Mental health still being a stigma -lot of people are hesitant to talk about it openly -iCall, an on-call pan india facility by Tata Institute of Social Sciences(TISS) enables one to talk to trained counselors, psychologist, psychiatrist for free and talk about one's distress, mental health, depression -we spoke to Tanuja babre, the programme coordinator at iCall . iCall number is - +9122-25521111 Let us know what you think about this episode of The SOS Show podcast in comments or DM us on Insta...
Sep 21, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 12
A revolution in mental health - where the rights is given to mental health -and the onus to central n state government -In this enlightening conversation with Arjun Kapoor we talk about Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 Arjun is a lawyer and is a Research Associate at the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy (CMHLP). His areas of interest range from law & development, mental health policy and psychology. In this episode we discuss the definition of Mental Health & Illness in the India...
Sep 14, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 12
150 million suffer from various forms of mental health issues in india -and there is a huge need for mental health professionals -but the model of medical care vs psychological care is what needs to be looked into -this insightful conversation with Dr. Kaustubh Joag brings light to the wonderful community model of Atmiyata currently working in the rural landscape and empowering people to handle the mental illness Dr. Kaustubh, is a consulting psychiatrist and also the Project Lead at ATMIYATA al...
Sep 07, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Where are the rehab centers for mental health- and what kind of conditions they are in? in this deep conversation with Tanmaya Bhatnagar, who tells her story of living with her schizophrenic mother- the family coping together with her illness tried all the possible rehab centers where her mother could spend some daycare time- but she felt she would never leave her mother in those centers which were unclean and not cared for...The family decided to take turns and take care of their mother with th...
Aug 31, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Schizophrenia was first observed in 1887 -still in 2019 has no cure -the patients still lead a tough existence trying to fight the voices and hallucinations-we talk to Amrit Bakshy who is a caregiver to his daughter with Schizophrenia-he takes us on a journey and a battle to try and give his daughter a good life -the question still remains if we do have answers to schizophrenia Mr. Amrit Bakshy is the president for Schizophrenia Awareness Society and has also been a key contributor in drafting t...
Aug 03, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Borderline Personality Disorder is the least understood mental illness-unlike bipolar where the episodes happen in phases -BPD is an everyday fight. Tarini Chawla takes us through her journey of BPD. The implementation of mental act 2017 is still awaited to help everyone with mental disability. Not just that, Tarini is very much active to voice her thoughts about the importance of mental health and is trying to do so with her blog. In the episode she also speaks about what can the companies and ...
Jul 27, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Caregiving for someone with mental illness is as hard and especially when the mental illness has psychotic traces like schizophrenia. Practicing active empathy, compassion and sensitivity can really help. Namarita shares her story of her family dealing with her mother having schizophrenia. We also talk about the voices and the dimensions that the person living with schizophrenia deals with. Modern medication since 1887 have not been able to cure the side effects of medication or the reason behin...
Jul 20, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 7
"NUEROTRANSMITTER IMBALANCE IS THE CAUSE AND THE TREATMENT AROUND MENTAL ILLNESS" 1 in 5 individuals in the world will suffer from some form of mental illness. In this episode, Dr. Samir Parikh. He is a psychiatrist and Director of Fortis National Mental Health Program at Fortis Healthcare. 300 million suffer from. depression.600 million people from depression anxiety.. biology psychology and the environment intersection is the main cause of mental illness.. anti pharma is not the way..there wil...
Jul 13, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Kenton has been dealing with his own flux of emotions while bringing up his daughters. Mental illness has made him empathetic towards others -his daughters too have become more empathetic towards people . Kenton feels it’s important to have conversation with ur partners and children about mental illness Music Credits: Jay Man Track Name: " So Overjoyed " Music By: Jay Man @ http://ourmusicbox.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 06, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Bipolar is hard to gauge. It can pass of like a mood swing or even depression. But there is a deeper reason to it; that deeper reason can be genetic or as we take this discussion on bipolar further- it can be a stress trigger. We don't have any concrete answers yet- As Shreevatsa Nevatia the consulting editor of India today and thriving with bipolar points out- Bipolar is like WHO DUN IT! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 25, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode Suchita is joined by Delhi based Shubha Menon, who is a copywriter in Ogilvy and is married having a daughter and 2 dogs. She has been suffering with Bipolar disorder and has been very active to bring awareness about mental health and also runs a group for people suffering from bipolar disorder, where they talk about remedies and solutions. Shubha also discusses deeply about medication and how it affects people. . . If you want to share your experiences, do DM us on instagram @ep...
Jun 14, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Swati Agrawal is a lawyer by profession and has been suffering from Bipolar disorder along with fibromyalgia. Despite that, she has been leading a normal life and on this episode she talks about what misconceptions people have regarding mental illness, her relations with people around, people's reaction to it and much more! Got something to say? Just mail us to bonjour@eplog.media or DM us on Instagram @eplogmedia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 03, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2
A TEDX Speaker & Ashoka Fellow, Reshma Valiapan, is among the people to embrace Schizophrenia and take advantage of it to become successful at a plethora of activities, one of them being Painting. Schizophrenia is a very tough mental illness where the person suffering and their environment both get affected in equal and more proportions. This was first identified in the year 1887. John Nash, the Nobel prize winner, Albert Einstein's Son, The most admired Novelist of American Pop Culture Jack...
May 25, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The discussion on MENTAL HEALTH has been a taboo in most of the societies. With the WHO estimating a figure of 300 million people affected with depression, 60 million with bipolar, and 23 million with schizophrenia- we are just getting started in defining MENTAL HEALTH; We still classify mental health as MADNESS. In our podcast- THE SOS SHOW- we are going to a demystify a lot of beliefs around mental health- We are going to speak to the fighters, the innovators, the fearless ones and more, about...
May 03, 2019•3 min
