – and can trigger depression

The science behind burnout and how to tackle it.

Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, The Conversation

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Christelle Langley, The Conversation

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Muzaffer Kaser, The Conversation

· Mar 17, 2020 · 08:30 pm

In farmer suicide country, a campaign is putting the focus on mental health

In Vidarbha region, the Maharashtra government and a collection of NGOs are trying to curb mental illnesses.

Aradhna Wal, HealthCheck.in

· Oct 12, 2019 · 01:30 pm

A photo project in Goa highlights the mental health cost of being a ‘shippy’

Through his photographs of sailors, Christopher Pereira wants to facilitate a conversation about mental health.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Nov 18, 2018 · 11:30 am

Insurance regulator orders firms to include mental health in medical policies

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority asked companies to adhere to the provisions of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 17, 2018 · 05:43 pm

How can you treat someone who doesn’t accept they are ill?

Laws are being passed in the Unites States that make it possible to compel people to receive treatment for health problems they don’t believe they have.

Carrie Arnold, Mosaic

· Aug 12, 2018 · 02:30 pm

Health ministry notifies Mental Healthcare Act that decriminalises suicide

The new law also restricts the use of electric shock therapy.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 02, 2018 · 11:48 am

How the use of language can help early detection and treatment of depression

New research shows that people with depression use words such as 'always', 'nothing' or 'completely' more often than others.

Mohammed Al-Mosaiwi, The Conversation

· Feb 08, 2018 · 09:30 pm

India is staring at a mental health epidemic, says President Ram Nath Kovind

Nearly 14% of the country’s population require mental health interventions, he said quoting data from the National Mental Health Survey 2016.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 02, 2017 · 03:12 pm

Living with dementia: The searing ache of being a family caregiver in an Indian city

Fifty million people in the world are living with dementia. India is home to ten per cent of them.

Naveen PM

· May 10, 2017 · 11:30 am