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Brent Draper left the judges and the audience in shock when he announced that he wanted to leave the show. Citing the issue of mental health that he needed to sort out, he said he is proud that he raised his hand, asked for help and took the step he needed to keep his health intact. Draper said that it was affecting his cooking, his sleep, almost every aspect of his life and that he knew that he needed to be home to take care of himself first.
According to surveys conducted by NAMI, about one-third of the people seeking psychiatric services could find an available provider or did not accept their insurance. Despite the law being passed to provide insurers with the reimbursement, a lot of insurance companies have outdated directories and incomprehensible benefits.
The idea is to assess the impact of online schooling on the students residing in the municipal zone of NMMC (Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation). It would have been over a year that the students would have been attending online classes and not attending school in conventional form which is an important part of the educational process.
WHO data suggests that when it comes to providing and aiding mental health services, many countries, of all monetary statuses, have been far too quick to assert prescription medication to the patients than having a therapy oriented or a holistic approach for the treatment.
The end result is forced institutional coercion, prolonged dependency on medicines, even human rights violation. Certain unchecked practices have rather created far greater issues than having resolved them.
The task force is formed by IPS (Indian Psychiatry Society) to check on the mental health of doctors who have been on the forefront of ground work and have seen implications of the pandemic with probably minimal to no time for response outlet owing to endless hours of duty.
The current wave of the pandemic is receding, however, the frontline workers' impact need to be assessed in order of taking care of their health.
For most people, it may not be any less than a war PTSD. This dedicated programme for doctors is hailed under the name - Vaidya Manovani.
A survey from Mind revealed that UK had 22% cancellation on therapy appointments and about 1 in 4 patients could not access help. Due to pandemic restrictions and health hazards, it was difficult for everyone to move around to access help while virtual availability was subjectively the only choice left.
Google data shows a 400% rise in search for online therapy and a 500% rise in organisations and companies offering them.
Led by Saama Capital and White board capital, Now&Me, founded by Bani Singh and Drishti Gupta, has been working towards community based solutions and the added funding will help them in team expansion, product development and further community building.
Since the onset of pandemic from 2020 up until now, mid-way through 2021, from individuals to social media influencers have touched upon mental well-being. The brands, on the other hand, have taken to creating campaigns that must resonate with the current status of the audience.
A spokesperson from Reebok India highlights that they cannot take a celebratory tone when people are going through tough times, have lost someone or have fallen prey to the disease themselves in the pandemic.
Check the link to see how different brands have created campaigns to support and help their audiences.
A team of 78 doctors associated with different government corporations and hospitals have set up a helpline number and attend distress calls from 9AM in the morning that go on through the end of the day.
They have reportedly attended over 20,000 calls since April 19.
In 2020, the chief editor for Association for Talent Development stressed upon organization's inclination towards creating a work-life balance culture. Moreover, when the problems are treated with a DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) issue perspective, a healthy culture even if not present, can be created and sustained.
Actor and doctor Vasant Ravi and Pranav Padmacharan mentioned how they wanted to contribute to the cause of mental health especially seeing the gruesome outcome from the pandemic that made the nation aware of the importance of mental wellness.
They created "Mayan: Innate Healers", an app where you can connect with healers equiped with plenty of alternate therapy option such as Pranic healing, Tibetan healing, reiki, hypnotherapy, yoga therapy, occupational therapy and more, along with typical psychology counselling.
The app currently has 25-30 healers.
Vision has published a report on mental health drugs market keeping in consideration the parameters of forecast by Drug class, indications, distribution channel and regional market analysis.
With the current growth frame, the current demand for the drug and the mixed response from the pandemic effect, in a decade's time, the market value has got to reach $58.91 billion with 2031.
Contrary to a general belief, the pandemic has had a mixed response on mental health drug manufacturing globally and mostly impacting negatively for the demand of the drug.
The four time grand slam winner decides to walk out of the tournament when she put forth her decision to not take part in press conferences owing to overwhelming anxiety and the organizers slapped a fine of $15,000 for her conduct. In response, Osaka pulled out of tournament entirely.
"The truth is that I have suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018 and I have had a really hard time coping with that.", she says.
The young dancer spoke about how it was okay to validate anxiety during the pandemic and specifically spoke about how it was normal to have gained weight during the lockdown period, giving assurance that certain lifestyle alternation subjective to every individual was bound to occur.
WHO in its new publication provides guidelines and technical ruling for person-centred and right based approach following the system and services laid down by UNCRPD.
The guidelines aim to support, introduce and scale up the practices of governments, policy makers, service organisations, NGOs, individual practitioners, persons with disabilities and other stakeholders.
The 27 year-old developed a facebook based AI chatbot for mental wellness that can also guide the users to practice gratitude and meditation.
“It started as a side project but I am really happy to receive messages that the Chatbot genuinely helped people feel better and taught them new things. I continued working on it, just for the joy,” says Harshini.
The people of Britain can now be seen spending a lot of time near water bodies. UK doctors can now prescribe their patients, a treatment module of spending more time near water bodies. With the fast pacing urbanization, the people have been spending a lot of time away from nature and with the load of work and testing times of pandemic health management, the anxiety can rise of the peak.
A programme in 2019, showed significant improvements in people who took to the "Blue prescribing"
"The Me You Can't See: A Path Forward" will be a follow up that shall reunite health experts, athletes, celebrities who have spoken about their mental health struggle, anxiety, depression and even schizophrenia, in the past.
Apple TV+ says that their episode had brought in about 25% new users to the streaming platform.
Amongst issues of Pandemic and global health management, the Board recommended that they must consider a report on mental health responsiveness towards the pandemic. The Board, during the 147th and 148th sessions had recommended a comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan for the period of 2013 to 2030.
Schizophrenia is a classic mental health condition, made popular by the likes of thriller movies which in turn had affected how schizophrenics are seen all over the world. According to WHO data, about 20 million people are affected by Schizophrenia all over the world and is one of the most serious conditions present, however, can be treated if identified early.
On this World Schizophrenia Day, we urge the people to consider the condition as a serious issue, not holding the patient or the one affected by it as accountable and help them better their condition, if possible, from the onset with early identification and right treatment approach which can help a huge numbers of people to lead normal lives.
Dr. Radhika Bapat, Pune and Dr. Uma Chandrika Millner, US, have formed Indian Network of the Diaspora for Essential Aid and Relief (INDEAR) to provide free mental health services for the frontline workers. The sessions, other than Hindi and English, will also be available in Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Marwari, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
According to Meru Health Survey the top reasons for not seeking mental health help were too expensive, too difficult and not enough time.
Overall, about 50% of the respondents were found to have not seeked help or services when they needed it, in the past or currently. The primary aim, for everyone working in and around mental health awareness and provision services, must also be to remove the stigmas associated with it.
While much needs to be done regarding the infrastructure of mental health in India, the mental wellbeing of athletes is a concern that could boost of hamper their performance in the international event.
The yearning for nothing less than a gold medal and the pressure to fulfill the expectation by each participating Olympian can be extremely overwhelming, combined with the health hazard of the pandemic, makes it a Herculean task to perform an win in the arena.
Maharashtra began vaccinating the patients in Thane and Ratnagiri hospitals last week and now have announced that mental illness patients may not produce any ID to get the vaccination jab. This drive of Maharashtra shall eventually cover nomads, destitutes, beggars, people in old age home, basically anyone who may not have an identification proof.
Zurich Risk Advisor app is a digital risk assessment tool aiming to understand negative mental health exposure and provide with assured contingency plans.
Mostly focused towards working class of people, the app identifies the patterns from the information provided by the people to understand the flow of their day and identify risks arising from cultures like "presenteeism", "absenteeism" and "always on" mentality, to name a few, that can be figured out in early stages for better mental well-being and healthier life.
Ahead of the mental health awareness month, the newly launched service of Facebook will be a hub for various mental health tools providing with mental health tips, exercises, guides and external links to reach out to more resources other than listed.
"We've worked with leading authorities around the world to surface their resources on handling financial stress, parenting support, coping with loss and grief, managing substance use and taking care of overall emotional health. In the resource center, people are also able to connect with organizations & groups, contact a helpline, or message a friend."
Click on the link below to check the health center.
As lockdowns continue, the isolation protocols are in place, many are not able to travel around or are away from the their families, added with the burden of financial stress, world having seen a global scale pandemic of this magnitude after nearly a century, individuals are not equipped to handle the crisis nor are the experts armed well enough to guide flawlessly.
The healing from the pandemic damage may take years for recovery. Mostly needing a mental boost of will power to be having the strength to start and build again.
The incidences of anxiety during the pandemic increased from 4% to 20% and with that, increase in the occurences of compulsive behavior, clinically known as OCD.
The need to fulfil the compulsive behavior with pandemic restrictions and isolation environment goes unaddressed and makes it more difficult with those suffering from the condition.
People with OCD may not be able to distinguish between precautionary measure or overboarding. Just like how in anxiety, people are often asked to pen down their emotions, OCD management can include writing down a contingency plan and stick to it.
Experts stress on strong financial foot hold to help get the young population back on track post pandemic. Whether it be availing mental health services too, a stable income will be the security that will indeed be of utmost importance in the times post-crisis.
Actress Sanjana Sanghi took to social media to express her thoughts about how expectations to do something can lead to guilt and shame for not doing it providing enough. Especially in the times of pandemic, there's never going to be a definition of "enough" for doing things for others, however, everyone must understand their capacity and must be self-fulfilled by it.
"Our mind is a very tricky place. Don't let it consume you. And if you have somehow tricked yourself into thinking this is a good time to ride yourself with guilt - there is no right way of telling you how wrong you are.", she says.
About 48% of men aged between 16-40 have been known to be struggling with how their physical appearance is perceived by the people.
