Health

The Rajasthan Right to Health Care Act is a step in the right direction as it centres the critical issue of patient rights in India.

A US-based scientist, who works, travels and leads a happy family life despite living with serious bipolar disorder, shares her journey.

Loneliness puts people at risk of vulnerability and social frailty. And social vulnerability impacts a person’s physical and mental health.

The menstrual leave debate has picked up globally, but waste workers in Shimla hold a mirror to the reality in local grassroots contexts.

“Acceptance of mental illness by the family is a must. Non-acceptance traumatises children,” says Diksha, whose mother lived with schizophrenia.

More than 5 million people live with Alzheimer’s Disease or some form of dementia in India, but awareness and social empathy are both lacking.

Poisoning is an emergency situation. The National Poison Information Centre at AIIMS is the oldest centre engaged in providing information on that.

About 80% of people with depression or anxiety disorders do not have access to healthcare, A crucial factor is the skyrocketing cost of treatment.

While the discourse on mental health is certainly rising, large sections of the urban population remain out of its ambit. Here are some such voices.

The IRDA issued circulars in 2018 and 2020 to include mental illness under insurance coverage. But insurance companies have failed to comply.

All surveys point to long waiting times in government hospitals, inconvenient timings and poor quality of treatment.

Sadly, the state offers no help to families of people with mental illness, no medical help, economic security or concession of any sort.