Beyond boys’ locker room: Let us talk about men’s sexual health

November 29, 2022

Recent studies state that 50% of men suffer from sexual dysfunction, i.e., ED (Erectile Dysfunction). The worldwide prevalence of ED is expected to increase to 322 million men by 2025. 1 in 10 men will experience ED at some point in their lives. According to the counsellor in VNA Hospital,...

Deciphering the mind of killers like Aaftab

November 23, 2022

The gruesome murder of Shraddha Walkar by Aaftab Poonawala has captured the mindspace of the nation. And there is a ripple effect with more stories of such gruesome killings of humans and animals especially dogs, and cows- pups and calves being reported. Love Jihad is being flouted as the reason...

Microaggressions: Psychopathology<br>of Everyday Life

Microaggressions: Psychopathology
of Everyday Life

November 22, 2022

A teacher praises a student from South India for his good command over spoken English, “You don’t speak English like a South Indian”.A woman is constantly interrupted while speaking at a meeting. Continuously mispronouncing a person’s name because “it’s too hard” to say correctly.Telling a colleague that they don’t “look”...

Here’s how you can overcome financial stress in relationships

November 9, 2022

Talking about money isn’t romantic, passionate, or sexy. Mundane as it may be, it is essential to understand how one can handle financial stress in a relationship. "Money and finances can be a major source of emotional and mental stress and can lead to strained relationships and breakups." The importance...

Busting myths about mental illness

November 1, 2022

Mental illness and mental health are conundrums we would rather avoid. They are the things we would want to sweep under the carpet. Let us dust the carpet and bust the myths. Myth 1Mental problems are rare.Fact: One in four people will experience a mental health problem, which means someone...

Body Shaming: The Silent Killer

October 15, 2022

Have you ever observed that your thoughts, emotions, behaviour and notions of anything and everything are derived from other people’s thoughts? We live in a society that is conditioned by the media, our educational system, our communities, our neighbours, places of worship, and our families. From our earliest memories, we...

Are you sure you understand mental health and well-being?

October 11, 2022

10th October is designated by WHO as World Mental Health Day and the theme for 2022 is “Make Mental Health and Well-Being for All a Global Priority”.We asked various groups of people—school students, university students, people from different walks of life—as to what comes to their mind when we say...

The Power of Seva

October 4, 2022

If I were to ask you as to what differentiates the human species from other species, your response would probably be that humans are bipedal, have the power of language, are self-aware, can think, but what really differentiates us is our capacity to do “seva”, our ability to help others....

LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND

August 5, 2022

Love is a spectrum, and the two ends are destruction and construction. We have destroyed lives in the name of love and built mausoleums in the name of love. Carbon dating love is easy. It began with the love story of Shiva and Sati (Parvati), to Krishna and Radha, Savitri...

BUILDING A ‘MENTAL HEALTH’ LITERATE NATION

August 17, 2021

Every story has a past and the story of mental health is no different. It took us some hundred-odd years to move from the Lunacy Act of 1912 to the Mental Health Act of 1987 and then to Mental Healthcare Act of 2017. But in these 100 years, mental health...

Dr Chavi Bhargava Sharma

Beyond boys’ locker room: Let us talk about men’s sexual health

Deciphering the mind of killers like Aaftab

Microaggressions: Psychopathology
of Everyday Life