Parenting in the Time of a Pandemic
The pandemic has been tough on everyone – what have been some of the challenges and the impact on parents and kids? Take a closer look, with some tips for parents.
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Category: Reporter’s Diary
Social Connection: Friendship and the Bonds that Help us Overcome
This pandemic may just have taught us to re-examine the things that matter, the relationships we take for granted, and how we go about building a support system in the first place
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Lonely and Depressed? We Need to Talk About Care Networks
This pandemic, many people are dealing with the double whammy of Depression and Loneliness. Depression comes with a feeling that makes you think that nobody gets it, nobody gets you, writes Ayushi Khemka.
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Regulate Your Digital Screen Time for the Best Results
Digital screen time has gone up during COVID-19, across the board. While there are positives to the privilege of unlimited internet access, why do we need to regulate the amount of time we spend on our screens?
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The Pandemic is still Going Strong: Are you Suffering from Loneliness?
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and physical distancing has led to an increase in isolation and loneliness. How can you learn to cope if you or your loved ones are feeling loneliness and other triggers?
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Schizophrenia Awareness and the Need for Workplace Support
Women living with schizophrenia are forced to hide their diagnosis at the workplace due to widespread stigma, even as the COVID-19 pandemic takes a toll on people living with mental illness. This story is reported as part of the India for Mental Health Fellowship set up by The Health Collective in partnership with Indiaspend.
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The Mind-Body Connection: The Gut-Brain Axis and What it Means for You
Could the latest research on the gut-brain axis be just what the doctor ordered in enhancing our model of understanding and treating mental health disorders? Somi Das explores for The Health Collective
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Mind-Body Connection: Taking a ‘Hands-on’ Approach to Mental Well-being
In the last year people seem to have taken to what can be called mindfulness art practices like Mandala, Zentangle, pottery, therapeutic knitting as ways to deal with their anxiety and the general sense of uncertainty that the pandemic brought to our lives. Find out why that is and what might help you in this special post on The Health Collective
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India for Mental Health: In the Covid-19 era, is our disability pension system failing those who need it the most?
For many persons with psychosocial disabilities across India interviewed for the India for Mental Health Fellowship piece, disability pension was insufficient, inconsistent or nonexistent during the lockdown.
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How Patients With Mental Illness and Hospitals in India are Coping with COVID-19
This story is reported as part of the India for Mental Health Fellowship launched in 2020 by Indiaspend in partnership with The Health Collective By Riddhi Dastidar New Delhi: For 14 years, Meenakshi Raman (name changed) had been taking her younger sister, 46-year-old Shruti (name changed), for treatment to the Institute of Human Behaviour and […]
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