Ranging from weight issues to growing of a beard, the men have underlying concerns that never the surface, are not expressed and in turn affect them in the same way as a depression condition would.
Whether it be an effect of the pandemic stress, overwhelming emotions or clinical illness of mental condition, a primary, remote connection before any intervention is always helpful, especially in the terms, if the person cannot reach any facility physically. In these situations, helpline numbers can be of tremendous help.
Check the link for more info.
Neuroscience provides tools for digital neurotherapies that have become the necessity of the present and perhaps the future considering the pandemic situation.
The digital neurotherapy can help map the brain activity, pathways and processes in order to understand the responses and function that can help in further action to resolve issues, neuroscience can really prove to be a promising diagnostic tool.
Amrita Tripathi and Kamna Chhibber wrote "Age of Anxiety: How to cope by" that takes inputs from mental health professionals, helpline numbers, myths, facts and key insights on how the issue can be looked at in India.
Click below and check the conversation with the authors.
In a matter of hours, the entire crew became the talk of the town. Not forgetting the intense time pressure to resolve the issue, the monetary losses incurred, the time bound delays and the brunt of the entire fiasco falling on the crew's shoulders, it was supposedly not easy for the skilled seafarers to absorb the entire emanation of the event.
While the employees point towards mis-management and "bossy" behaviour from their superiors, the bosses lay unwinding reasons at the long hours of work for disturbed mental health of the corporate workers.
About 77% of the employers said that the lomg hours of work is taking a toll on mental health and side stepped the leadership conflict.
About 79% employees pointed towards erratic leadership and cause of their stress.
The survey had 1088 employees and 368 employers participating from 9 major cities of India.
Calling it WorkingWell, Amazon has introduced it's program for its employees that will guide them with healthy physical and mental activities, exercises and dietary programs.
The aim of WorkingWell is to become the world's safest place of work. According to a published data, about 40% of injuries occuring at Amazon is Musculoskeletal disorder, sprains and strains that mostly occur in newer employees because it is mostly a physical job for larger portion of its employees and Amazon's wellness programs have been able to reduce it by 32% between 2019 and 2020.
Like one ducks or defends themselves when a punch seems to be landing on the face, the brain has a neurological process to identify the stimulus out of the ordinary, churn the information and make a decision, all happening in splinter moments, thanks to neural links of the brain that help is in performing the certain actions with variable situations.
This response, may not be the same for every individual for this usually comes with experience or observation. An untrained brain may not have an outcome for all given situations and often leading to best possible decision of response that may very well be a "stupid" one to the people of the surrounding.
Understanding the neural brain pattern for certain situations of stress and depression, basically anything out of what brain seems ordinary can help in developing neural SOP for training those who are suffering and National Brain Research Center(NBRC), Manesar, might just have taken a step forward in this direction.
Experts have been unanimous over how critically important it is having to take care of the elderly during the pandemic in terms of physical health and mental support as well. Involving the elderly in the routine of the younger generation is easier said than done, which however, turns out to be an important aspect of tending the aged.
With the limitations in movement and stringent precautionary measures reducing the outdoor timing, the seniors have very little to work with which in turn, affects their emotions anday spiral them unto a state of depression.
The link between nutrition and healthy lifestyle is given, however, the causal link between foods and reduction of anxiety is an unexplored territory. Not many of us realize that an energized body is a body that is willing to put efforts in a certain direction, a much needed sentiment to battle anxiety.
While nutrition in the sense of body development is a metabolic necessity, certain food items individually boost the mood, morale and neurological response of a person too, making it all the more important to have a fulfilled palate.
Psychologists have come to an agreement to not stand with social media platforms for counseling. Moreover, the bulk of social media is often observing unqualified people offering services that surely needs a professional approach.
The psychology fraternity urges general public to understand the kind of services offered by certain people, its limitations and know the subjective output a professional and experienced therapist can give.
As much as there is a band gap in ratio for psychiatrists required in India to the population of the country, it is also important that treatments are taken from the right people.
Indians turning to religious places and faith healers to seek solutions to their various problems is not a hidden secret. An age old practice, propelled by socio-cultural dynamics, easy accessibility, low professional authenticity and low financial status has paved way for cosmic healing process.
Mr. Kumar, Director of Banyan, an NGO that provides mental health services, points out that often, the faith healer take the cause and source of the problems as an external entity, referring to positions of planets and stars and God's wrath while allopathic and scientific approaches link it to within the person which may be harder to accept than the former.
Charity begins at home. The foundation of well built character and moral values is majorly moulded by the values and morals of a household. It becomes important what the parents educate the children about a healthy society paradigm and what constitutes as a good behavior for self and around others.
Having created a strong foundation for correct moral values shall surely lead to a society in future that will be more considerate to each other and will ensure that although troubles may find their way in people's lives, there are going to be helping hands around to sail through.
Owing to the current pandemic conditions that have collaterally led to struggling financial, personal and professional paradigms of an individual, the experts believe that one of the reliant ways to ensure that confidence, assurance of every individual is held intact for governments, organisations and national infrastructure is to safeguard the ment health assets of the future.
Mental health, by default, is seen an an individualistic problem that in turn is sought after with individual solutions as well. In time, one must realise that this is a collective societal concern that must be tackled with a group effort.
World Economic Forum and International Public Policy Observatory on Covid has laid down functional ways to identify and resolve mental health issues as a group.
Use of psychedelics for treating mental health problems have always been in a moral, social and scientific conflict. Usage of invasive drugs in a controlled manner with strict SOP is subjective even with experts, let alone effective administration and resolution of treatment.
However, psilocybin is aimed at transforming this paradigm in every way including how the nomenclature of psychedelics is perceived by the people.
Experts believe that with supremacy of science and integrating modern knowledge with medicine, the age old taboos can be overcome and new era in treatment could begin.
May 5 has been declared as world maternal mental health day as an awareness day for the mothers who are undergoing stress and anxiety with motherhood, especially the new mother's who have birthed around the pandemic time.
About one in five mothers experience pre/post natal anxiety and mood disorder.
The panic that came with Covid-19 goes hand in hand with the intensity and severity of the disease. However, the chaotic environment has its own occurence in impulses with concerns spanning from health defence ideologies to hoarding of essentials, no concrete planning for panic approach has yet been shared other than requests to not be so.
A plan for citizens with assurances from government for a conscientious approach might just be the much needed thing for general populace.
The actress, known for her intense roles in various OTT productions, speaks about how different roles and their requirements of being in a certain character takes a toll on mental health. Apte talks about the importance of psychotherapy and gradually be able to trust the instincts.
The sense of stagnation, coming to a standstill, to a general halt, even though the routine seems to be pretty much set in the nip, that one particular feeling of "let the things move without purpose" has gripped a lot of individuals, especially during and after the pandemic.
The idea of languishing is juxtaposed with the purposeful existence. The pandemic especially bounded a lot of us in stringent limits while others had to work beyond expectations. In either ways, the limits were pushed for all individuals causing a constant burnout like sensation, leading to languishing.
The Listeners Collective, founded by Ganga Nair, The Burrow founded by Samira Philip, Anoushka Akhouri and Jyothis Thomas and Jaskiran Gill's Listening Inn have been working relentlessly to create an incorporated environment with community building for mental wellness.
All the initiatives have been headlined by professional women and provide a range of pro-bono services to guided therapy.
A newly found biomarker can help in diagnosing the level of depression using blood sample.
"Blood biomarkers are emerging as important tools in disorders where subjective self-report by an individual, or a clinical impression of a health care professional, are not always reliable," says psychiatrist and neuroscientist Alexander B. Niculescu from Indiana University.
20 year old boy from Hyderabad started FindHope to help those in need during struggling days of mental coping. Tharun started his venture hoping to help people in a manner of self-appreciating values, to transfer his experiences as methods of learning for lifestyle improvement.
The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India Prof. K Vijay Raghavan has virtually launched the “MANAS” App. MANAS stands for Mental Health and Normalcy Augmentation System.
"The app must be integrated with the public health schemes like the National Health Mission, Poshan Abhiyan, e-Sanjeevani and others so that it is used widely. Besides, the application must be made multi-lingual.”, he says.
IMPRI special lecture on mental health, conducted by Professor Vikram Patel from Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University, concentrated the brief mostly on the panorama of burden faced by the youth of the nation at individual, family and society level.
Professor Patel highlighted three important initiatives that could help improve the youth’s mental health are
1) World Bank’s disease control priorities programme with a focus on mental health
2) Lancet Commission’s global mental health and sustainable development
3) The Lancet Commission’s adolescent health and well-being.
In collaboration with Deloitte, World Economic Forum laid down a toolkit to govern digital mental health that include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Digital reality, blockchain and cloud. The monitoring and conduction of these disruptive technologies from an early stage will ensure proper scaling as these technologies are most likely becoming a necessity in the future.
April is observed as Parkinson's month and 11th of April is World Parkinson's Day. This day may be observed as a day to appreciate the caregivers and raise awareness about the suffering of the patients from the disease. The average occurence of Parkinson's in people of India is about 1500 per million. It is a high rate of prevalence with reportingly 40.6% of patients coming with worsened conditions during/post lockdown.
'NAMI walks your way' virtual event will be under way on May 22 to raise funds and awareness of its various programs that addresses mental health issues, fight discrimination and aides and educates families and individuals to combat mental health issues.
Aurelio Costarella, who has designed gowns for celebrities like Rihanna, Nicole Scherzinger, Tyra Banks, Jennifer Hawkins and more, says that he once struggled with depression that drove him away from fashion industry.
Aurelio says he once had a buffet of 23 different types of medications to help his situation and later, he spent three years living without dependency on the drugs and found his new purpose in sharing his experience to help others out in their struggles.
On World Health Day, Hardik Pandya speaks about how important mental wellness has been for him throughout his career, especially now that the players have been restricted to live out of bio-bubbles.
