The eighth season of the Banega Swasth India initiative stresses on the need to take care of, and consider everyone's health in India especially vulnerable communities
Oct 03, 2021
20:09 (IST)
Dr Anjali Chhabria, Psychiatrist, Director, Mind Temple Institute shares insights on mental health and mental wellbeing
October 3-10 is mental health week. I am happy that we are finally discussing psychiatric disorders. We need to give emotional health as much importance as we are giving to physical health. There is no health without mental health. We need governments to have programmes, going house to house and checking what's happening with people. senior citizens, healthcare workers have been affected. They might not know that they have been affected because on the surface they might seem normal. But we need to come up with strong mental health ambassadors to tell people that yes, if you have a problem, go and meet mental health professionals. Take medicine if you need. Don't shy away from taking medicines.