Ms. Ahana Sharma, who is currently a volunteer at Samaritans Mumbai, joined MHT Live and talked about the concept of empathetic listening and creating a safe space in order to help someone in distress. Watch the snippet from the MHT Live with Ms. Ahana Sharma shared below. Samaritans Mumbai is a suicide prevention helpline working …
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Addiction and Drug Abuse has been prevalent in our society for a long time. In this article, let’s look at the relationship between Addiction, Drug Abuse and Suicide. Drug abuse is commonly termed as substance abuse. It refers to the use of certain chemicals for the purpose of creating pleasurable effects on the brains. There …
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13 Reasons Why is a teen drama made for Netflix by Brian Yorkey. It is based on the novel ” 13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher. It revolves around the life of a high school student who finds tapes of another student which has every detail of why she decided to end her life. Through …
Anjaana Anjaani released in 2010 is a romantic comedy-drama Bollywood film. It is directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It starts the industry’s very beloved actors- Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor. The story revolves around two complete strangers, who have very high suicide ideation due to respective traumatic experiences in their lives; …
Cyberbullying and Suicide Cyberbullying is a type of bullying that includes sending hateful, cruel messages to someone or that harms someone in the form of emails, text messages, chat rooms blog posts, and direct messages on social media. Social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr where mostly teenagers and young adults communicate with each …
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As a mental health awareness platform, this Suicide Prevention Day, MHT India brings to you an educating conversation with Ms. Wilma D’Silva, who is a mental health professional based out of Margao, Goa in India. As a psychologist, she shares her knowledge of therapy and different approaches to therapy for suicide. In the MHT Conversation, …
Chhichhore is a 2019 release Bollywood movie, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, where the story revolves around a set of friends and how their journeys were inter-linked, right from college till their adulthood. MHT India chooses this movie for a media review podcast for World Suicide Prevention Month; September as it shows the act of suicide …
Suicide in Indian Society is at an all time high and also in the limelight currently for all the wrong reasons. September is World Suicide Prevention Month and we at MHT India invited experts from the mental health community to impart knowledge around this stigmatized topic. In this podcast, Ms. Keya Sampat joins us to …
Today, suicide prevention becomes imperative as cases for death by suicide are increasing more than before. The very first step in suicide prevention starts at recognising suicidal thinking and behaviour and taking it seriously. An individual considering committing suicide will commonly show some subtle signs of suicidal thinking and behaviour such as talking about committing …
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What really is Depression? Everybody feels down on occasion. The separation of a relationship or an awful academic evaluation can prompt bad temperament. At times, sorrow seeps in for no evident reasons. Depression, versus ordinary sadness, is portrayed by longer and more profound sentiments of dejection and the occurrence of certain other traits. This differentiation …
