No User Guides Here, Parenting Through a Pandemic
How is parenting changing in the pandemic times? Sukanya Sharma takes a closer look.
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Category: Reporter’s Diary
‘Disability is a Social, not Physical Issue’
Disability is a social issue, not a physical one. Gouri Bhuyan writes about the need to reassess how we approach disability and stop perpetuating discrimination, making a call for Mental health practitioners to rethink their gaze. Reprinted here with permission from the Mariwala Health Initiative
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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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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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