Unresolved Grief During Covid-19 Shows Mental Healthcare is an Ignored Sector
2 years, 11 months ago

Unresolved Grief During Covid-19 Shows Mental Healthcare is an Ignored Sector

News 18  

With the upcoming surge in Covid-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, research suggests that this variant is less severe than Delta, with the chances of being hospitalised being 40% lower than that of Delta. Under general conditions, nearly 7% of those experiencing grief suffer from unresolved bereavement and other mental health-related problems, for reasons such as the inability to say goodbye, excessive guilt, and the lack of social support. To address growing mental health concerns, the National Task Force was initiated in India in March 2020 by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare for the provision of psychological helpline services to distressed individuals. A comprehensive response across multiple sectors must include public psycho-education, stigma reduction, increasing access to mental health resources, active case finding and a step towards expanding the mental health workforce. The novel challenge of collective grief brought on by the pandemic must be dealt with by practising the utmost sensitivity and bringing on board leading mental health professionals to drive policy change.

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NIMHANS to host third edition of Mental Health Santhe in Bengaluru
3 months, 4 weeks ago

NIMHANS to host third edition of Mental Health Santhe in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

To raise awareness about mental health, challenge stigma, and promote support for those affected by mental health issues and suicide prevention, the Department of Mental Health Education in collaboration with other departments in NIMHANS will host the third edition of Mental Health Santhe in Bengaluru on October 15. Organisations working in the area of mental health and suicide prevention interested …

How accessible and affordable is mental healthcare in India
1 year, 2 months ago

How accessible and affordable is mental healthcare in India

The Hindu  

The story so far: Mental disorders are a major cause of disability worldwide, largely due to insufficient understanding, pervasive ignorance, and social stigma. Noting the increasing burden, a recent Standing Committee report tabled in Parliament highlighted that the high treatment gap for most illnesses was due to a lack of mental health professionals, poor infrastructure and stigma. The policy landscape …

World Mental Health Day | How does India address the burden of mental disorders?
1 year, 3 months ago

World Mental Health Day | How does India address the burden of mental disorders?

The Hindu  

The story so far: August marked the 41st anniversary of the National Mental Health Programme, a government initiative to address the burden of mental disorders. To achieve this objective, the Committee proposed to increase hospital beds and mental health institutions across the country, train human resources and establish a mental health department in the then-proposed All India Medical Institute. The …

Employees and mental health: Carrying forward Covid-19 activities in mental health to present normalcy
1 year, 5 months ago

Employees and mental health: Carrying forward Covid-19 activities in mental health to present normalcy

Hindustan Times  

The silent retreat of Covid-19 in early 2022 also marked the fading of elevated health concerns globally. The pandemic also disrupted access to mental health services, which were generally ignored in the global efforts to prevent the spread of the virus. In a WHO survey, 121 of 130 participating countries “reported disruptions in one or more services for mental, neurological …

Impact of Covid- 19 on mental health of children and adolescents
2 years, 8 months ago

Impact of Covid- 19 on mental health of children and adolescents

Hindustan Times  

Mental health is as important as physical health in achieving one’s developmental milestones. This complex array of challenges has led to grief, fear, anxiety, depression and parental fatigue, in turn, negatively affecting the mental health of children and adolescents. According to UNICEF, more than 330 million youngsters have stayed indoors for more than nine months causing debilitating effects on the …

The Covid-19 fallout: An imminent mental health epidemic among health workers
3 years, 2 months ago

The Covid-19 fallout: An imminent mental health epidemic among health workers

Hindustan Times  

During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak of 2003, a high prevalence of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and sleep disorders were noted among health care workers. The occupational burnout During the Covid-19 pandemic, a systematic review across 21 countries found a high prevalence of moderate depression, anxiety, and PTSD among health care workers. The situation among Covid-19 warriors is …

Mental Health Pandemic is Real, Needs as Much Attention as COVID-19
3 years, 3 months ago

Mental Health Pandemic is Real, Needs as Much Attention as COVID-19

News 18  

He was 65 years old and had pain all over his body. Unicef’s – The State of the World’s Children 2021, On My Mind Report – released a few days ago addressed the mental health of children for the first time in 75 years. With more than 4 lakh deaths across India, thousands would need mental health support. At Latur, …

Self-censorship, Early Intervention: A Psychiatrist Throws Light How Youngsters Can Cope With Mental Health Concerns
3 years, 3 months ago

Self-censorship, Early Intervention: A Psychiatrist Throws Light How Youngsters Can Cope With Mental Health Concerns

News 18  

India is home to the largest adolescent and youth population in the world. A sudden spike in deteriorating mental health among youth and increasing cases of substance abuse, depression, and anxiety has been highlighted by experts. The National Mental Health Survey of India estimates the current prevalence of mental disorders in the age group of 18-29 yr at 7.39 per …

Countries in South-East Asia region must make mental healthcare reality for all: WHO
3 years, 3 months ago

Countries in South-East Asia region must make mental healthcare reality for all: WHO

The Hindu  

On the eve of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization on Saturday urged countries in the South-East Asia region to make mental healthcare for all a reality by strengthening services to meet increased needs and fill gaps exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Singh said WHO is assisting member states to scale up and close gaps in mental …

Lack of Professionals, Social Stigma: India Has Miles to Go in Establishing Mental Health Infrastructure
3 years, 3 months ago

Lack of Professionals, Social Stigma: India Has Miles to Go in Establishing Mental Health Infrastructure

News 18  

For decades mental illnesses have been hidden behind walls of societal norms, patriarchy and stigma. In a survey published by the World Health Organisation, it says the pandemic has halted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of the countries. However, prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, countries were spending less than 2 per cent of their national health budgets …

