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Inside the Battle Between Faith and Psychiatry

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Notes from reporting on faith healing sites in India

“Thou Shalt Not Pass?”. Psychiatric Gatekeeping of Transgender Care: Dilemmas and Solutions

“Some people with schizophrenia or other mental disorders identify with another gender. This is why it is important...

A paradigm shift in mental health policy

This article first appeared in The Hindu and can be accessed here. It is a major crisis in public...

Why We Need to Stop Glamourizing Disorders and Misusing Labels

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What Diagnosis Left Behind: Towards a Situated, Humane Psychology

During my internship at a mental health facility, a 15-year-old boy was brought in. The first few notes on his chart were stark and unsettling. He was being referred...

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