"So for me I realized that mental health is also important, where my family played a big role to make sure that I am in right space.", says Pandya.
University of Oxford analysed samples of 2,36,379 patients, anxiety and mood orders were found in a combined statistic of 31% while 7% had a stroke and 2% were found with dementia.
The latest study that has come into light is due to long term investigation and follow up to understand the anamoly of the virus' effect and hopefully be able to treat the future patients with all perspectives in mind.
As per National Crime Records Bureau, in the year 2019, there were 381 suicidal deaths on a daily basis. Despite the implementation of Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, the lack of awareness has in turn had practically no effect in improvement of mental health state of the people.
In order to actively improve the suicidal state of people, more than awareness, intervention and prevention strategies need to be adopted first to break the chain of current tendencies of giving up on life.
In an award acceptance speech for his miniseries, 'I know this much is true' the 53-year old American actor spoke about mental health around which the HBO television movie was centred.
"Mental illness is a real thing, and I just think it's really important that we're honest and open about it and have no fear and no shame. So, thank you so much,” he added.
The hospitality and corresponding service industry is expected to provide any-time service, with top-notch quality and completely accessible to its customers and clients.
The employees, however, often take the toll of extreme fire-fighting, solving customer problems with a smile on their face that they don't mean. The stress that gets to these service providers piles up to lead onto a bigger set of problems that is undulates out of hand mostly due to lack of outlet options for the stacked up frustration and long working hours.
DEFECTIVE, available on Kindle Unlimited, is a story about young law student coming to terms with her newly discovered Bipolar II diagnoses.
“Defective shows the daily reality faced by people, particularly young women, who may not even be aware that their challenges are related to Bipolar Disorder. Yet this condition can be treated and managed,” said Sofayov.
Ananya Pandey, who was last seen in the film "Khaali Peeli" has been awarded as the change maker of the year with her initiative "So Positive"
"When bullying takes place on social media, people see it happening but no one does anything about it even though it can impact mental health.", she says.
Ratnaboli Ray, founder of Anjali Mental Health Rights Organization in Kolkata says it becomes difficult and overwhelming for women to incorporate and deal with extensive traveling, juggling multiple offices and filling out forms when it comes to availing services and pension.
A suggestion is further made to make it hassle free for women to access services in absence of any support.
About half of mental health problems begin at the age of 14 with boys at a higher risk, says pediatrician Dr. Ranj Singh who has written a book on mental well-being for boys which includes topics of relationships, consent and respect.
“We need to allow boys to talk about their feelings, and if they're ever struggling we need to encourage them to seek help - it shouldn't be seen as a failure.”, he says.
Government's mental health recovery action plan is now having a fund backup of £500 million in the UK. The fund is directed towards benefitting people with serious mental illnesses, younger demography and front line healthcare staff. Recovery Action Plan is to boost the expansion and strengthen the infrastructure of mental health services in the country particularly aiming to provide a concrete support system for people. The funding is divided in various groups and necessary attention to ailments in order to provide uniform support.
Catering to a large population, generating insights, identifying the mental states and providing solutions and therapy may just have to go in line with AI-based technology and brought upon digital platforms.
With a recorded statistic of 100 million people in India possibly suffering from mental ailments, the ground reality could very well be largely staggering. The nation is already struggling to maintain a coup with current numbers by attending the problems with the current manpower function, the future of enhanced mental heath care function has got to be digital.
The 28 year old royal and mother of one, Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan launches a social enterprise to champion mental heath issues in Malaysia
“It started at 12 or 13. I didn’t know I had anxiety. But I knew something was off. I was constantly overthinking and nervous,” she said in a interview.
According to a latest study half of children and teenagers are not receiving the mental health support that they are in the need of. Most of the children have experienced adverse childhood and traumatic incidences may have a better life if access was provided through schools and educational institutes.
Villatoro family in Texas, whilst preparing for the 12th birthday of their little one, recieved a bad news of her passing by taking life from self. The neighborhood and known family members are in shock upon knowing about the death of the child who was always so happy.
Although there is no knowledge about the incident, the family belives that she was traumatized at school and urges to speak more to their children about their problems for there's every chance it could be underlying.
BetterUp was founded in 2013 and connects patients to therapists, counselors and mental health professionals and Harry is now named as their first chief impact officer.
This move comes in right after a month of him and Meghan separating from the Royal Family.
It is a common incident in household to have the teenager sleeping until or past afternoon when everyone else in the house is up, awake, running and wondering if they should break their nap, however, considering a sleep pattern and cycle that goes unchecked, in the age, it usually is one's perspective to see that as irresponsible.
92% of adults, even, have their depression linked to lack of sleep. The hours of sleep is often misconstrued as oversleeping, however, the sleep cycle must be complied and then gradually turned around to fall under required hours.
The happiness index is measured upon three main indicators: life evaluations, positive emotions and negative emotions. Sub-categorized into further parameters, the understanding of the indicators is well analysed for better understanding of the current social situation and path to a better national infrastructure overall.
25% of the voters are found to have been living with a mental health issue while it's priority from the government end has been lowest since it's turning.
"It’s unfortunate those with mental illness are not considered an important part of the electorate. Mental health is so low down in the list of priorities for those standing for government.", says Vandana Gopikumar of Banyan, a Chennai-based NGO.
The pandemic brought some attention towards this much needed societal facet that needed urgent addressing, however, the momentum needs to be a progressive path rather than a bare minimum afterthought, time and again. The initiative and concern from the government can make a huge difference and the citizens are yet to see any acknowledgement from the power system.
Until the age of 16, about 65% kids would have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lives.
Examples of childhood trauma include - physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological and emotional abuse, neglect, natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, or fires, homelessness, racism, serious accidents or life threatening illness, violent loss of a loved one, sexual exploitation, refugee and war experiences, community and school violence, witnessing or experiencing family or partner violence and military stressors like loss, injury, or parental deployment.
Therapy for childhood trauma can help avoiding certain fears or hesitation traits that hinders the growth or development of an individual.
A lot of people approach a professional after a lot of contemplation, bravery, overcoming doubts and taboos, with a vulnerable state of mind and at times, these doubts, the vulnerabilities, become a way for vice heads to advantage of people in compromised emotional state.
Money and Mental Health Policy Institute's study says that a person with mental health issues were three times more likely to be scammed by internet fraudsters than wider population.
Certain government guidelines, insurance policies and laws ought to be made for the benefit or protection of the people's benefits in case their service provider has been fraudulent, especially on medical grounds.
The talks of the school reopening is seen as a good sign for the students and the isolation trauma that most of them may have had to go through.
Being in a school environment, a child is often confiding in their peers that subliminally works as a booster for mental health. With the prospect of schools opening up physically, the children are looking forward to meet their friends which in its own possibility, is lifting their spirits.
The course of mental health has gotten more traction than ever during the pandemic and the middle east has prepared it's foundation to tackle it.
UAE has launched two helpline numbers for the residents' with the help being readily available for anyone who wishes to access it.
The subject also came under discussion at Mohamed bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations held in Abu Dhabi on Sunday to encourage people to seek help.
In a podcast by Diane Guerrero called "Yeah no, I'm not okay", Demi Lovato opens up about her drug abuse during her depression days and calls it a needed coping mechanism in the time. She was sure to mention that drugs were killing her too, however, she now sees it in a positive light as a phase she needed to go through to understand what's best for her.
Consumers reports' Digital Lab assessed seven such applications that are providing mental health services to figure how the data is utilised ahead.
For most part, the apps functioned normally and client centric services catered to the needs of the users by either an AI support or redirecting to a professional therapist.
A few apps, however, were found to be functioning under a grey zone as not they don't ccompletely fall under the HIPAA Act, thusly it is completely over word of reliability and trust that the apps are not using the information for ad retargeting.
Wysa, the Indian AI powered app for mental health services, has shared the information that they have received an undisclosed amount from Google assistant fund.
Google Assistant Investments Program was launched in 2018 to push forward the digital ecosystem and help early-age start ups the needed boost.
According to the new research, the olfactory senses or the senses of smell are better connected with the memory as compared to sight, touch, taste and hearing.
The research also states that better memory associations are made if a scent is associated with the setting of memory. This research, in turn, can help in improving conditions of mental health and tackle trauma using the olfactory channels and facilitate better rehabilitation.
Other than the mention of Dharwad Institute of Mental health and Neurosciences and the proposed center of excellence in collaboration with NIMHANS and National Law School of India University, there was no mention of allocation of budget for mental health.
With 1 in 4 people being affected due to various forms of mental health, it should have been state's priority to consider development in resources and infrastructure let alone exclude the idea entirely.
Kim, who had gained about 60 pounds during her pregnancy in 2013, said she was slammed by internet trolls and body shamers for having gained the weight, even compared to a killer in one instance.
At the expense for having a laugh, sitting at home and typing away snide comments can be taxing for someone reading it on tne other side of the screen.
“I was shamed on a weekly basis with cover stories that made my insecurities so painful I couldn’t leave the house for months after. It really broke me,” said Kardashian.
The residents of Institute of Mental Health in Ayanavaram, in collaboration with Hot Breads Bakery are all set to bake and sale at the new cafe in OPD department of the institute. This initiative is impactive to help the residemts reconnect with the society and tackle the trauma with occupational therapy.
A few residents are involved in the setting up of the cafe and upon its running and success, it will bound to be expanded into further branches.
In a tell-all show with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle is all set to reveal her in-depth mental health struggle she faced within the palace walls, dubbed as "The Firm"
To be aired this Monday, on CBS, Meghan has reportedly shared events that are "very very serious and upsetting", as shared by a TV insider.
