Silence! Healing is in progress
Honk, honk… tring, tring… beep, beep… For city dwellers, cacophony is a tiresome background to everyday existence—the screeching of tyres,...
Mental Health
World of stigma, ‘savior’ pills and conflicting studies: Depression survivors living a life on edge
A UK-based research team debunked the low-serotonin theory as the primary cause of depression last month. It also challenged the...
Hunt for therapist no cakewalk
Ahaana* from Chandni Chowk identifies as non-binary. She has taken therapy twice. For her first visit, she had to stand...
How to tackle the blues
“We always talk about breaking the stigma and lending a helping hand and ear to people to help in difficult...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Not a quirky disease!
However, when taken casually and left untreated, it can wreck a person’s life. Patriot tries to understand the ABCs of...
The ‘unknowns’ of the coronavirus
‘Anxiety syndrome’ and the long term effects of Covid-19 have prevented thousands of people, even with milder viral load, from...
Coping with Covid-19, and its impact on mental health
Isolation, constant screen time, exposure to news of the ongoing crisis – all these have led to the rise in...
Not much method in the madness
Bollywood’s history of manhandling mental health goes a long way, but there’s still hope It was 2016 when a film...
Reach out and save someone
If you never felt suicidal, that’s also a good reason to read this – for you are in a position...