While it’s definitely Mask ON for physical health and safety, this Covid-19 pandemic, there’s a new rap song doing the rounds, that asks us to remove our figurative masks, in the interest of honest conversations. We did a short e-interview…
Tag: Talking Mental Health
Let’s Talk Mental Health: A Series of Conversations
We curated a 4-part series to Talk about Mental Health for Roli Pulse, featuring some wonderful speakers, looking to demystify Mental Health and explore various important themes. You can watch each of the four episodes here or bookmark, and keep…
Let’s Talk Mental Health: We Need to Do Better
Amrita Tripathi I asked a few experts why it’s important to do better when it comes to Mental Health conversations in India. Even as we aim to address the gap in resources, the challenges and the stigma, and laud the…
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…
Event Listing: FICCI and Health Collective Partner for Delhi Conference
Join The Health Collective, FICCI, and a host of key stakeholders at a conference on Rethinking Mental Health. Panellists include Dr Achal Bhagat, Dr Amit Sen, Anant Zanane, Anuj Dayal, Dr Ashutosh Dabral, Deepa Singh Bais, Ira Singhal, Rajvi Mariwala,…
Suicide in India: Do We Need a New Approach to Prevention?
By Amrita Tripathi India has finally moved to de-criminalise suicide — can we hope that this is a step towards understanding the nature of the issue? With treatment and prevention options long seen through a prism of “Western” best practices,…
Talking About Mental Illness
By Amrita Tripathi Over the past decade, it seems to have become marginally easier to discuss issues like depression or anxiety disorders or panic attacks in public, compared to discussing psychosis, at any rate. There is a little awareness, and…