About 2.8 million people die every year due to obesity or problem arising due to being overweight, as WHO estimates. Other than hormonal and physical problems, obesity also gives rise to mental trauma that may reside on low self-confidence, eatimg disorders, addiction and more.
Being able to accept certain situations and body images is necessary, to know and act upon unhealthiness can help a lot.
March 2nd is celebrated as World Teen Mental Wellness day to raise awareness and provide education around stigmas of mental health with the teenage group in focus. Here are three ways you can explore to help your friend in need:
1) Share concerns: If you see a friend in trouble or feel so, express your concern or worry for them in place of making a comment over their behavior
2) Reach out: If you feel your friend needs to speak to someone about their trouble and they are not opening up to you, approach a family member for help.
3) Offer support: You cannot force someone to seek help. If your friend isn't speaking up, offer your support and stay with them to let them know that you are there incase they need anything.
Expressing her frustration in an instagram live session, Ankita Lokhande shared her constant struggle with the internet trolls who have been picking on her over Sushamt Singh Rajput's demise.
Urging the people who have been double dealing as "fans", Lokhande suggests to unfollow her if they despise her to that extent.
"Where were you when things were ending between us?", Ankita said in the live addressing the very fans who blame her for the incident.
In the year 2015, Henry Watkins had won bronze in British National Championships, when his name was announced, no one stepped up. Henry was in his changing rooms as he claimed that he doesn't feel like he "deserves it"
Henry says boxing became his go to response for anything that happened in his life. Dedicating his life to boxing, he found himself immersed completely in chasing records. Completing one milestone after the other, Henry says his fighter attitude comes from his grandfather and boxing has taught him a lot about approaching and overcoming life problems.
Arguing with strangers on the internet can be as taxing for the mental health as experiencing a burnout. Here are four crisp pointers to understand if your burn out is real:
1) Going online even to browse social media makes you anxious
2) The stress of thoughts other than your visual social media takes over your mind
3) Insomnia and sleeplessness are more frequent
4) Yo develop physical ailments, including muscle fatigue
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced in January 2020 that they'd be stepping down from their Royal responsibilities and the media storm had taken it to their snores to report every bit and more about it, however, leading to be overwhelming for the couple.
“We all know what the British press could be like, and it was destroying my mental health, I was like this is toxic. So I did what any husband and what any father would do is like, I need to get my family out of here.”, says Harry
Researchers at the university of Birmingham have developed the concept of machine learning to diagnose depression and psychosis to reality. This idea can help determine the secondary symptoms to psychosis amd depression and help create a better treatment plan for the patients.
Owing to an increase in suicide rates by 70% amongst women of Japan, Tetsushi Sakamoto, a caninet member has been appointed as the minister of loneliness to oversee the management of causes for increasing trauma.
The women in Japan have been hit the most. Most of the Japanese women are not married and often do not have anyone to support in the family, although, not citing that as a primary reason, the Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga has expressed his concern and would like the new minister to probe the issue and figure a comprehensive strategy.
Scotland government is engaged with high rise in the numbers suffering from mental health problems. The data shows about a third of the population needing support and saw a rise of almost 4% in suicidal thinking in last 4 months.
The new motto is the campaigning foundation of the new reform possibility from the government that will aim to create awareness, help young adults with support to nurture a health mental health environment with a wholesome wellbeing for all population.
The pandemic has taken a huge toll on Bangladesh's kids, where 55% of them have shown their frustration over staying home for longer periods.
As per UNESCO data, 1.2 billion students worldwide have been affected by the closure of educational institutions in 144 countries. Whereas in Bangladesh, about 37 million students, including 17 million in primary education, are devoid of in-person education and activities.
While speaking with Mark Nicholas on his 'Not just cricket' podcast, Virat recalls how he was in shambles during the 2014 England tour not having any successful stream with his bat.
"...it's not a great feeling to wake up knowing that you won't be able to score runs and I think all batsmen have felt that at some stage that you are not in control of anything at all," the Indian skipper recalled.
Our nation, India, isn't probably putting an idea of farming as a career prospect in the basket of the next generation to come, however, isn't just the case of this country.
Globally, the farmers are finding themselves isolated and disconnected with the world. A survey conducted by Farm Safety Foundation reveals that about 88% of farmers under the age of 40 have poor mental health conditions.
In a survey and stats analysis done by IIT-B, the turnout has presented the fact that about 20% students have had the need for counseling but never sought out any help. About 16% have received counseling for a brief period while about 5.5% have availed mental health services throughout.
Statistics also reflect that about 38% students have been chain smoking, resorting to one pack a day.
On the occasion of 75th year of 'heartfulness', the prime minister delivered a valedictorian address. He appreciated the efforts of Heartfulness volunteers, who are spreading a message of wellness by yoga and meditation all over the globe.
“The world is dealing with a lot of issues — from the ongoing pandemic to a fast-paced life and lifestyle disorders, and even terrorism. And in these perilous times, yoga and heartfulness are like a ray of hope for the world.”, said the prime minister.
Sandeep Nahar started in Sushant Singh Rajput's MS Toni and Akshay Kumar starrer, Kesari, was allegedly found dead in his Mumbai residence, leaving behind a note on social media citing reason for taking his own life.
Only about 40 crore has been alloted for the National Mental Health Programme as opposed to Rs 500 crore for NIMHANS. As the growing need for a better infrastructure and manpower required to run an establishment to cater to an exponential need of mental wellbeing, this allotment may not be enough, although, it is a start.
In a time where the singer went through spirals of dilemma, outbursts, centered with media coverage, Britney Spears, in all ways, has absorbed a lot of harassment than we believe.
The quote of mental health is in prominence these days. The awareness is gauging and yet there are people do not bat an eyelid before picking up on celebrities. Had Spears been going through what she went through in this time, there would a place for her emotions and feelings to rest. It is almost commendable the way she coped through all the blinding size of the negative spotlight she'd gotten years ago.
Spears, currently, isn't working, is not seen much and even on social media, posts what may be a daily musing or a general wonderment isn't seemingly outspoken or vocal.
As the pandemic hit, the task of mental health professionals bounced many-a-fold. With confinement in place, a lot of professionals did not know how help people cope in times of stress when there can be no excursions to the outside. One of the powerful tools to rely on physical presence and intimacy was also surged to a virtual realm that made the professionals all the more helpless.
This helplessness got the therapists and other mental health professionals in a state of worry as they had limited tools to help their patients causing them to be seeking help.
While most of the professionals are in therapy themselves, the others are relying on self-sufficient tools to cope.
The actress posted a picture of her foundation, Live Love Laugh Foundation, saying that mental health struggle has always been a personal matter for her.
"Over the last 5 years, donors, partners, government authorities and our incredible team have all played a crucial role in LiveLoveLaugh’s journey, but the greatest impact has been from those who have had a lived experience with mental illness, and their caregivers.”, says Padukone.
Taking it to social media, Ira Khan had stated that she's been battling depression for last four years and currently is experiencing a complete mental burnout. Referring to a wedding she attended recently with her father, Aamir Khan, she points out that although she could be seen smiling in her photographs, she simply wanted to come back and cry, which, she has been doing a lot.
In a further mentioning, Ira says she is finding herself in bawling sessions after work, almost everyday.
In a data reveal by KIRAN helpline, about 70% of the calls made for mental health assistance were made by men. Between September, 2020 until the end of January this year, over 15,000 calls were made.
With pandemic induced stress in the country and the onus of a "responsible man" from the society, a lot of calls made were centered around financial stress and substance abuse, added to the fact that because men often do not seek help from people around, their identities were undisclosed, often altered.
8th of February is observed as world epilepsy day, a condition wherein the patient undergoes seizures, uncontrolled behaviours and outbursts to an extent where they feel, along with themselves, the caretakers are burdened with extensive stress of mental pressure.
Although, it is a difficult life to lead, here are a few things the caregivers can ensure to keep their mental balance intact,
1) Right treatment: Epilepsy isn't a voluntary behavioural pattern, rather a condition. Treating the patient with utmost care despite can help dampen the seizures
2) Regular consultation: Consultation with the doctors can help in understanding the extent, intensity and improvements in the condition
3) Records: Keeping records to understand sleeping pattern, food intake, activity planner can help in predicting seizure patterns
4) Self-care: Despite an unpredictable schedule, taking time out for self is necessary to ensure that caretaking does not overwhelm
5) Research: Keep yourself updated with developments in the field and stay connected with others to know what works best
Animal Angels Foundation (AAF) conducts animal assisted therapy sessions in the regions of Mumbai and Pune visited about 50 children and 25 adults on an average on a weekly basis, however, the pandemic has taken the entire ecosystem on a virtual platform.
“The children had difficulty processing it and some of them found it difficult to communicate and express themselves. Parents have been talking about restlessness, increased hyperactivity, increased emotional sensitivity and some instances of acting out.”, says Radhika Nair, founder, AAF.
Center has responded to the PIL over mental healthcare act, 2017 to define the standards for mental health establishments saying that it has set the standards at the time of laying down the act. However, the plea states that there have been no standards and regulations for the residential establishments where the mental health patient resides.
We are at the brink of calling the pandemic over and while it would be a thing of beauty, it is also the time to be careful to not shake the soda bottle too much to be losing control over the fizz.
With vaccination drives in full swing and post-pandemic conditions restoring to their normal, the returning process is effectively a metaphor for getting over a trauma, this time, collectively.
Experts say that the lingering trauma of an entire group may not be as subtle as one believes it to be while also mentioning that a collective group effort may be the best thing that could help here. Most of the individuals have their own embarked experiences that can form a shared ecosystem of empathy which can uplift the mass trauma in time.
Exploring and seeing what the world outside has in store for us often opens paradigms with exposure to the happenings outside of our knowing. Upon seeing the functioning of the world different from what one knows and accepting it is a norm can help a person in accepting their own situation
Therapy is made not so popular by the way it costs the patients. While some have started to believe it is a part of self-investment, there are many who would rather swallow their bank notes than take up counseling.
