Topic: Mental health

While the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been staggering, the full impact on health has been far greater, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The agency said fear, isolation, grief, economic stress and shuttered support services have taken a toll on the mental well-being of people around the world.

Arrested student and anti-Citizenship Amendement Act (CAA) activist Gulfisha Fatima said before a Delhi court on Monday that she was being subjected to communal slurs and mental harassment by jail authorities.

It shouldn’t be groundbreaking to say that language is consequential to socio-political conversations, especially for already marginalized communities.

As these journalists have been tirelessly working on informing the very mistrustful public, hopefully, this study on their mental health issues helps them continue with the good work they’ve been doing. Reporters could only be able to pass the information if they’re able to cope with the pressure and demands that the pandemic imposes on them.

Tazmeen Amna is an author of Goner and The Incredible Adventures of Mr. Cheeks, both published by Penguin Random House India. Tazmeen, a graduate in English literature from Lady Shri Ram College for Women also holds an MBA degree but likes to think of herself as a visual and literary artist (mixed medium). She is no stranger to mental illness and is thus passionate about and committed to raising awareness about mental health issues. Tazmeen's new novel GONER follows a young woman in her mid-twenties, trying to juggle the dark and intoxicating side of life, memories of an abusive ex-boyfriend, remains of a broken family, and mental health issues.

Following the demise of the Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, there have been serious attempts in social media platforms to problematize depression. People from so wide a range as clinical psychologists to poets and activists are part of this endeavor. How precise are these observations? Do these mob discourses render justice to the individualistic experiences of depression?