World Mental Health Week: Celebrity Advocates Of Mental Illness

Depression is a serious mental health condition which impacts a person both physically and mentally, and requires treatment. But there are a lot of stigmas attached to it. ...

Kaleidoscope - Of Human Bondage

In India, where a large section of the population is vegetarian, the hullabaloo over a women refusing to eat meat would seem excessive, but in, South Korean writer Han Kang...

Culture Of Silence Around Disability Influences Bad Policy

Disability in India has long been misunderstood and persons with disability in India for decades now have lived on the fringes of society – excluded, marginalised and...

That Little Piece Of Myself: Living With Depression

Living with depression is like living with a roommate who eats all your snacks.
I posted that as my Facebook status a while back, and it got a lot of likes, most of t...

Sean Astin Pays Tribute To Mother By Launching Patty Duke Mental Health Project

Actor Sean Astin has paid tribute to his mother, Patty Duke, by starting a Crowdrise campaign. Duke – a passionate supporter of mental health issues – passed aw...

How Long Before We See Virtual Reality Headsets In Mental Health Wards

Virtual reality, we're constantly told, will revolutionize how we go about our daily lives, ski-goggle headsets permanently strapped onto our faces. Soon, immersive 360-deg...

Locked Up and Forgotten: India’s Mental Health Crisis

India is currently suffering a mental health crisis. With only 43 government-run mental hospitals serving a population of 1.2 billion, resources are spread thin. What's mor...

Fern Britton Talks About Maternal Mental Health

As part of a series of new short films produced bySport Relief, TV presenter

Fern Britton will share her experience of maternal mental health alongside other mums a...

Film Festival Designed To Illuminate The Lives Of The Disabled

A film festival intended to promote and celebrate inclusion of individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, mental illness and other challenges is playing through Thursday in H...