World Mental Health Day 2024: To stay in perfect health, it is important that in addition to the body, mental health is also good. In today’s busy lives, work pressure and lack of time have become so prevalent that mental health is deteriorating. In such a situation, not only adults but also children fall prey … Read more
LOVE, COMPANIONSHIP AND MARRIAGE IN TIMES OF MENTAL ILLNESS Living with mental illness is tough. Loving and living with someone with mental illness is tougher. But loving and living with a mentally ill spouse is the toughest.But all the three are eminently possible. Because had it not been the case, I would not have been … Read more
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit on Thursday ordered that 16 apartments in Maloya be allocated to set up a temporary home for the city’s mentally ill residents while the administration prepares a dedicated facility for them in Sector 34. The apartments, which will be provided by the Chandigarh Housing Board, will be equipped … Read more
Panelists speaking at the Sundram Fasteners Lecture Series on ‘Preventing Homelessness Among People With Serious Mental Health Problems’ emphasized the importance of shifting the focus from institutional care to providing housing for people with mental illness for better recovery and rehabilitation. Speaking on the second day of Sunday’s lecture series, Deborah K. Padgett, Professor of … Read more