Tele-Mental Health: Doors for an unquiet mind

Tele-Mental Health: Doors for an unquiet mind

The concept of telemedicine is not new. But a raging Covid-19 pandemic is a game changer. Technology is boosting mental health care in the US and India as practitioners move their services online while India's finance minister in her budget speech announced that its national telemental health program is on the anvil. Maya Morris, Alexis Simmerman, Whitney Hon, Hannah Owens from the US and Roshni Veronika Mallick from India report

by Trans World Features May 21, 2023

How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan

How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan

When Amina Zia in Pakistan lost her husband to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic, she descended further into depression.

by Rabia Umaima Ahmed in Pakistan and Devina Buckshee in India January 14, 2023

Mental health is as important as physical wealth

Mental health is as important as physical wealth

The ever-increasing complexities of modern life are creating more problems for the human mind than it can cope with. Mental illness, including addiction and alcoholism, is assuming greater proportions as challenging social problems. Kolkata-based Antara strives to extend a helping hand to the mentally-distressed in ways more than one. KamalPrakash, President, Antara, talks about the challenges on World Mental Health Day, observed on October 10.

by IBNS October 11, 2017