When necessity becomes unaffordable, it ceases it's priority in existence and becomes yet dangerous. Therapy is known to be difficult for low income segment of people already and thusly, attains its status as a non-existent form of treatment in most of economically struggling nations.
Having financial planning for mental health as in structures of insurance, asset investment or even retirement, might just be more benefial in long term sustenance of living. If there were a plan to be happy and balanced in life, people would cater to it with priority and this structure needs help from organizations and government as it would be a matter of progress or political stance.
The Duchess of Cambridge and a mother of three, speaks to the children about keeping their spirits up in a selfie video posted on the social media.
Middleton, along with speaking to the children, speaks to their parents too, saying that happy parent, equals to a happy child.
"Make sure everyone looks after themselves. It's very hard to prioritise but it's definitely needed now more than ever," she said.
The allocation of budget is due today for 2021 and post-pandemic scenario explicitly calls for specific focus on healthcare. Health ministry is expecting higher than ever allocation of budget for the financial year.
Government spends less than 0.05% of healthcare budget on mental health, however, owing to current pandemic conditions, a renewed consideration for expenditure over mental health caused due to efforts and awareness, raises expectations towards higher budgeting and thusly, a better treatment facilitation
Paddy Upton, India's former mental conditioning coach, addressed global athletic and sports bodies, including BCCI to cater to mental impact due to extensive stay in bio-bubbles
"Because we haven't done enough research to get feedback from different players -- what were their unique challenges -- we have all these medical people saying we can't approve this drug and that drug until we done the trials, but have we gathered the research?", says Upton.
Bell Let's Talk, an initiative started by a Canadian telecommunications company, Bell Canada, is contributing 5 cents for every tweet, snap, Tiktok or any applicable social media communication that includes the hashtag #BellLetsTalk.
Since the starting of the initiative, the company has reportedly raised $113 million with over 1.1 Million messages in the book.
The central theme turned out to be the global pandemic of Covid-19. With nearly 30,000 photographs submitted from 4,000 photographers, about 58% of photographers were from outside of Iran.
With increase in number of mental health cases, growing complexity of lifestyle and information overload, here are a few professional grade helplines that can help. You can also reach out to us through our website www.darwazakholo.com
HopeQure is designed to be using technologies like AI, deep learning and computer vision to funnel and implement mental health programs for individuals and corporates. With extensive research and handling, HopeQure, a HIPAA certified program works through online counselling and monitoring that help analyze the impact and track progress and improvement.
Shiya Sagar, co-founder of HopeQure shares, "I believe that the application of advance technology in Psychology counselling will help in addressing the requirements of various unique socio-economic segments of our society."
The digital toolkit, called Peak Fortem, will have videos and tools to help Australia's first responders. The program follows the successful model of UK's Ministry of Defence. HEADFit on which he had been working on since 2017, has shown positive results.
“Serving in the military, I saw first-hand how critical it is to train your mind as a muscle—not only to endure challenges and stresses, but to excel, grow, and build resilience in all aspects of life.”, says the Duke of Sussex.
Screened at 51st IFFI, directed by Onkar Diwadkar, a 24 year old from Mumbai, presents an aesthetically, scientifically correct and authentic, had mental health experts and did extensive research on his metaphorical representation of tide behaviour as shown in the plot of the film.
Dd says, as a filmmaker, his work is to ask the right questions and the audience will decode the rest.
India is home to approximately 300 million gamers and 80% of them prefer casual, mobile gaming. Owing to the pandemic , the screen time and the virtual recreation had increased multifold which in turn, proved to be a convenient way for coping stress amongst many youngsters and adults alike.
'Gamification' thusly comes into picture in order to extend the branches of therapy. The effectiveness of utilizing games for a primitive method of treatment is bizarre as it's easily accessible, available at any required time and can be used to maintain the funnel for professionals to allot their time with priority to patients in intervention or alternative therapy.
PehlaSukh is an initiative by the Indifamily Foundation and aims to make an impact by diverse community engagements. The initiative aims to have 5 million people educated towards holistic and healthy lifestyle by the year 2021. It's online initiative is supported by Silicon Valley’s India Community Centre-Crack the Wellness Code (ICC-CWC).
One of the most altering and shifting of processes were seen in the functioning of various businesses across the world during the pandemic. In order to keep the workplaces running, various organizations implemented impromptu working protocols to keep their motors running. This, in turn, led to an understanding of patterns that previously deemed impossible which majorly includes working from home or remote working.
Where organizations and stalwarts thought it to be next to impossible for certain executing models to be brought to reality, it has roped in a better understanding of a utilization of communications, logistics and networking that would go in sync with an individual's choice to be working from a safer space.
While tangible interaction will always have its own pomp, organizations have to now prepare for a post-pandemic scenario.
Moodbeam is your everyday wristband designed for a non-everyday purpose. The band could be utilized by the employers, provided to the staff to monitor the emotional response of employees through the day or the week. Equipped with two buttons, yellow for happy and blue for sad, the managers can view the emotional response and general state of mind of their subordinates.
This, however, can swing unfavorably for the workers as the interpretation of mood outcomes may differ from every manager, while some may understand the need of reforms to uplift the morale of employees, it may very well be taken as a token of general disconnection with work.
In addition to existing facilities which includes a salon, gym, hospital, a free tattoo shop, Singhu Border now has a counseling camp to help farmer cope with their situation.
The on going protests falling over various personal issues and living conditions even, the farmers tend to withhold overwhelming emotions and distress that needs to be let out or dealt with considering the situation could very well take time to resolve and uplift.
The farmers arrived at Singhu border on 25 November, 2020 and have been protesting against the farm bill since.
“We rarely share our struggles openly with the world. So, don’t blindly believe or be influenced by all that you see on social media or hear otherwise.", she says. Shilpa Shetty Kundra has been vocal about her mental wellbeing stature and has been working on this front for a while.
On her latest post over social media, she captions an advice that said - Note to Self: Dear Me, don’t be so hard on yourself. You’re doing okay.
In the UK, a man offering prayers was observed by the nurses and was mistaken for a mental health patient. The man was held and made to spend time under treatment in a confinement ward. The nurse went as far as making a note under observation that the man was "speaking to himself".
A difference in cultural viewpoint caused him to spend five years in a psychiatry ward, being given medications and treatments as to "cure" the illness that merely turned out to be a misinformation of spiritual beliefs and practices.
Nadia Sayers, Miss Universe, Ireland's journey to success was lined and stuffed with depression and suicidal thoughts, in all terms, wasn't easy for her from the word "go".
Nadia says that body image issues, her unlikeliness to accept her the way she was led her to think for taking extreme steps to take her own life, however, she now accepts and believes that she had to go through that experience to do what she does now.
Although, the times were tough for her, she had her family to support her through it and she hopes to share her journey to help others understand that the road to happiness come around eventually.
This approximation leaves Indian demography with over 180 million adults to have developed pandemic related stress. This number would add onto any previous figures of depression and stress that preemptively existed in the nation.
A day after another protesting farmer committed suicide at Singhu border, Harinder Singh, media coordinator of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha has considered bringing in experts, celebrities and/or motivational speakers to boost the morale of farmers.
Darshan Pal, president of the Krantikari Kisan Union Punjab, appealed to the farmers to not “contemplate any extreme action like taking your own life."
A patient from mental health hospital, Kilpauk, made take calls of bomb threat at Chennai railway station and Government Kilpauk medical college. The police rushed to the spots on receiving the call, although, found nothing on the locations, later investigated and figured the hoax of the calls.
The patient was let off with a warning.
In the refugee camp of northern Uganda, the children from South Sudan have been spending their days hoping for peace. Having witnessed violence and having lost loved ones at a very young age, the teenagers are looking to find hope in different ways and activities.
Ten groups of teenagers in various refugee camps organized recreational and mental health retreats which includes games, therapeutic exercises and life skill learning.
Ronit Ranjan, a man who is on his journey from Kanyakumari to Leh, is bent on completing his mark by end of May, this year with over 1 lakh signatories on his petition to education minister to include mental health in schools.
He has currently achieved 20,000 signatures and is solo-walking towards Leh with bare minimum necessities for his journey which includes a phone, a power bank, a map and detailed documents supporting his cause. He also holds pit-stops to speak to locals about his journey and cause.
The center first opened in 1870 and treated those with tuberculosis, leprosy, epilepsy and additionally worked upon rehabilitation of mental health patients.
In the last 50 years, although the techniques and ways habe modernized, backed with heaps of data from over a century ago, the institution is continued to be looked down upon by the people.
The WWE sensation, John Cena, has always been a source of motivation for his audience, through his wrestling career. He is also NY Times best seller and an actor, to be seen in upcoming Fast and Furious franchise movie as well.
John Cena plans to release two new books, this spring, for his readers of all ages for encouragement, inspired from his tweets and hopes that he can continue to motivate people to do their best.
“We all have a lot on our minds, especially now, given the current state of the world. Words of encouragement can help us stay motivated and focused on what’s really important, and I hope that both "Do Your Best Every Day to Do Your Best Every Day" and "Be a Work in Progress" will inspire kids and adults to be the best versions of themselves.”, says Cena.
Without batting an eyelid, any human would agree the tough pandemic stubs that they had to overcome and surely the empathy that has extended out towards less privileged.
However, pandemic has taught all of us a lot and what would be only logical is to retain the learnings and not snap back to world that existed pre-pandemic.
A lot has changed during the pandemic, and we should carry forward these changes and not completely reverse to the pre-COVID-19 era. - Harshil Mathur, Razorpay
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Mayim, who is also a neuroscientist in real life, says, it will be informative, interactive, helpful and fun. Co-hosted by executive producer, they will be discussing the traumas and struggles faced by Bialik and her family and would be sharing their journey towards mental wellbeing.
