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mental health

Three women walking in a field. The anti-trafficking ecosystem fails to account for the mental health and well-being of survivors.
February 11, 2022
Seeking justice for survivors of human trafficking
The anti-trafficking ecosystem fails to account for the mental health and well-being of survivors.
by Pompi Banerjee | 5 min read
3 girls sitting in front of a laptop-social-emotional learning SEL
February 3, 2022
Social-emotional learning in India: The importance of intersectionality
Social-emotional learning (SEL) programmes should adopt an intersectional lens that takes into account young people’s diverse experiences of caste, class, and gender.
by Varsha Pillai, Suchetha Bhat | 6 min read
an image of a target board with concentric circles of yellow, red, blue, and black from the inside out. There are holes all across the target board-social emotional learning
December 16, 2021
Are socio-emotional learning programmes missing the mark?
As socio-emotional learning (SEL) gains popularity in India, mental health practitioners and educators must work to caution against one-size-fits-all programmes that are marketed as mental health support.
by Saisha M | 5 min read
Image of the hands of a person at a group therapy session. Suicide prevention requires community effort and policy changes
September 9, 2021
It takes a village: A systemic approach to suicide prevention
World Suicide Prevention Day | We need to recognise that suicide is a societal failure. To change this, we need policy makers, people, and the media to collaborate.
by Bhawesh Jha | 6 min read
black and white photo of a woman with hands on top of each other. Picture credits: Charlotte Anderson-grief and death children
August 24, 2021
Talking to children about death and grief
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, civil society, governments, and health systems need to focus on building a collective response to death and grief, especially for children.
by Gracy Andrew | 6 min read
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August 18, 2021
Rural women’s mental health must be prioritised
Loss of livelihood, food insecurity, and more household work, all due to COVID-19, have created a mental health crisis among rural women. It can no longer be ignored.
by Kaliat Ammu Sanyal | 7 min read
picture of a girl sitting at a table in a cafeteria and looking sad-collective well-being
June 25, 2021
Individual mental health depends on collective well-being
Our well-being depends on the groups we are part of and the COVID-19 crisis could play an important role in helping us recognise this.
by World Economic Forum | 2 min read
a round yellow keychain with a smiley drawn on it
June 14, 2021
Six comics that have been getting us through
A dose of serotonin for your Monday morning.
by India Development Review | 2 min read
Ilustration of a person sitting down with a green block in the back-loneliness-shreya gupta
April 13, 2021
Are our cities making us lonely?
Loneliness isn’t really a personal mental health issue. Instead, it’s embedded in how cities and systems are built and organised.
by Deepika Khatri | 5 min read
Illustration-of-a-group-therapy-session_mental health
January 27, 2021
Community mental health: Not a silver bullet
When it comes to community mental healthcare, we must be cautious not to replicate the old, top-down, medicalised approach of mental institutions.
by Amalina Kohli Dave, Raj Mariwala | 6 min read
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