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Online Bullying Isn’t Always What You’d Think It Is: Panel

Team Health Collective IRL vs URL: What would you choose? A panel discussion hosted by The Health Collective opened with this reflective question that Snapchat executive and parent Poonam Nikam often asks students, to evaluate the balance between their online and…

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GenAI and Mental Health: Why You Need to Listen Up

Team Health Collective This year for World Mental Health Day, we decided to focus on topical issues that we all need to pay attention to. Enter the wonderful collaboration with FICCI (under the aegis of FICCI DE&I Committee), the Keshav…

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Your Worry Makes Sense: Empathy in Book Form

By Asma G My first introduction to Dr Martin Brunet’s work was through a reel he posted on burnout. The reel was quite popular, amassing 4 million views since 2023.  The UK-based NHS General Practitioner (GP) and GP trainer goes by the handle…

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How to Notice the Good: Cailin Hargreaves on Glimmers, and Sharing the Light

By Amrita Tripathi Ahead of World Mental Health Day, I had a chance to chat with poet and author Cailin Hargreaves, whose book Glimmers: Your Daily Journal for Positive Reflection is such a beautiful testament to her own journey and…

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Bandaged Moments: A New Book

Bandaged Moments is a collection of short stories of (and around) Mental Health by women writers across India. Edited by academics Nabanita Sengupta and Nishi Pulugurtha, this book features 26 stories translated into English from 17 languages. It is a…

Understanding Parasocial Relationships and Their Role in Your Life

Have you ever felt like a celebrity or influencer really gets you, when in reality you have never even met them?  Welcome to the club! By Bhavya Jain A parasocial relationship is a one-way emotional bond in which an individual feels…