The SOS Show with Suchita
By Ep.Log Media
The SOS Show with SuchitaJul 20, 2019
Ep.27 Empowering Yourself With The Understanding of Mental Illness ft. Manoj Chandran, CEO- White Swan Foundation
Empowering yourself with the understanding of mental illness - this and more as we discuss with the CEO of white swan foundation Manoj Chandran
The importance of the White Swan Foundation and how every resource on mental illness can be checked on their website www.whiteswangoundation.org to get an insight before making a decision.
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Ep.26 Talking More About The "D" Word ft. Shubhrata Prakash, IRS Officer - NITI Aayog
There is no specification of when can one suffer from any form of mental illness - it can happen at any time of one's life - and if we are not aware of the symptoms we might never detect it. Shubhrata Prakash, an IRS officer discovered that she was depressed after 5 years of going through it.
What is depression? A word we so casually use in our daily being.
Shubhrata takes us through her dark phase when she couldn’t take care of her newly born child, couldn’t work, couldn’t get out of bed.
Having a supporting husband made her come out of this phase.
And she wrote a book D on depression to create more awareness
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Ep.25 Investing In Your Mental Health ft. Kumaar Bagrodia, Founder- Neuroleap
What is the state of your mental health- Have you ever thought about it?
Do we go for mental health check-ups the way we go for our physical health check-ups?
This and more as we talk to the founder of Neuroleap Kumaar Bargodia.
Kumaar shares with us how Neuroleap is leveraging advanced technology for a drug-free, non-invasive, no adverse side effects approach for enhancement of brain functions and mental health. They have successfully helped clients with anxiety, depression, ADHD, etc.
Is it time to invest in your mental health!!
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Ep.24 Shaheen Bhatt on Her Experiences OF dealing WITH depression
What is depression? Is it biological? Or is it circumstantial? Does your childhood have an impact on your life forever? What if you shared your feelings with someone - right then and there would that impact or scar lessen - this and more as we Speak to screenwriter n author, the daughter of one of the most admired filmmaker’s Mr. Mahesh Bhatt - Shaheen Bhatt and her book I have never been (un) happier!
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Ep.23 Mental Wellbeing For Entrepreneurs ft. Mr. Harsh Mariwala and Rajvi Mariwala
Welcome to 2020!
As we have entered a new decade, we thought of a very special episode featuring none other than the legendary Mr. Harsh Mariwala, chairman- Marico Ltd. and his partner in raising awareness about mental wellbeing, Rajvi Mariwala, Director- Mariwala Health Initiative.
The new wave of entrepreneurship has brought countless opportunities and disruption, however, with that comes challenges and a stress to outperform every single time.
The father-daughter duo had started Mariwala Health Initiative(MHI) to fund Mental Health initiatives and bring a change in the field of mental health in India.
Mr. Mariwala had also initiated The Ascent Foundation to nurture growth ready startup founders and accelerate them.
Ascent recently published a report in association with MHI where they studied various stress factors that affected their entrepreneurs' mental health and have created a detailed report on that study.
You can learn more about the report in the link below:-
https://ascentfoundation.in/a-study-on-entrepreneurial-well-being.pdf
Through this episode, we gave peek into the life of Mr. Mariwala, on how he is managing such a huge empire and what he does to keep himself mentally & physically fit, and his priceless tips to the entrepreneurs to be successful.
We also dive deep into the conversation with Rajvi on how did they conduct the study and what were their findings.
Listen to the complete episode and take control now!
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Ep.22 ReFRAME-ing Mental Healthcare ft. Rajvi Mariwala, Director- Mariwala Health Initiative
As we are about to close for 2019, Ep.Log Media & Metaphysical Lab. share 2 special episodes with Rajvi Mariwala, Director-Mariwala Health Initiative(MHI), and this episode all about bringing structure to the current mental healthcare ecosystem.
MHI has been formed by well-known industrialist & founder of Marico Industries, Mr. Harsh Mariwala, and daughter Rajvi Mariwala, to fund Mental Health initiatives and bring a change in the field of mental health in India.
