By Vandita Morarka ‘The pedestal you put women on is a cage’ – Ruth Bader Ginsburg As mothers, women are expected (and expect themselves) to leave no stone unturned for the smallest needs of their children, often with little concern…
Year: 2018
Lessons From a Student Support Centre, One Year On
By Amrita Tripathi The Manipal Student Support Centre recently completed a year of operations. Set up as part of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, and funded by the Academy, with services exclusively for students (and covered by student insurance),…
Suicide is Not the Answer: A Survivor’s Story
Featuring a powerful Survivor Story in collaboration with The Suicide Prevention India Foundation. Anurag Khanna is a 26-year-old from Kolkata who works as a business analyst in Bangalore. This is a part of his story. When I was five, I…
Mental Health in the News
THE HEADLINE: Studies take a closer look at Mental Health challenges faced by LGBTQ Youth (Reuters) WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Three studies conducted in the US were published in Pediatrics to showcase the mental health challenges that LGBTQ…
You Can Heal: A Psychologist’s Message
Kaneenica Ninawe is a clinical psychologist working in King Edward’s Hospital in Mumbai since 2011. She recently completed her Phd in Health System Studies from TISS. This interview with Sukanya Sharma has been edited for clarity. Q: What kind…
Ask the Experts: Food and Nutrition
Kamna Chhibber, a clinical psychologist and regular contributor to The Health Collective, answers some of our questions. This interview is a quick follow-up to this article: Food, Nutrition, Well-Being and You Q: Does good nutrition prevent any mental illnesses? Having the…
Food, Nutrition, Well-Being and…You
By Sukanya Sharma You are what you eat… is increasingly you are how you eat. Many of us have a conflicted relationship with food — some of us “eat our feelings”, some of us are very mindful of what we’re…
High Functioning Depression and Me
by Anonymous There’s too much noise inside my head. Constant. Cluttered. Cacophonous. Two years ago was the first time someone I knew professionally (who was also a therapist) told me that I was probably undergoing depression, I don’t want…
Learn to De-Clutter to De-Stress and Unwind
By Alice Robertson Steady, consistent progress: That seems like a simplistic explanation of how people with clean homes keep them so tidy, but it’s a good way to describe a lifestyle choice that makes an enormous difference. Like it or not,…
Is Your Therapist Right for You?
By Kamna Chhibber Therapy is a work in progress – a project if you may. And if you wish to succeed on your project you need to partner with the right people. In the case of therapy, it’s your therapist…