stigma of mental illness – Matters India

Indian town where mental illness is deeply misunderstood

On: June 7, 2017

The village of Sailani in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra is deceivingly normal on the surface — few eateries, couple of medical shops and clinics, cassette shops, bus and auto services and so on. The village and most of these shops are named ‘Sailani’ after a Muslim Saint — SailaniContinue Reading

World Mental Health Day: illness still remains shrouded in stigma

By: Matters India

On: October 10, 2016

In: Health

Five of the ten leading causes of disability across the world are mental health problems. And these problems prevail across socio-economic boundaries, genders, ages and nationalities. International studies about mental health in the workplace are increasingly telling a similar story of stress, depression and alcohol abuse, to name a few.Continue Reading