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Survey Resists Mental Health System Hopelessness #mustread

  Early Results: Yes, There is Hope After a   Psychiatric Diagnosis! MindFreedom “I Got Better” Survey on Mental Health Gets Great Initial Response. Haven’t Taken the Survey Yet? Please Do! When someone — often a young person — gets their… Continue Reading →

Probe into custodial death of Bihari youth who attacked Amritandamayi Devi

By Ashraf Padanna/Thiruvananthapuram   The Kerala police have begun a probe into the ‘unnatural death’ of a Bihari youth charged with attempt to murder Mata Amritandamayi Devi, the hugging saint who has millions of devotees across the world.   Mystery… Continue Reading →

A quarter of India’s mentally ill homeless

  Firstpost India Jul 31, 2012   New Delhi: In the dimly-lit lobby of a shelter for the mentally-ill homeless, she sits reading the tattered printout of an e-mail from her US-based brother. The 55-year-old scans every word – her brother… Continue Reading →

Resist the silent emergency! Call for Action on June 26th 2012

Dear friends, On June 26,1975, Emergency was declared in India, robbing citizens of their basic democratic rights and ushering in a dark period of rampant human rights violations all over the country. Arrests of Indian citizens without charge or notification… Continue Reading →

UN launches new tool to protect people with mental health conditions

16-June-2012 The United Nations health agency on Friday launched a new tool to help countries protect the rights and dignity of people with mental health conditions and stop abuses against them. NEW YORK : The Quality Rights Tool Kit is designed… Continue Reading →

Forced Labor, Human Trafficking and Mental Health

Forced Labor, Human Trafficking and Mental Health: The Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Malaysia – Research Report by Health Equity Initiatives    Report (ATTACHED) and available  online  here   Malaysia is host to one of the largest refugee… Continue Reading →

America: Where It’s Easier to Get a Gun Than Good Mental Health Care

Gun violence is up. Access to good mental healthcare is down. What, exactly, are our priorities? June 10, 2012  | Photo Credit: Tony Webster Last spring my younger sister Kathy jumped off a freeway bridge in Phoenix. For better or… Continue Reading →

End of the road for mentally ill?

End of the road for mentally ill? Arita Sarkar Chennai, June 7, 2012, The Hindu Patients who are not claimed by their families continue to live in the wards and are employed in the industry therapy unit Two months ago,… Continue Reading →

Mentally ill in India struggle with homelessness

With care centres virtually non-existent and family networks breaking down, streets are becoming the only resort of the mentally ill in India Malia Politzer & Vidya Krishnan    Thu, May 24 2012., livemint.com Kochi (Kerala): Police found the woman wandering on… Continue Reading →

Damned lives and 
statistics

COVER STORY Damned lives and 
statistics By Gunjan Sharma, The Week Story Dated: Monday, May 21, 2012 15:51 hrs IST The horrid state of mental health care in India 
can drive one insane. Does anyone care? Anybody out there? A… Continue Reading →

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