Experts and celebrities will also be invited on the show to share insights.
The new year comes with a gauntlet of resolutions that are often fulfilled and often not. In any case, an effort in the direction of commitment is seen, even though short-lived, can do wonders in longer period of time. The mere want to take a step in the direction of improvement can begin a positive response chain.
One of the most overlooked entity, even on a normal basis is the financial quotient. With mental traumas creeping up, it often gets difficult to even remember to pay bills, rent dues, EMIs and other financial commitments.
The probable ruthlessness and approaching deadlines of the ones demanding the payment may end up being the last straw that broke the camel 's back. The minimum of commitments in monetary matters may seem staggering and gets difficult to implement along with the stress that has piled up.
Experts suggest that having a financial security is a huge positive for those undergoing mental health issues. Maintaining that surplus is the challenge that one can focus on to ensure that necessary supplies and arrangements are met in case one has to undergo therapy or take decisions that require expenditures.
Dr. Adrian James, president of Royal college, warns that the impact of the pandemic would be lasting for years, comparing its effect with the World War 2.
Although his studies refer to the UK demography, situation is similar in India, if not worse. With existing pressure of tending to people intervention based therapy, there is ever growimg need for more professionals on the job. The tug-of-war, yet, remains to be in basic form of correct communication, there is a huge gap in what's required from the society as to be having an inclusive and compassionate dynamic and instead, communities deal with misinformation on various platforms of social media with minimal to no urge to identify false data from the right ones.
From health experts to individuals, there is a considerate expectation of having an inclusive and more compassionate environment of work for the year of 2021.
2020 is about to end and this annual term has taught and taken more from most of us, leading to a choice of cautious lifestyle by many people. This results in altered paradigm of working with implementation of various norms that began as adjustmemt, then as necessity and now as a request.
Scott Shute, head of mindfulness and compassion at LinkedIn, says, “We've seen employees request to work remotely indefinitely and move to different parts of the country because we've learned that business continuity is possible even in an all-remote environment.”
About 277 mothers have been admitted in last 4 years under the care of NIMHANS' "mother-baby" unit, that takes care of displaced mother and baby duo, only one wanted to give her baby for adoption, after a meticulous process with understanding of the assessment and intervention of maternal sensitivity.
According to Mental health Act of 2017, it is required for baby to stay with the mother until the age of three years unless the mother's condition poses a threat to the child.
Ranging from how the pandemic is a sign to improve relationship with the planet to craving for that 'one more walk', the readers share and speak out their hears to the magazine. For most of them, letting out their thoughts that spoke of assumptions to simple lifestyle yearnings, was in itself a way of reaching out to someone.
Sharing some of the letters received over a period of time, the exercise unveils how people, at times, simply need to let out what's on their mind, irrespective of the fact if they will pursue what they have juat said.
Read the letters from the link below.
NIH brain initiative helped scientists to create a serotonin receptor that can help analyze real-time wake and sleepfulness pattern, helping the researchers to correlate the hormonal occurrences based on surrounding experiences or even dream analysis.
This can help leaps and bounds in understanding the dynamics of situations by assessing how exactly we feel and chalking out the path ahead.
Nature therapy has always been a go-to approach for mental wellbeing and the presence of plants and flora has evidently had a massive turn around when it comes to mental illnesses with improvements in depression and even suicidal tendencies.
However, with people spending more time inside of their homes, presence of indoor plants has shown promises in mental health benefit. Studies say that taking care of the house plants gives a sense of purpose and the sentiment of care is inculcated in a person, thusly aiding in overall mental wellbeing.
With "Sexual harassment of women act, 2013" in place, a lot of organizations are yet to implement its effect into their practices. In the current pandemic situation or even otherwise, we must realize that such regressive acts may also take place virtually. The following behaviour traits are summarized to fall under punishable offence of the above act,
(i) physical contact and advances; or
(ii) a demand or request for sexual favours; or
(iii) making sexually coloured remarks; or
(iv) showing pornography; or
(v) any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature.
In the current situation, where excluding the first point, the other behaviour traits may continue to take place in given scenario and must be identified and addressed for what it is.
Shiva Mithiya, psychiatrist, shares the reasons why mental health conversations have been long due and the common myths that need to penetrate the taboos of the society to create a better wellbeing equation
The pandemic has caused the helplines to attend an average call flow of 2000-3000 calls per month, amongst various efforts and programs being initiated, UNDP and iCall came together to start a specific helpline for migrants, tribal communities, women, waste pickers, people living with HIV and LGBTQI.
32-year old singer shares his recipe to stay calm, as to pacing his work and life otherwise to maintain a balance to not just avoid burnouts, where one is in dire need of a break, but to incorporate off times as a part of the plan.
California based company, Lyra Health is valuated at $2.25B. The company's sails caught winds during the pandemic and it got onboard 80,000 employees during this time. Since telehealth was also on the rise, Lyra Health was able to leverage over mental health.
The mental health tech company network therapists with patients that combines video enables therapy with traditional tools like CBT.
For those who could be struggling to figure the way forward for a lifestyle of a healthy mental health, can start with the basics of the progressive curve. Good sleep, good food and exercise forms the fundamental of a balance that can work as a guideline to begin with. Making a detail plan and working from the scratch can prove to be the direction that one could be aiming for.
Experts from MIT and Harvard have been monitoring specific subreddits and vocabulary of posts to monitor the mental health wave and flow of the people and community as a whole. Reddit has been able to provide real-time, anonymous data for experts to analyze any progression as it happens.
A supreme court bench seated by Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah has requested the government to consider a break for the covid-workers who have been on duty for past 7-8 months.
The bench was shocked to know that Gujarat government has collected INR90 crore as fines for not wearing the mask.
The comedian turned actress claims it to be exhausting to be funny all the time. The constant urge of fulfilling others' expectations is never ending, she says so she doesn't post obsessively anymore but to her leisure.
Dua also said that there are very few women in comedy because it was never made for women to be aspirational to be funny. However, times are changing and she hopes that the future holds better prospects for women who wish to make a mark in the industry.
A survey done by Times Network on 2440 individuals from 14 metropolitan, tier-1 cities of India churns out the data that 70% of individuals are suffering or know someone close who is suffering fr mental illness with depression being most prominent one.
57% individuals claim financial pressure to be the cause of stress while more than 75% people believe that people are yet to broach the stigma associated with the illness and even talk about it.
The network has launched a campaign film that urges the people around to act and cater to the needs of person living with mental health.
The short film, that's under a minute, perceives the idea of how society, in its conversations, encounters and converses with the persons suffering from the mental health issues
The actress speaks of the complicated approach towards mental health because of signs not evidently visible with causes laying in genetic factors, chemicals and predispositions. She also speaks about creative people being wired this way that essentially enables them to be expressive about emotions and feelings through their artform which her new film also speaks about.
The petition by advocate and mental health activist Gaurav Bansal is over the matter that the government was to issue guidelines for minimum requirements for mental health establishments within 18 months of enforcement of Mental Healthcare Act of 2017 and has yet not been acted upon, including registration of such institutes that claim to treat mental illnesses.
In a conversational initiative taken by The Drum’s readers, various leaders from different media and marketing practitioners come together to share how their approach has helped them in sustaining a mental health friendly environment in their workplace and in return has helped them in return. Leaders from organizations like Havas Media, Mullenlowe Group, Starcom and more, share their strategies for effective workplace mental well-being.
“There’s a difference between being alone and feeling alone,” said John Draper, executive director of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Here are five simple tips to remember in a family conversation to broach the mental health topic:
1) Pay attention and listen
2) Normalize talking about taboo topics, listen before responding
3) Don't be afraid to talk about self-harm or suicide
4) Extend help
5) Stay connected. Talk in regular frequencies.
In a report released by Putnam Investements' sustainable investment team, it is mentioned that the companies who invest in employees mental health have direct and indirect benefits as it creates investment opportunities for service providers that in turn boosts the organization's productivity and creates investment opportunities for VCs and funding parties.
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In an attempt to decrimiinalize the mental health in NYC, cops will not be the first to respond to calls for mental health crises. The pilot program was announced by the mayor Bill de Blasio that could end the defining parameter for what constitutes as emergency when it comes to mental distress.
Trained mental health professionals would be the first in response to such distress calls and is currently piloted in two of New York’s high-need precincts.
Employment of mental health patients helps in boosting of their confidence as well as confidence of their peer group. Krystal, the agency that has been outsourced by the Directorate of Medical Education that takes care of training and engaging of the patients to various work places as housekeeping or security staff.. They are also training various in-patients in skill based crafts such as bakery, tailoring, gardening and so on.
As per new research, the time spent on smart phone may not have an adverse impact as much as the quality of content may have. A study done on 245 smart phone users shows that the amount of time spent had no correlation with the feelings of anxiety or depression a person experienced, rather over the quality and type of content they inferred.
In a nutshell, following methods can prove to be useful for boosting your workforce’s morale:
1) Budgeting for mental health services – A lot of organizations have various health policies that cover physical ailments and thusly makes it easier for employees to avail them. Doing the same for mental health can be encouraging to avail those services.
2) Promote services frequently – Consistent promotion of services can work as a reminder that the policy is not only in place but very active. Knowing that they can approach at any time.
3) Empathetic environment – Talking about the services and following it up with an understanding statement can work wonders
4) Different programs for different needs – The requirement of every individual can vary from the experiences they go through, it is important to understand that addressing different issues will need different types of approaches.
Google is now taking help from professional athletes and psychologists to help them with mental health. Also, announcing that the staff would have the option to work remotely through mid-2021, has the employees assured that pandemic’s health adverse event may not be pressured from their work place.
