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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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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