Mental Health Stories

A college student walks past a graffiti on World Mental Health Day in Srinagar.

Mounting Despair: Kashmir's Mental Health Helpline Flooded With 26,477 Calls In 11 Months

BY Naseer Ganai

A mentally ill patient sleeps in his bed in a ward at the IHBAS, Delhi.

Culture & Society

The ‘Madman’ Of Digboi: A Small Town Story Of Mental Health Stigma

BY Maitreyee Chowdhury

A Bangladeshi migrant sex-worker at a brothel in central Calcutta, sold by her husband

An Increasing Need For Mental Health Support For Women Survivors Of Sex Trafficking

BY Priti Patkar

Still from Khamoshi (1970)

Art & Entertainment

From Depressed Poets To Psychopaths, How Bollywood Has Portrayed Mental Illnesses Over The Years

BY Balaji Vittal

IVF treatment inside a clinic (Representative image)

How Fertility Treatment Affects Mental Health Of Women Undergoing Treatment

BY Haima Deshpande

Patients hold their hands out for cigarettes at Government Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases

Hill’s Silent Epidemic: How Under-Resourced State, Social Apathy Fuels Himachal Pradesh’s Mental Health Crisis

BY Ashwani Sharma

Photo: Getty Images

Diary: Staying Alive

BY Sumer Singh Rathore

Credit: Getty Images

Culture & Society

Dancing Through The Circle Of Suicide And Mental Health

The author at her brother in Bombay, mid 60's

Some Questions For A Brother: An Excerpt From Jerry Pinto's 'A Book Of Light'

Screengrab from 'Saugandhi' short film by Madhukar Gavandi, based on Sadat Hasan Mahto's acclaimed short story 'Hatak'.

Choosing Life: A Short Story On Survival

BY Astha Savyasachi

Illustration on bipolar disorder

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Artwork by Kaviya Ilango titled ‘Woke Up Like This’

Break The Silence Around Mental Health Struggles

BY Vernita Verma

Childhood memories: The writer with her mother, Sushmita Kundu and her biological father, late Basudev Kundu

The Deepest Cut: Navigating Love, Loss, And Suicide Grief

BY Sreemoyee Piu Kundu

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