“Resilience training” is a phrase referred for the regimen that professional athletes or combat fighter go through.
Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents reported to have considerable and long lasting psychological and mental health effects and consequences as individual and as society.
The framework is a directive for officials and specialists in radiation emergency planning and for MHPSS experts working in health emergencies.
The current guidelines would work as preventive guide for any accidental management for nuclear emergencies as the source of energy is also beginning to pick up pace as a choice of energy source
Primarily designed for combined type ADHD, the FDA approved therapeutic game for children comes as a relief of an alternative to drug/clinic directed therapy. For an age where developmental stage for all acquired traits and characters are active, a choice that may not leave a child with any trauma of experience, is much welcomed.
“The EndeavorRx device offers a non-drug option for improving symptoms associated with ADHD in children and is an important example of the growing field of digital therapy and digital therapeutics,” said Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., J.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
The guidelines include regular counselling of patients with a focus on understanding the disorder. The patient’s relatives, guardian or family will be informed and explained about the isolation procedure, quarantine and importance of hygiene and protective measures.
Post screening, the patient’s mental health status will also be flagged and further sensitization and treatment will be followed up accordingly.
Artist event cricket league (AECL) is all set to perform for boosting morale and providing fun amid the pandemic. The ongoing pandemic has affected the mental health of general populous with not much to look forward to from event perspective, AECL will come together with artists to alter the ambience into a more relaxing and one with positivity
Using the output from the neurosciences and the anamoly of brain waves, Google's parent company is now set to design a device that can help monitor depression and mental health ailments in real-time.
Given that certain diseases have markers to track their intensity and effect on a patient, mental health markers are subjective to patients and the complexity of science behind this has made it harder for anyone to design such a prototype.
Calling it "Project Amber", combines the modern machine learning with a 96-year old technology, Electroencephalogram (EEG).
If customers can’t find it, it doesn’t exist. Clearly list and describe the services you offer. Also, be sure to showcase a premium service.
The most sought insurance company when it comes to health covers, in its press release said that the crux of choosing the right policy for one is to enquire beforehand about components like OPS, IPD coverage, company policies and more.
Max Bupa further mentions that although majority of the insurance providers are convering mental health in their policies, there are hurdles when it comes to actual claiming of it and they have worked towards removing those hurdles.
Read more about it in their press release below:
With a dense population and a young demographic, the state is panoramically struggling to cope with a lot of issues including unemployment and better access to healthcare. Amongst this situation, the lack of systemic planning and budget allocation keeps mental health support continually at bay.
Since the state also has a gripping amount of migrant labours, social exclusion and poverty makes it all the more important that the individuals are taken care of until the issues of unemployment and better handling of pandemic are met.
Handling diabetic issues for life proves to be taxing for almost all patients. The life-long suffering and coping causes the patients to go through more than they are supposed to and the disease in itself becomes complex from paradigms of physical and mental attributes.
Diabetes, type I in particular, if handled with a psychological parallel as well, has proven to improve the lifestyle of the patient considerably.
Gaming has always been a debatable topic when it came to mental well-being, however, in Oxford's recent study with collaborative data of academics and real-time gaming, owing a lot to internet based games, that allowed the experts to collate the psychological analysis with actual game time data that enabled them to track the progress.
The research can help in analyzing the best practice for having gaming as a therapy, even able to get deeper insight on "toxic" gaming, gaming addiction and be able to alter, reverse or prevent any digital harms and infact, harness the concept for good.
To doodle has conventionally meant to be drawing "absent mindedly". For a lot of people, young and old, accepting the new normal has been provingly difficult and has caused a lot of disturbance in lifestyle.
With virtual meetings and presence taking shape an activity that begins with seeming enigma of "no purpose" helps people lay down their tangled thoughts in a pplace and eventually let's them focus.
Doodle therapy has always been effective, however, with the increase in usage of video calling and lack of physical meetings, it has been difficult for therapists to provide a human touch.
In such cases, doodle therapy has been far useful, moreover, because individuals can now completely utilize their space as well.
The state of Karnataka sees a massive spike in increase in demand for mental health services.
While most of the cases seemed to have improved with supportive therapy, there is also an increase seen in intervention therapy which is causing complete occupying of the professionals in the state.
As the temperature drops in northern hemisphere, it is likely for people to reduce their time dedicated for certain physical activities.
Research shows that people workout for an average of 8 minutes less during winters and also have reduced outdoor activities.
Due to limit in movement, there is a good chance that this manifestation takes over mental perception.
A voluntarily induced 8 minute workout regimen, can create a difference to feeling better, one might look over otherwise.
The theme of the festival is "mental health matters". It is mainly organized by Mental Health Literacy Project or MeHeLP that hopes to enlighten, educate and inform communities about mental health, through the short films.
The film festival will be held online from November 8 to 27. About 77 films were submitted and about 20 were shortlisted for online screening.
Kerala movie industry, known for its skillful scripts and screenplay, extends the hope of right representation of mental health problems with right approach.
While anxiety, depression and insomnia were found to be common, 1 in 5 patients seemed to have developed new symptoms of mental health problems over a period of 90 days post recovery and were highly prone to conditions like, dementia.
While the psychiatry department was never involved directly in Covid research, the study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, analysed electronic health records of 69 million people in the United States, including more than 62,000 cases of Covid-19, has raised concerns to consider the perspective lasting mental health problems of the survivors.
Covid stress-scales were developed to assess covid related mental stress response. It included five major symptoms to priority that could help the individual for self-assessment and the practitioner for therapy.
The basic way in which this could be helpful is for one to classify the thoughts and understand if it is a pandemic induced stress and if it has a solution laid down by addressing the pandemic related precautionary steps.
These five stress responses include fear of danger and contamination, fear of adverse socio-economic consequences, checking and reassurance seeking, xenophobia (discrimination against foreigners) and traumatic stress symptoms (for example, pandemic-related nightmares)
AI powered assistance is proving to be a great aid for attending mental health issues. With lack of experts in the field, AI chat bots can identify mood patterns, diagnostic history, filtering of requirements of preliminary therapy or clinical intervention.
Where AI is an efficient soldier, can work tirelessly and cater to the needs of high volume influx, the question remains if they will have the emotional quotient of a human being.
Compared to studies conducted in mid-1960s and today, India, as a country now identifies non-psychotic conditions of mental illness as a part of mental health diseases and is now better prepared than previous decades. However, the unavailability of the services remains to be a challenge, identifying a range of illnesses and seeing them for what they are, is a step towards improvement.
In a conversation with Neerja Birla, founder, MPower, Amitabh Bachhan stirred the conversation behind the stigmas attached with the topic and why is necessary to speak about it.
Birla shared a basic understanding of mental illness lies in understanding of mental wellness that is often not quantitative by individual.
The duo also discussed the role of caregivers, the words used in vocabulary that may trigger any individual and initiating conversations from a very early stage.
Guindy hospital has 420 in-patients and has an average inflow of 70-100 patients per day.
"This is because patients are in hospital isolation and away from their families. They have worries about the disease and go on to become anxious.", says K. Narayanasamy, Director, Government Corona hospital.
The incorporates facilities like yoga, stress management sessions, has a library with 1700 books and 10 daily newspapers.
In an alternative and incorporated approach in offices, with employee assistance programs in place, the practical approach directs towards alloting time for mental health talks and initiating conversations.
As a part of sessions, when the seniors or managers remain at sea as their additive responsibility, it is suggested that they need not even try to fix their subordinates' problems, just listen.
The employee knows their role as a professional and the attempt to balance the life circles need not have a suggestive path rather a supportive path.
That has proven to be quite effective and eventually increases work productivity.
With imposing of the lockdown, not leaving many outdoor options with people to explore, the increase in screentime has inevitably affected the mental well-being of people, especially the teens.
Recommended screentime of 2 hours per day is conveniently traversed due to the lack of activity choices.
Maintaining the balance between necessary and unnecessary screentime comes off as another gritty challenge.
The guidelines come from recommendations of ICMR and available information on the pandemic virus to create a bridge between mental health institutions and nearest quarantine facility for easy transfer of the patients and front-line health workers going through pandemic induced trauma, stress or depression.
In a revelation of a selection ritual and a much followed practice, those seeking a career in psychology are generally adviced to not share their dilemmas.
The idea behind this reasoning is multi-fold. With reasons varying from possibility of lack of professional direction while battling a self-centered idea to merely undue "oversharing" of experiences.
Considering that psychologists are humans and are as likely to undergo the variety of experiences as anyone, should their supposed veil be considered as a shield or a hideout?
India had spent 0.06% of its healthcare budget on mental health infrastructure in the year 2015-16, which is the lowest in the world. Bangladesh, reportedly spends 0.44% of its healthcare budget on mental health with most developed countries spending upto 5%
Mental isn't just an ailment in its isolation but occurs as co-morbidity with many other physical diseases as well which extends towards the family and friends circle as well.
Attention to mental well-being by provisions from the government can help improve happiness structure of the nation and improve productivity by quality and quantity on its own.
In a probable example, creating vacancies for psychiatrists and psychologists in government establishments can catalyse the number of people taking up the profession.
In 2017, a program called "Suraksha" was launched in six gram panchayats, the only existing project in any local body in Kerala.
The idea was to provide mental health support at community level and individual level rather than cordoning the people off to rehab centers where they are cut-off from the society.
Over 1.8 Lakh people in six gram panchayats have been under the survey since it's inception, receiving various provisions and services for mental well-being.
In 2020 peacekeeping architecture, George Conway urges for a three-fold path for better peacekeeping that includes mental health and psychosocial support, systemic integration into peacekeeping by developing a global body of knowledge, tools and best practices and mobilizing task force for on-ground implementation.
In 2018, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India made it mandatory for health insurance providers to cover mental health concerns as part of their policies.
