About the Speaker- Ms. Shivani Thapliyal
Mental Health Life Coach, Author; End of Mental Health Stigma
Ms Thapliyal is a survivor. She was diagnosed with three different mental disorders and has worked extremely hard in educating herself about the same. She now lives with the motto; prevention is better than cure and works tirelessly in generating awareness and cultivating acceptance within our community.
About the Book – End of Mental Health Stigma
This book is not just an ordinary book, it’s an acknowledgement and voice for people who are suffering from mental illness and surviving with the same in India. This book comprises of multiple interviews with individuals who are diagnosed with different mental health disorders with the aim that the community can understand what and how some mental disorders look like and what are their symptoms in actuality. This looks also aims towards making a distinction between mental illness and mental retardation and also emphasise on the fact that both these terms are not interchangeable.
MHT Live | Surviving with Mental Health Illness in India | Ms Shivani Thapliyal | MHT India
Mental Health in India is unfortunately still a taboo topic which most people are not very comfortable talking about. Most people are not open about what they are going through emotionally whereas others openly ridicule the same, adding to the individuals’ stress. Mental Health Statistics in India also throw light on the same with the most astonishing being; In 2017, 197·3 million people had mental disorders in India, including 45·7 million with depressive disorders and 44·9 million with anxiety disorders. Find this research here.
Even with such high statistics, the awareness of mental health in India is bare minimum. In order to combat this, MHT invited Ms Shivani Thapliyal who is a mental health disorder survivor herself and also the author of End of Mental Stigma, to come and share her story for the world to know. We touched upon her journey before and after her diagnosis, spoke about mental health awareness in India, mental health importance and also how she has been working towards spreading acceptance in the community.
About MHT Live
MHT Live is an online space where mental health professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists, researchers and scholars come together and address a particular issue or advancements in the field of mental health and even chat with the viewers through a live chatbox. Mental health experts in India, have been a part of this platform from the very beginning. From mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression and psychosis; psychological issues, such as self-esteem, confidence and resilience; as well as social issues such as workplace culture, women’s issues, and LGBT community issues have been all covered in the series of MHT webinars.
The platform aims at connecting professionals with people seeking help, vice-versa. An interactive discussion of approximately 1 hour provides the viewers with a comprehensive knowledge of that particular issues, therapeutic techniques that they can try at home and also contact details of the speaker of a particular webinar.
The webinar is streamed every Sunday from 12 noon to 01:00 P.M. The recordings of MHT Webinars, along with short clips from the webinars, are also streamed at other media platforms:
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