Voices in the Waiting Room is a book by psychiatrist Mayank Gupta. As the publisher Rupa shares, the book emerges from a quiet reckoning with the ways human suffering is quintessentially shared yet silently endured. Set in a hospital, the…
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AI and Mental Health: What You Need to Know
Are we outsourcing emotional health to probabilistic systems? And what happens to Accountability? This week on The Health Collective, hear from Art Abal – Co-Founder of Vana and researcher in AI, data, public policy and wellbeing – about the fast-growing use of GenAI for emotional and mental health support, as well as his top concerns.
Flood-Affected in the Himalayas Continue to Struggle: A Mentality Story
By Surinder Kumar | Mentality This article is republished with permission from Mentality. Due to over-construction in the Himalayas, the frequency of floods, cloudbursts, and landslides have become an annual occurrence. While the victims battle uncertainty, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress,…
Finger Pointing at the Moon: It All Connects Here
Work Like a Monk: A Book Excerpt Work Like a Monk: How to Connect, Lead and Grow in a Noisy World is a new book by Japanese Buddhist monk Shoukei Matsumoto. He has published more than five books in Japanese,…
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…
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…
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…
Book Review: The Crucial Years
The premise of Dr. Ziegler’s book is that middle childhood (i.e. ages 6-12) is a crucial time in children’s lives that often goes unnoticed because parents tend to focus on the pre-school and high school years without realising that middle childhood is a formative period for children.
Unearthed: A Powerful Memoir of Trauma, Truth, and the Journey to Healing
By Asma G Content Warning (CW): This review and book contain references to sexual assault and rape. Unearthed by Chanchal Garg (published in June 2025) is a memoir that is both painful and brave. The book delves into Garg’s early life…
How to Fail by Elizabeth Day: A Raw, Relatable Look at Fertility, Feminism, and Failing Forward
By Asma G Content warning: The book contains mentions of fertility struggles including miscarriages. When I first considered reviewing How to Fail by Elizabeth Day, I was a bit wary. It sounded exactly like the garden-variety of self-help books I…