During my internship at a mental health facility, a 15-year-old boy was brought in. The first few notes on his chart were stark and unsettling. He was being referred for what was described as homicidal ideation and psychopathic tendencies. His teachers feared him, his peers avoided him, and the psychiatric team seemed already poised to […]| Mad In South Asia
This article first appeared in The Hindu and can be accessed here. It is a major crisis in public mental health ethics that psychologists align with counter therapeutic institutional policies that vio...| Mad In South Asia
“Some people with schizophrenia or other mental disorders identify with another gender. This is why it is important for transgender people to get a psychiatric evaluation before they undergo gender reassignment surgeries. And since these surgeries are irreversible, this evaluation is very important.” This psychiatrist’s opinion about the imperative of psychiatric clearance for transgender people […]| Mad In South Asia
Last year I attended a prestigious international psychiatric conference at PGI Chandigarh, India, a medical school of considerable reputation in South Asia. The theme of the conference was public ment...| Mad In South Asia