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Let's talk facts. The First Gap: Stigma, Culture, and Perception Let’s acknowledge a hard reality. In India, 13-15% of adults grapple with mental disorders, depression, anxiety, substance use, yet more than 80% receive no formal care at all. ​It’s worse in rural India and outside major cities. For example, Mumbai enjoys more services than most of Maharashtra; Kolkata has its own legacy in psychoanalysis. Meanwhile, rural and tier-2/3 cities face critical shortages, especially

We live in an age of nonstop media. Conflicts, mass violence, corruption scandals, disasters. They’re everywhere, all the time. Most of us are not on the front lines, yet we feel deeply affected. Why? Because our brains and bodies are wired for threat detection. Constant exposure to alarming stories keeps our threat systems switched on and that exact mechanism, when chronically activated, has real physical, mental, and even longevity costs. 1. What Happens in the Brain and B

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India faces a substantial mental health treatment gap, with around 10 percent of the population affected by common mental disorders...