'Education, Communication, Conversation': This 26-Yr-Old is Changing Mental Health Space in Urban India
3 years, 3 months ago

'Education, Communication, Conversation': This 26-Yr-Old is Changing Mental Health Space in Urban India

News 18  

Millennials as a generation have always been known for welcoming cultural and societal changes, in layman’s language the “woke” generation. While today’s sedulous youth is busy carving their ways out in bustling cities and occupied lives, caring for their mental health was pushed on the back burner until the alarming Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020. There comes a moment in …

The ‘Uberisation’ of mental health services is a threat to our wellbeing
3 years, 3 months ago

The ‘Uberisation’ of mental health services is a threat to our wellbeing

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As one therapist working in IAPT said: “I have never in my life seen a …

Interview| Mental healthcare must be integrated with physical healthcare, says NIMHANS Director
3 years, 5 months ago

Interview| Mental healthcare must be integrated with physical healthcare, says NIMHANS Director

The Hindu  

Dr. Pratima Murthy, Director, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, talks exclusively to The Hindu about the short-term and long-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, and what needs to be done. Then on people with pre-existing mental health problems, the stress, anxiety, and grief could have a compounding effect. And then there is Long COVID, which is characterised by fatigue, tiredness, …

Has the mental health landscape changed in India?
3 years, 6 months ago

Has the mental health landscape changed in India?

Live Mint  

In 2003, when I was doing my master’s in psychology, we had to prepare a case file with the case histories of 10 clients, along with a possible diagnosis. When I was telling a close friend, who was doing his master’s in physics, about this, he asked, “Tell me, is the identity of these clients just their diagnosis?” In that …

Children’s mental health services reach breaking point as Covid sees demand soar
3 years, 7 months ago

Children’s mental health services reach breaking point as Covid sees demand soar

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. …

How COVID-19 Will Change Mental Health Care In The Future
3 years, 10 months ago

How COVID-19 Will Change Mental Health Care In The Future

Huff Post  

Alexandra Bowman for HuffPost Bent Not Broken is a look back on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has disrupted our mental health, plus advice on how to manage our well-being moving forward. Alfiee Breland-Noble, a psychologist based in Washington, D.C., and founder of the mental health nonprofit the AAKOMA Project, said she believes we’ll see …

Good Mental Health Is More Important Than Ever: The Lancet
4 years, 2 months ago

Good Mental Health Is More Important Than Ever: The Lancet

The Quint  

The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying distress and uncertainties have triggered a parallel mental health crisis across the world - affecting those who had hitherto remained unaffected, and worsening the conditions of individuals who had already been struggling mentally with pre-existing conditions. What is needed to mitigate this impact? The authors quote the recommendations from the Lancet Commission on Global …

Boosting India’s mental health care apparatus
4 years, 3 months ago

Boosting India’s mental health care apparatus

Hindustan Times  

Mental health has had its Cinderella moment this year. Access to mental health services for all has to become a reality, we have to rethink the current traditional definition of mental health human resources and revamp the methodology for developing these Many myths about mental health remain in our collective thinking — those who face mental health problems are weak; …

Coronavirus disrupted mental health services in 93% of countries: WHO survey
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus disrupted mental health services in 93% of countries: WHO survey

India Today  

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of the countries worldwide, according to a new World Health Organization survey. The survey of 130 countries provides the first global data showing the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the access to mental health services and underscores the urgent need for increased funding. SURVEY FINDS …

India didn’t prioritize mental health before Covid-19. Now it’s paying the price
4 years, 4 months ago

India didn’t prioritize mental health before Covid-19. Now it’s paying the price

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — “My heartbeats are heavy. None of India’s 22 languages have words that mean “mental health” or “depression.” “People think that talking about your feelings makes you weak – there are a lot of misconceptions.”Baldev Singh, volunteer counselor While there are terms for sadness, grief or devastation in Urdu and other Indian languages, the specific terminology to …

In India, the deepening of the mental health crisis | Opinion
4 years, 6 months ago

In India, the deepening of the mental health crisis | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

Humanity has rarely experienced such a collective sense of vulnerability, a dual threat to the body and mind. Further, the findings of a countrywide National Mental Health Survey 2015-16 by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences revealed that nearly 150 million Indians need active mental health care interventions while fewer than 30 million are seeking this support. Many …

Covid-19 will aggravate mental health issues| Analysis
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 will aggravate mental health issues| Analysis

Hindustan Times  

Mental health problems are likely to increase exponentially both at the individual and community levels as the impact of the coronavirus disease deepens over the next few months. The increase in mental health problems and psycho-social effects will impact the growth of the pandemic also. At the secondary level, online mental health services must be facilitated to support individuals with …

Mental health services are seeing a drop in usage amid coronavirus, despite increased anxiety
4 years, 8 months ago

Mental health services are seeing a drop in usage amid coronavirus, despite increased anxiety

ABC  

The Federal Government is pleading with Australians to not neglect their mental health, revealing use of services is falling despite a rise in public anxiety and concern over the coronavirus pandemic. Key points: BeyondBlue has received a 40 per cent increase in contacts The National Mental Health Commission is concerned there has been a decrease in people seeking help from …

Anxious & Afraid: How is the Lockdown Affecting Mental Health?
4 years, 9 months ago

Anxious & Afraid: How is the Lockdown Affecting Mental Health?

The Quint  

Ananya Chatterjee, Masters Student “I will have to face anxieties and uncertainties without having any essential services or support systems.” Hena Faqurudheen, psychotherapist “It is a very real instance of ‘collective trauma.’This is trauma on a global scale” There's a mental health crisis brewing in India right now. “For a person like me, who is a mental health patient and …

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