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…
Tag: Mental Health Books
Making Sense of the Emotional Lives of Teenagers
By Asma G When my 10-year-old nephew came into my care permanently three years ago, I was quite confident in my ability to connect with him. I was 27 years old at the time and while I hadn’t expected to…
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.
Mumbai Book Launch Event: Amrita Tripathi’s The Other Sister
This Friday, we’ll launch The Other Sister in Mumbai, at Kitabkhana book store (Fort). We’ll also have some ‘author signings’ at bookstores in Maximum City! Special shout-out to the Health Collective tribe, you’re invited!
Is Craving Fuelling Inflammation and Cancer? Exploring Addiction’s Hidden Pathways with Prof. Raphael Cuomo
Professor Raphael E. Cuomo of the University of California, San Diego talks about the biology of craving, in this Q&A based on his book Crave: The Hidden Biology of Addiction and Cancer. As he shares, his replies show how the science…
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…
Out of Her Mind: How Society Fails Women’s Mental Health – A Review
By Asma G Content warning: The book reviewed here contains mentions of self-harm, suicide, sexual abuse, trauma and mental illness. “‘We’re different. We’re treated differently by our own because we’re women. We’re treated differently outside because we’re Asian.’ The words…
Book Excerpt: The Other Sister by Amrita Tripathi
Read an excerpt from The Other Sister / watch a short video of the excerpt and behind the scenes below 1. IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME | [Present day: DECEMBER 2023] ‘Life is short, before you know it, time’s up…’…