Category: Health Collective
Mental Health and Music: Listen to the Song Andhera
Andhera is quite a beautiful, evocative song about a struggle with mental illness; as we know, it’s also brave to share so openly what it can be like to deal with mental illness in India. We asked the artists, Bluesanova…
Five Tips to Talk About Mental Health Responsibly
We know the feeling — things are moving so fast that it’s sometimes hard to keep up with all the guidelines on commenting/ sharing responsibly when it comes to a topic you are so passionate about… A topic that’s often…
Lockdown Comics: Applying Lessons Learned Coping with Depression
By Ishita Mehra Views expressed are personal. The Health Collective cannot substitute for expert advice from a trained mental health expert. Your Stories: What Helped Me During Depression ALSO READ: YOUR STORIES: BATTLING STIGMA, DEPRESSION…
Mindscape 2: Young Mental Health Book Excerpt
As you may have heard, our new book on Young Mental Health is out. It’s nothing if not a massive, collective endeavour. We wanted to share some of the insights, and the solid, moving foreword that Dr Amit Sen shared…
Covid-19 and You: Therapist Dr Shelja Sen Shares a Message for the Batch of 2020
We asked noted Child & Adolescent Psychologist and Family Therapist, Dr Shelja Sen, a noted author and co-founder of Children First, to share her thoughts for the Batch of 2020 and their parents. Here is her message below! Do read…
Dealing with Anxiety during Covid-19
Many of us are feeling anxious, distressed, and overwhelmed. It’s ok to feel this way. Please do reach out to a trained mental health expert to speak to someone if you need to. Also Read: Managing Anxiety during Covid-19 Thanks…
A Newsletter and Six Questions for you, The Health Collective Readers
Hope you are staying well in these unprecedented times. Do take care of yourselves. Wanted to share our latest newsletter which has some of our Covid-19 related posts, which you of course can read right here as well! Do…
Let’s Talk: How are We Feeling?
We recently held a few chats to see how people are feeling… wanted to reach out to as many people as possible to say… It’s Ok. It’s tough and unprecedented, and it’s ok to feel overwhelmed. And yes, it is…
Affirmations: It’s Ok to Feel Our Feelings
By Adwaita Das Check Out More Affirmations by Adwaita Das About the artist: Adwaita is an author-filmmaker-artist. Her books Colours of Shadow, 27 Stitches, and Songs of Sanity deal with mental health awareness. Karon Kolkata Ebong Onyo Golpo, her debut…