A few months back they released their annual journal- ReFRAME, through which they endeavor not only to transform existing discussions around mental health (MH), but also to widen the scope for participation in these crucial conversations. Their last issue highlighted the need for funding rights-based MH work, given that the MH sector has not been a priority in philanthropy or CSR in India.
In this episode, we try to extend the conversation on ReFRAME on the idea behind creation of the journal and what went making it.
As a study, we also took bytes from the contributors to the various articles in ReFRAME and gave their perspectives on documenting the journal.
1) Mira Malhotra, Kohl Studio on Designing the Journal
2) Jasmine Kalha, Program Manager and Research Fellow at Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Indian Law Society on Pathways to Mental Health
3) Karen Mathias, Mental Health Programme Manager- Mental Health Innovation on Interrogating Recovery in India
4) Dr. Rajaram, Psychiatric Social Work professional & trainer on taking care of Mental Health for Victims of Natural Calamities
5) Aparna Joshi, founder- iCALL on Ethics in Counseling.
Listen to the complete episode to understand the ReFRAME & you can also read the journal with the link below-
https://mhi.org.in/media/insight_files/MHI_ReFrameII_19.09.30_DIGITAL_bXDTARb.pdf
Ep.21 Narrative Practices and Mental Health for Children ft. Jehanzeb Baldiwala,Director-Mental Health Services at Ummeed Child Development Center
Umeed the non profit organisation deals with children with developmental issues. Jehanzeb Baldiwala heads their mental health section which is dealing with kids with various mental health issues anxiety to depression to Schizhophernia. In this conversation Jehanzeb shares with us the various narrative practices they use to connect with the kids and make them self aware n self dependent. The parents and the umeed family form a big part of bringing out this change together
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Ep.20 How Addiction Affects Mental Health and Life ft. Dr Mitika Kanabar, MD MPH,South California
In this episode of THE SOS SHOW- we talk about how does mental health and addiction work. We are in conversation with Dr. Mitika Kanabar.
We talk about various forms of addiction from tobacco, alcohol, and the internet and how does that affects our mental, well being and also the causes of depression in our lives. Also and most importantly why does addiction happen!
Tune in to this and more on our website and all the podcasting platforms.
You can also check out her website www.mitikakanabar.com- for more info.
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Ep.19 Filling Treatment Gaps In Mental Healthcare With Peer Support ft. Jasmine Kalha
The treatment gap that exists in mental health care- can be taken care with peer to peer support- Jasmine Kalha, Program Manager and Research Fellow at Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Indian Law Society describes about peer to peer support where a person with mental illness can volunteer to support and give a psycho social care to person with mental illness- with the anecdote of Janki Patel who suffers from schizophrenia and has opted to be a part of the peer support group it seems like a very important option in treatment gap in mental health.
If you wish to volunteer for the peer support group you can connect with jasmine for the leads on Twitter @jasminekalha
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Ep.18 Making People Self-Dependent ft. Ratna Chibber and Tanya Dutt - Atmanirbhar Foundation
What are the odds that you will rebel against your own family to stand by something you believe in? Ratna Chibber did just that- she left her husband and her own family to stand and protect her brother who was diagnosed with schizophrenia. It was an inspiring moment of stand-alone spirit.
And the challenges and battles that lay ahead transformed her into a stronger person and transformed many lives.
Tanya Dutt saw her mother face all the challenges and that defined her and her vision on mental health.
They both started Atmanirbhar an NGO that makes mentally ill people self-dependent.
Learn more about what they do here- www.atmanirbhar.com, www.theashafamily.com
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Ep.17 Vijay Nallawala On The Start of Bipolar India
Vijay was diagnosed with extreme bipolar after 23years of already having bipolar. It made him dysfunctional for so many years because there was no awareness of the illness during his times.
When he finally started medication in his 40s he turned things around and decided to create awareness through bipolarindia.com which is a very active and interactive site on bipolar.
