By Rajashree Gandhi It has been over a year since I started using a bullet journal. It feels like possessing an extra mind that works towards a better ambience for the existing one. A simple Google search suggests how massive…
World Autism Awareness Day
By Kishore Mohan and Merryn John/ Health Collective
Autism Awareness Day: Busting Myths
By Sukanya Sharma ‘People with autism are anti-social People with autism are stupid’ These are some common myths about autism, Radha Iyer, a parent of a 9 year old with Autism Spectrum Disorder tells The Health Collective. While some people feel…
Mental Health in the News
THE HEADLINE: How India Perceives Mental Health (The Live Love Laugh Foundation) WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: High Awareness on Mental Illness is coupled with High Stigma. The Live Love Laugh Foundation and Kantar Public conducted a study of 3,556 people across…
Mental Health and Indian Pop Culture
Shruti Venkatesh Here’s what we know: Indian cinema, especially Bollywood, repeatedly misrepresents mental health and illness. And yet, India is not a country completely in the dark when it comes to mental health awareness. So why does its most popular…
Ask the Experts: Busting Five Myths About Therapy
By Kamna Chhibber Undertaking therapy is not an easy decision for most people. Over the years that I have interacted with patients, doctors, friends and family I have recognised the many myths and misconceptions that people harbour about both therapy…
The Law and You: Trans Persons, Mental Healthcare and the Law
By Vandita Morarka “People call us hijra, chakka and all sorts of things, no one asks us our individual names or what we want to be called. Terminology doesn’t matter when there is no respect,” Surekha*, a transgender woman from…
Your Stories: Autism Awareness
(By Kishore Mohan and Merryn John/ Health Collective)
Avoid Stereotypes, Navigate Your Way to Mental Health
Havovi Hyderabadwalla is a clinical and forensic psychologist, who believes that the knowledge of psychology is a powerful tool that can improve lives. Edited excerpts of her interview with The Health Collective’s Sukanya Sharma. Can you take us through any gender-related…
The Phantom Pain Monster: My Battle with PTSD and Fibromyalgia
By Sohni Chakrabarti How do you begin to chart the cartographies of pain? Where do you really start? Is there ever a starting point to your pain? A certain location within the map of your mind where you can pin-point…