Organisations need to include Employee Assistance Programs to give priority to mental well-being of their workforce. The reason, the implementation of the idea is not considered much has been found as the under-utilisation of the program and the stigmas attached to it. While the nation is attempting to bring a change through laws and rulings, the execution in this case still lies in the hands of the people.
There's a difference between being grateful for what one has and invalidating the happenings around.
Being grateful at the expense of ignorance of addressing an issue may be a good coping mechanism, however, finding a solution that resolves the problem may open the gateways for closure.
A lot of insurance companies do not have a segregating strategy for mental illness and often do not cover the ailments under their direct policy covers.
A lot of people, thusly, opt to sweep their mental health issues under the carpet for its unprecedented outcomes and collaterally, causes one to stay away from insurance cover of physical illness too.
Since yoga comes from mindful positivity, yoga is a blend of mental strength as much as its physical. Al Janahi says they teach and power yoga as an effective blend.
Mann Mela, a virtual museum, uses art, web comics and animation to depict the real-life stories of youngsters undergoing or who have overcome stress, depression, psychological disorders and more.
The idea comes as a much approachable way to depict the struggles that can possibly work as an identifier for those struggling to cope with their personal demons.
Owing to the current scenario and technological advancements, the children are much connected with the "e-zone" than playgrounds.
Studies done by JAMA medical center reveal that children who are staying indoors are not only exposed to the network of the internet but also come in close quarters with household issues like crowding, income-expenditures, lifestyle exposure and such.
Children, are finding themselves in situations far unprecedented by anyone and needs altercations in lifestyle adjustments by parents or their environment of growth for smoother upbringing.
The country is cascadingly opening businesses and many individuals are returning to work and workplaces. Post-covid resumption of work has not been easy for many as prolonged disconnection has caused a lot of people to have developed anxiety towards showing up at premises and have potent conversations with colleagues, resulting in decline of interest, spiralling towards depression.
An early identification and care can help address and resolve the issue at a primitive stage.
The telegraph reports that about 10% of ambulance call-outs during the pandemic period in UK from January to September were for mental health emergency.
Out of the total call-outs of 8,26,396 ambulance visits, 81,644 had a mental health element.
President Trump signs a bipartisan bill that makes 988 as hotline number for mental distress.
The launch of a three digit number can be a game changer as it is easy to remember and can be a quick access reminder for an individual in trouble, looking for help.
In a survey done by IIT-B magazine, of 450 students who responded 85% said mental health problems were common with 93% students responding of having psychological problems.
Possible causes of such high grades is students having academic pressure and uncertainty for future of their professional careers.
Experts say that the youth is showing increasing rate of mental breakdowns in the country as compared to the elderly.
One of most apparent reason comes out to be the fact that people above 60, who stayed away from the children, especially the parents of those who stayed outside of India, have come back and are now staying together.
While the seniors are now content with the new dynamics, the youth is finding itself in a discourse of new adjustment be it with the location, lifestyle, career or relationships.
There's been an increase of 50% in new cases of mental breakdown in the youth since the lockdown was imposed.
Pleasure, achievement and closeness/connection are the three areas that determine the overall well-being of the person, says Elena, a clinical psychologist.
We are all adjusting to sudden changes and in a very short span of time. The factors that otherwise determine the gradient of happiness have all taken a hit and as humans we have to quickly learn to adapt to the changes that have altered our lifestyles with a time-line of indefinite amounts.
Like a toddler learning to walk, we are the very brink of an era that has us re-learn basic transcendent stages of life. The urge to learn everything back has most of us reach our mental threshold.
India continues to bear the weight of population over the frail pillars of mental well-being infrastructure. According to the data about 5000 beds have been added since Independence when the population then was 35 crores, increasing to 135 crores as of today.
The lack of professionals and the societal stigmas continue to hamper both intrinsic and extrinsic progress of mental well-being. While being actively shunned to a side, a more conscious realisation is needed to understand that a country with a happier and fulfilled population shall be more productive as well.
One of the doctor's posted in Covid-19 ward of St. George's hospital, Mumbai, says there are moments when they have to consult their own colleagues.
While another another psychiatrist posted in J.J. Hospital adds that there's is no system in place for self care and often have to find their own ways to deal with their issues.
TB has proven to be a fatal epidemic in India with around 1200 reported deaths everyday. Reports indicate that 40-70% of TB patients have mental health issues as a co-morbidity.
National TB elimination programme doesn't enlist mental health as co-morbidity, yet.
The way it becomes difficult for the patients and the family is the way some forms of TB is contagious and requires isolation of the patients. The protocol for isolation and stigma attached to the concept of having a person isolated for stopping the spread as looked upon as abandonment, poses a huge room for sensitised approach towards physical and societal betterment.
On 12th October, 2020, the Delhi High Court in India asked the center to take representation towards the PIL seeking for minimum standards for different categories mental health establishments as mandated under Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.
In a recent article by Mr. Chetan Bhagat, he emphasizes on how our denial over a period of time, even for generations has led us to a stage where the concept of mental health has dissolved into a fairy-tale sentiment.
As Indians, a definition of normal lifestyle becomes a panorama of struggle and cumulative acceptance of a pan-sacrificial and unhappy culture has led us to believe that the ideation of living is through the bearing of pain.
Which leads us to ask, when do we start becoming happy?
On the occasion of world mental health day, Dr. Kedar Tilwe advises the W.A.I.T. approach for suicide prevention and a preliminary care step.
What is W.A.I.T?
W — Watch for distress signs and behavioural changes
A — Ask about any contemplation about self-harm in a gentle manner
I — It will pass; assure the person that with proper support and help, suicidal ideation can decrease
T — Talk to others, encourage the person to seek help from mental health experts
Dubbed as "MiHOPE", India plans to launch a portal for online mental health services starting this October, 10th.
With consultations and services backed by doctors, including a team from AIIMS, the web-portal aims to improve mental well-being for citizens of the country using modalities of yoga, diet and life-style changes.
The decision comes in strong as the pandemic caused a lot of people to be stranded in accessing mental health services and also, as a reveal, during the mental health summit which is being held between 4-11 of October.
WHO is all set to bring a change this saturday on October, 10th, 2020 on world mental health day by mobilizing as many people as possible all over the world to come together to share their stories for mental well-being in what they do to upkeep their mental quotient.
The movement comes as a necessary utility as global pandemic has left nearly millions of people without any access for mental health services, alike for those having active awareness acumen for this and for those who deem far away from acknowledging the fact that there is anything remotely in perspectives of "mental health"
An increasing number of footballers have been reported to have accessed mental health services. About 10% members of Professional Footballers' Association have reached out for assistance with mostly concerning with 'anxiety' and 'low mood'.
This comes as a surprising yet a positive set of news for most footballers are men and the resultant awareness from various campaigns have had a positive impact in sending across the message that it is okay to ask for help.
Men, in particular, have always had difficulties in opening up and a combination of 'sports' that stigmatized men to be always tough is now breaking stereotypes for a better wholesome well-being.
Incidents and places continue to crop up from various parts of the world about how people with mental health conditions are chained and kept as mortified prisoners in a room.
With as harsh conditions as one could imagine, chained to a pole, with minimal to no utilities for hygiene, just a single meal through the day and in some cases, not being allowed to put the clothes on, these barraged souls speak of how they do not wish to be chained and have more than one meal in a day.
How long before we realize to care for each other as species first?
In a country where farmer suicides are coming out to be common capture of the news, we are numbing ourselves to the idea that mental health dilemmas arise and have deeper roots in people who are far from privilege of luxuries.
It is very easy to conduct the idea of mental well-being as trivial as against necessity of survival when it comes to people who live far below anyone's means.
The carousel of mental health holds more than just occurences but situations and statuses of social, financial, moral, even conditional tangible situation. Imagine for a person to live by in INR 3000/- in an Indian metropolitan with a family of four, under the bridge.
Too far? It is the reality of many.
Pandemic had a lot of families spending time together which also means that a lot of parents did not have much room for undisclosed traumas.
Children of parents having anxiety disorders were exposed to unprecedented situations and a lot of unaddressed outbursts.
As parents, a due explanation and a session of unsolicited sharing can help children understand that parents can have issues that they deal with on daily basis which, in turn, can help open the gates for their little ones.
There is an existential taboo in Punjabi Indian-Brits that seems to be lowering with increase in conversational bits about its awareness, however, the stigma exists when an individual raises personal concerns.
The kids when called an "old soul" it is passed off as a compliment on being mature for an age that usually does not showcase emotional or mental strength. What usually is set-streamed as an attribute, Atma, 25, realizes how it translates to internal troubles and its reflection on the exterior.
Studies have now shown that people who get enough sleep or rest during the day respond better to positive or negative set of news or information that they receive. Inclining more towards an accepting partake, more sleep allows your mind to re-settle over the previous events and thusly, allowing you to contain the new information in a more effective manner. Lack of sleep leading to tired physiological responses has a cause and effect on unprecedented reactions that, otherwise is well handled by an individual.
Seven hours of sleep is what is recommended by the experts that by statistics is fulfilled by 1 out of 3 adults.
Our recommendation: prioritizing sleep more than usual your amount if you are experiencing lack of effective responsiveness lately.
Signs to look for: tiredness, sudden change in responsiveness(like, not able to focus on any task as you used to in recent times), unprecedented reactions, uncalled decisions, not being able to remember the reasons behind certain decisions.
According to the current expenditure fixture, the current spend in India on mental health is 0.05% of its healthcare budget.
While India continues to identify and prioritise the physical ailments in the primary, the collateral cause that is otherwise caused by the poor mental-wellbeing, the country is more likely to spend more on peripheral ailments than the root cause, causing a time lag in dealing with the situation in its prime effectiveness.