Currently married with a daughter and running his independent marketing n storytelling agency- Vijay has decided to devote full time to bipolarindia and create ways to make people with mental illness more financially independent.
You can also participate in monthly meetings organized by bipolarindia .comWhich has chapters in various cities.
Know more about what he does on his website www.bipolarindia.com
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Ep.16 World Mental Health Day | The Reality Of Mental Health Care In India
This World Mental Health Day, we bring to you a very special episode. Host, Suchita Bhhatia is joined by mental health activist- Mr. Amrit Bakhshy, President of Schizophrenia Awareness Society (SAA), psychologist - Dr. Uma Dalvi and Researcher & Lawyer- Arjun Kapoor of Centre For Mental Health Law & Policy(CMHLP)
They revisit to the Mental Health Care Act introduced in 2017 and discuss about its implementation.
There were several discussions on the current state of mental health care in India :-
One was the infrastructure of mental health- lack of adequate mental health professionals to hospitals to accessibility .
Second was the high costs of treatment on mental health especially severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia. What would the common man do - and worse the underprivileged? And an in depth talk on understanding recovery; we questioned if there was adequate research on the medicines provided for mental illnesses and if this gap is being misused by certain practitioners and other companies ?
Listen to the complete episode and understand, what is mental healthcare and why is so important
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Ep.15 You Don't Need To Be Strong All The Time ft. Papiya Bagchi
Our society has conditioned us to be strong- to not show our emotions- to hide them. And that can be fatal and if not released can accumulate to the point of bursting. In this heartfelt and very personal conversation with Papiya Bagchi - she takes us through her personal losses of her father and younger sister and how she coped with it by finding the stillness inside herself.
We all have that stillness that if tapped can enable us to find our balance and live life to the fullest and with immense gratitude
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EP.14 Healing From Mental Illness Through Arts Based Therapy, ft. Aanand Chabukswar - ABT Practioner and Trainer, WCCL
In Mental Illness, it is not just the medical care that counts but also the psychological care. Perhaps as we move deeper into the podcasts on our show we realize that psychological care should take precedence over medical care.
ARTS BASED THERAPY (ABT) approach towards mental illness could be an important step in Mental care approach- a supplementary if not an alternative way to healing mental illness.
We chat with Aanand Chabukswar, who is an ABT practitioner and trainer with World Centre For Creative Learning (WCCL)
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Ep.13 Using Technology For Mental Healthcare With iCall ft. Tanuja Babre
Mental health still being a stigma -lot of people are hesitant to talk about it openly -iCall, an on-call pan india facility by Tata Institute of Social Sciences(TISS) enables one to talk to trained counselors, psychologist, psychiatrist for free and talk about one's distress, mental health, depression -we spoke to Tanuja babre, the programme coordinator at iCall.
iCall number is - +9122-25521111
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Ep.12 Why is Mental Healthcare Act 2017 So Important ?? ft. Arjun Kapoor, Research Associate at the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy
A revolution in mental health - where the rights is given to mental health -and the onus to central n state government -In this enlightening conversation with Arjun Kapoor we talk about Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017
Arjun is a lawyer and is a Research Associate at the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy (CMHLP). His areas of interest range from law & development, mental health policy and psychology.
In this episode we discuss the definition of Mental Health & Illness in the Indian Law, what was the need for the MHCA 2017, a peek in the history of the law for mental health, why is the act so important and how is it going to bring a change.
The law defines the fact that, Mental Healthcare is not just a law for healthcare, but is a step to ensure human rights.
