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#India – Sunderban women trapped in depression

SHARMISTHA CHOWDHURY, The Hindu Women with psychiatric disorders adopt superstition. Women are particularly affected. Photo: Women’s Feature Service A recent survey in the Sunderbans region of West Bengal reveals an alarming trend of rising mental health problem among women Everyday,… Continue Reading →

Vidarbha -Every 4th house in this village has a mentally ill person shackled in chains #Indiashame #Wtfnews

In Vidarbha, a village of the damned Sukhada Tatke TNN, Nov 4, 2012 Unmindful of the scorching heat and the iron chains around his legs and hands, Raju alias Rajendra Dhere crouches on the ground, tracing his name in the… Continue Reading →

#India Tarique Quasmi’s Letter addressed to the People Sent from the Lucknow #Prison #Torture

Dated: 22nd September 2012, Sanhati.com Salaam! We are also humans. We are patriotic citizens and innocents who have been forcefully trapped in unholy plots and charged with terrorist cases. Today we are so distressed due to the never-ending torture that… Continue Reading →

# India-Mental illness, choice and rights

October 20, 2012 Harsh Mander, The Hindu Until recently, the law treated persons with mental illness not as persons who deserve treatment and care, but as people who are vaguely dangerous. File Photo: S. James The Hindu Members of Disabled Rights… Continue Reading →

India to Decriminalise Suicide #Goodnews

Sep 19, 2012, 12.00AM IST , TNN Distress doesn’t need discipline – it needs empathy and understanding. The Union health ministry’s move to have attempted suicide decriminalised is welcome. Following a similar observation by the Supreme Court, the new Mental… Continue Reading →

Survey Resists Mental Health System Hopelessness #mustread

  Early Results: Yes, There is Hope After a   Psychiatric Diagnosis! MindFreedom “I Got Better” Survey on Mental Health Gets Great Initial Response. Haven’t Taken the Survey Yet? Please Do! When someone — often a young person — gets their… Continue Reading →

A quarter of India’s mentally ill homeless

  Firstpost India Jul 31, 2012   New Delhi: In the dimly-lit lobby of a shelter for the mentally-ill homeless, she sits reading the tattered printout of an e-mail from her US-based brother. The 55-year-old scans every word – her brother… Continue Reading →

UN launches new tool to protect people with mental health conditions

16-June-2012 The United Nations health agency on Friday launched a new tool to help countries protect the rights and dignity of people with mental health conditions and stop abuses against them. NEW YORK : The Quality Rights Tool Kit is designed… Continue Reading →

End of the road for mentally ill?

End of the road for mentally ill? Arita Sarkar Chennai, June 7, 2012, The Hindu Patients who are not claimed by their families continue to live in the wards and are employed in the industry therapy unit Two months ago,… Continue Reading →

Mentally ill in India struggle with homelessness

With care centres virtually non-existent and family networks breaking down, streets are becoming the only resort of the mentally ill in India Malia Politzer & Vidya Krishnan    Thu, May 24 2012., livemint.com Kochi (Kerala): Police found the woman wandering on… Continue Reading →

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