Over the past decade, psychological terms from therapy rooms have seeped into everyday conversation through the arms of social media and pop culture. While this shift has increased awareness, it ...| Mad In South Asia
Given the number of social media posts, trauma workshops, trauma conversations, and training around being trauma informed, ‘trauma’ has become a buzzword, a shorthand for all the human maladies. A...| Mad In South Asia
From Mad in America: A team of researchers from around the world has said that we need a new approach in Global Mental Health (GMH) based on the idea of ‘mutuality’ – doing and learning ...| Mad In South Asia
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
In a recent affidavit submitted to the Kerala High Court, the Left-led state government stated that it would not proceed with enacting a bill to ban black magic, sorcery, and other inhuman practices. The bill, first drafted in 2022 based on recommendations from the State Law Reforms Commission, appears to have been shelved following a […]| Mad In South Asia
I have been an avid traveller—an Indian passport holder who has crossed borders into over 50 countries. This passport, ranked 87th on the global mobility index, has shaped my journeys not only by wh...| Mad In South Asia
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Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) can have persistent effects which could continue into the adult lives of survivors. Given its repetitive nature, CSA is classified as a form of complex trauma. It puts the...| Mad In South Asia
Myth: Self-care will fix your mental health issues, help you grow, and should be the go-to solution. These days, if you talk about mental health, there is a good chance someone will bring up one word, Self-Care. The term ‘self-care’ has become the buzzword in college corridors, public discussions, and influencer strategies in addition to […]| Mad In South Asia
The central crisis in many women’s lives is whether to be a woman or a person. In India, when a girl child is born, she is simultaneously a child and a woman — the shadow of ‘Sita-the ego id...| Mad In South Asia
“I used to study and play around. There were so many trees around our house. Mango tree, guava tree. I used to sit under those trees and study. I would play around so much when my parents were there. The police brought me here when my parents passed away.” This is the story of Riya, […]| Mad In South Asia
In this article, I want to share with you what the process of tapering and healing from psychiatric medications looks like—from the perspective of someone who has taken them, withdrawn from them, an...| Mad In South Asia
Sunil Bhatia is a professor and chair of the Department of Human Development at Connecticut College. He is the author of two books and over 50 articles and book chapters. He has received numerous awar...| Mad In South Asia
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Many people tend to believe that mental health struggles is a “rich man’s disease.” The truth could not be any farther from this belief. Researchers Manuela Angelucci and Daniel Bennett provide ...| Mad In South Asia
War often forces people to move to other cities, countries, and continents in search of safety, food, and money. This displacement disturbs the routine life of people, separating them from their homes...| Mad In South Asia
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This piece was first published in Spanish on Mad in Puerto Rico. We live in a culture of silence, and this is something that affects many of us from childhood. The struggle to end this silence belongs...| Mad In South Asia
Priests and faith healers are the first people that Indians living with mental health challenges reach out to. Given the belief of people in traditional faith healing, the government of Gujarat concep...| Mad In South Asia
To Worry (or Not) about Medicines given to Help You Sleep I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in December 2010. Following the diagnosis I was put on anti-psychotics and I regularly visited my ...| Mad In South Asia
Global Early childhood development (ECD) has become a topic of interest for researchers and policy makers worldwide. This movement, which we call global ECD, claims to bring about economic and societa...| Mad In South Asia
A new study underscores the value of integrating patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in early psychosis through a cross-cultural examination. Published in Schizophrenia Research, this study is t...| madinsouthasia.org
A new study underscores the value of integrating patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in early psychosis through a cross-cultural examination. Published in Schizophrenia Research, this study is t...| 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
Whether it be for appointments, exercise or meeting friends or family, we frequently find ourselves living through our calendars. In our contemporary world, the clock governs all temporal phenomena, t...| Mad In South Asia
Researchers Sangeeta Yadav and Kumar Ravi Priya of Jindal Global University and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, conducted a study to understand how migrant workers in Delhi and Kanpur understan...| Mad In South Asia
Swapnil Gupta is an Associate Professor and Medical Director of Ambulatory Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital. She was trained as a psychiatrist in India and the United States, at SUNY Dow...| Mad In South Asia
Let me start off by saying I don’t think this will ever reach you, but I must say my part nonetheless. I was gifted your book during a very recent peculiar moment in my life, a time when I had s...| Mad In South Asia
