A Hindu monk in Calcutta refuses to take his psychotropic medications. His psychiatrist
explains that just as his body needs food, the drugs are nutrition for his starved mind. Does it …

India's National Mental Health Program (NMHP) was initiated in 1982 with the objective of
promoting community participation and accessible mental health services. A key component …

Human-wildlife conflicts impact upon the wellbeing of marginalised people, worldwide.
Although tangible losses from such conflicts are well documented, hidden health …

In this analysis, we argue that the 'treatment gap'for common mental disorders often reflects
lack of demand, arising because services fail to address the needs of disadvantaged …

As life expectancy increases in India, the number of people living with dementia will also
rise. Yet little is known about how people in India cope with dementia, how relationships and …

Campaigns to scale up mental health services in low-income countries emphasise the need
to improve access to psychotropic medication as part of effective treatment yet there is little …

This paper critiques recent initiatives for deploying the Recovery Model in the Indian sub-
continent. It traces the history and growth of the model, and questions its applicability for …

Abstract Nearly 4, 00,000 farmers committed suicide in India between 1995 and 2018. This
translates into approximately 48 suicides every day. The majority of suicides were those …

This commentary highlights the diversity of thematics and conceptual schema generated by
guru-ship, and its capacity—as a set of principles as much as specific persons—to …

Existing literature demonstrates agro-chemicals result in physical toxicity and damages
human health, flora and fauna. However, little is known about how such 'toxicity'relates to …