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Mind Matters: Supporting Mental Health as We Age

Life after 65, known as the post-retirement years, is often referred to as the ‘Golden years’ of one’s life. For many, these golden years signify financial security and enjoyment of the fruits of their efforts. As people’s commitments to their children with education and marriage are usually completed, it is now time to look forward …

Mental health

Mental health and the LGBTQIA+ community in India

June is celebrated as Pride month each year. It is a period when members of the LGBTQIA+ community, at least in urban areas, are supposed to feel special. The good part about this is that many people from the community are able to express and celebrate themselves. The not-talked-about-much part is what they have to …

Paternal depression

Paternal Depression

‘Parenting is a significant life transition, which increases the vulnerability to psychological distress, often leading to the onset or relapse of psychiatric disorders, mainly depression, for both parents.’ This line in the article titled ‘Paternal Depression: “The silent pandemic”’ (https://journals.lww.com/inpj/fulltext/2022/31020/paternal_depression___the_silent_pandemic_.27.aspx) caught my eye as I was looking for articles on depression in men when they …

Mental health of men

Mental health of men in India

‘Mard ko dard nahin hota’ Man up! Real men don’t cry! If you identify as male, these may be some of things you have heard being said to you or other men in the vicinity. In all probability you may believe it too to some extent or other. In most Indian families, it has been …

Suicide in India

‘Suicide is taking the lives of people who could have been saved’ – suicide prevention expert at a recently held workshop on suicide prevention. According to statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the suicide rate in India rose from ‘9.9 per lakh population in 2017 to 12.4 per lakh population in 2022’. It …