"The Science of Social Distancing: Part 2" April 1 2020. Excerpts relating to Mental Health: ( from the full transcript) Presenter: Prof.Sandro Galea. From COVID COVERSATIONS, National Academy of Medicine and American Public Health Association. (emphasis added-Murthy) Dr. Sandro Galea, the Dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health. He's an emergency medicine physician with... Continue Reading →

Counselling hotlines to counter the COVID 19 anxiety Lily Thomas The Hindu, April 3 2020 (Emphasis added) A majority of them are temporary services aimed at helping those facing mental health issues stemming from the current crisis Vikas (name changed), middle-aged, his wife and their toddler miles away in another metro, and he is working... Continue Reading →

MENTAL health of lockdown society a matter of concern The Hindu April 7 2020 Satyasundar Barik (emphasis added_Murthy) Odisha State Disaster Management Authority directs District Collectors to collaborate with NGOs and provide counselling to the distressed With the nationwide lockdown entering the third week, mental health experts urged authorities to adopt stress-busting solutions to keep... Continue Reading →

NIMHANS pitches in to shun stigma and psychosocial trauma The Hindu, April 8 2020 Afshan Yasmeen (emphasis added-Murthy) Union Health Ministry has entrusted the institute with the task of preparing information, education, and communication material on COVID-19 In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Union Health Ministry has entrusted NIMHANS, the country’s premier mental... Continue Reading →

Editorial J. Indian Assoc. Child Adolesc. Ment. Health 2020;16(2):1-12 Building Psychological Immunity in Children and Adolescents Tanu Gupta, Naresh Nebhinani Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Email: drnaresh_pgi@yahoo.com (emphasis added-Murthy) At the beginning let us share a very painful incident which raised many concerns and questions in our mind and... Continue Reading →

COVID-19: Mental health, fear and anxiety D. Sheikhshoib, Srinagar. Email: sheikhshoib22@gmail.com (emphasis added-Murthy) Covid-19 is a novel corona virus that was first detected in China and has been detected all over the world including in our union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Pandemics are not just a medical phenomenon they affect individual, and... Continue Reading →