Mental Health

Articles that talk directly about mental health (depression, suicides, etc.) are part of this sub-category

social media

Tik Tok: The online musical weapon

India accounted for 44%, or 323 million, of 2019’s total TikTok app downloads. Social media, especially in their app format, is quite addictive and gives a dopamine kick to the brain by creating the illusion of being famous, having friends, and youngsters measure their worth by the number of likes and comments on their online presence. The…

Mental health crisis amidst Delhi’s protests and violence

Mental health crisis amidst Delhi’s protests and violence

Delhi witnessed unprecedented violence since 24 February 2020. Across the world, political protests and violence related to social unrest is a new reality. In India, ever since 11 December 2019, there has been an ongoing social movement against a new Citizenship Amendment law. Before that, the society was outraging against the various incidents of sexual violence against…

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A better world – Mother’s mental health is critical for child safety

The other day I was watching a video which had been shared by one of my social network connection on his page. The video had garnered close to some 2k views, and there were a little over three hundred comments. I usually tend to overlook most of these videos. However, this one happened to show…