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Beyond Seizures: How India Is Reconsidering Its Approach to Epilepsy

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The Boy Who Was Never There: An Outlook Reader Recounts Childhood Memory of Mental Illness

Everyone believed the boy's tale. After all, the things he spoke about did happen in the world...

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Watch | Uma Devi's Path: From Patient To Café Worker at The Banyan

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Watch | Sudhir Dhawale Spoke With Outlook About Mental Health Crisis in Indian Prisons

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Premavathi Finds Hope After Homelessness at The Banyan

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Caste’s Mental Health Toll On Dom Workers At Varanasi Ghats

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Saraswathi Premkumar: From Mental Health Stigma to Hope at Banyan

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Shahnaz: A Mother's Fight Against Mental Health, Trauma And Memory Loss

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Srividya’s Mental Health Journey: Surviving Abuse, Finding Purpose in Healing

| Photo: Soumya Sankar Bose : One among the case studies in the diary is Srimoyee—a woman who died in a hotel room in Puri, India.

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Sonal’s Journey: Mental Health, Hope And Home Again

Mohammad Ibrahim works as an assistant cinematographer in Indian films.

From Ajmer Streets to Film Sets: A Cinematographer's Journey

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Mental Health Battle: Engineer's Journey From Homelessness To Reinventing His Life

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'I Would Get Nervous And Suffocate': How Saira Grappled With Isolation, Anxiety And Grief

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"Every Day I Pray for Love": Finding Freedom From Mental Illness Stigma | Chinki Sinha, Vandana Gopikumar

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Inside Ranchi’s Psychiatric Hospital: Daily Life Beyond the Wards

Amrit Bakshy, Schizophrenia Awareness Association President, on Understanding Mental Illness and His Daughter Richa

Amrit Bakshy, Schizophrenia Awareness Association President, on Understanding Mental Illness and His Daughter Richa

'Everyday I Pray For Love': Note From Outlook Editor Chinki Sinha

'Everyday I Pray For Love': Note From Outlook Editor Chinki Sinha

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Why Is There An Elephant On Outlook's Independence Day Cover? | Freedom From Stigma

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Invisible Scar: Kashmir’s Battle with Mental Health and the Missing

Stigma Around Mental Illness | Freedom From Shame | Share Your Story With Outlook

Stigma Around Mental Illness | Freedom From Shame | Share Your Story With Outlook

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