Women and Girls with Disabilities more likely to experience Violence

A study published in the Lancet says that both children and adults with disabilities are at much higher risk (u...

ICD -11: Simplifying the Codes

Half a century ago, a disease like schizophrenia, would probably never be diagnosed similarly in countries acro...

Children's Mental Health Week: Let us be the Drivers of Change

In India, and almost all over the world, mental health has been given less significance as compared to physical health. A child breaks his l...

WHO Guidelines for responding to Sexually Abused Children

Sexual violence can have psychological, emotional, and physical effects on children. These effects aren’t always easy to deal with, but with the right help and suppor...

Stop Killing Your Grandmother For The Nth Time!

A recent tweet by a web developer, Madalyn Parker about her CEO’s response to her email has sparked an important conversation about mental health. Parker, who suffers...

India Is Facing A Mental Health Crisis – And Its Education System Is Ill Equipped To Handle It

The taboo surrounding mental health problems and the unwillingness of most colleges to take up the cost of professional counselling make India’s youth highly vulnerab...

DD To Telecast Special Programme On Mental Health Problems & Prejudices

The Doordarshan flagship programme Aaj Savere will focus on issues relating to mental health awareness and public education.

Consultant psychiatrist Dr Avdesh Sharm...

Suicide Will Soon Become India's Number 1 Killer': Vikram Patel

LONDON: India's foremost mental health expert who spends most of his time between Goa and London has now been named as among TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in ...

Peter Gabriel Speaks Up For Mental Health Campaign

Peter Gabriel has joined The Times’ Time To Mind mental health campaign in the UK by speaking about his own battles with depression. “One in four of us will suf...