Some Takeaways from the episode are:
-The right is given to people suffering from various mental illnesses where they can demand a treatment wo any form of discrimination
-The state has to look into the demand and provide treatment
-The biggest challenge though is the infrastructure m the gap in mental health professionals, this is where community like Atmiyata can come in
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Ep.11 Tackling Mental Illness Through Community ft. Dr Kaustubh Joag, Psychiatrist
150 million suffer from various forms of mental health issues in india -and there is a huge need for mental health professionals -but the model of medical care vs psychological care is what needs to be looked into -this insightful conversation with Dr. Kaustubh Joag brings light to the wonderful community model of Atmiyata currently working in the rural landscape and empowering people to handle the mental illness
Dr. Kaustubh, is a consulting psychiatrist and also the Project Lead at ATMIYATA along with coordination at Center for Mental Health Law & Policy, Indian Law Society in Pune, India
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Ep.10 Need For Rehab Centres For Mental Health ft. Tanmaya Bhatnagar
Where are the rehab centers for mental health- and what kind of conditions they are in? in this deep conversation with Tanmaya Bhatnagar, who tells her story of living with her schizophrenic mother- the family coping together with her illness tried all the possible rehab centers where her mother could spend some daycare time- but she felt she would never leave her mother in those centers which were unclean and not cared for...The family decided to take turns and take care of their mother with the father being a strong backbone for the family.
Where are the REHAB CENTRES FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND WHY ARE THEY NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF... WHO IS FUNDING THEM AND DO WE seriously need to shift our attention to them.
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Ep.9 Being a Support System As Care Giver ft. Amrit Bakshy
Schizophrenia was first observed in 1887 -still in 2019 has no cure -the patients still lead a tough existence trying to fight the voices and hallucinations-we talk to Amrit Bakshy who is a caregiver to his daughter with Schizophrenia-he takes us on a journey and a battle to try and give his daughter a good life -the question still remains if we do have answers to schizophrenia
Mr. Amrit Bakshy is the president for Schizophrenia Awareness Society and has also been a key contributor in drafting the very important - Mental Healthcare Awareness Act, 2017
He has been very actively involved in bringing awareness about mental illness and how can one take care of their mental well being. He hosts sessions for the patients and also with the care givers of those patients.
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Ep8. Dealing With Borderline Personality Disorder ft. Tarini Chawla
Borderline Personality Disorder is the least understood mental illness-unlike bipolar where the episodes happen in phases -BPD is an everyday fight. Tarini Chawla takes us through her journey of BPD. The implementation of mental act 2017 is still awaited to help everyone with mental disability.
Not just that, Tarini is very much active to voice her thoughts about the importance of mental health and is trying to do so with her blog.
In the episode she also speaks about what can the companies and management do to build a system that encourages people with mental illnesses to have an environment to work comfortably.
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Ep.7 ACTIVE EMPATHY, COMPASSION AND SENSITIVITY as caregivers n as a society | ft. Namarita Kathait
Caregiving for someone with mental illness is as hard and especially when the mental illness has psychotic traces like schizophrenia.
Practicing active empathy, compassion and sensitivity can really help.
Namarita shares her story of her family dealing with her mother having schizophrenia. We also talk about the voices and the dimensions that the person living with schizophrenia deals with. Modern medication since 1887 have not been able to cure the side effects of medication or the reason behind the voices.
We try and decipher this from the caregivers point of view.
The causes/ trigger for schizophrenia could be varied from genetic, to trauma, to sensitivity quotient of the person to the person getting inside a new environment.
Developing a buffer system unconsciously can really help. We still have a severe lack of psychologist and psychiatrist to deal with severe mental health cases.
How are we going to bridge this gap.
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Ep.6 Causes, Research & Infrastructure of Mental Health ft. Dr. Samir Parikh
"NUEROTRANSMITTER IMBALANCE IS THE CAUSE AND THE TREATMENT AROUND MENTAL ILLNESS" 1 in 5 individuals in the world will suffer from some form of mental illness.
In this episode, Dr. Samir Parikh. He is a psychiatrist and Director of Fortis National Mental Health Program at Fortis Healthcare.
300 million suffer from. depression.600 million people from depression anxiety.. biology psychology and the environment intersection is the main cause of mental illness.. anti pharma is not the way..there will always not be 100 % accuracy..
There is a robust government structure where there is free of cost treatment..
Aayushnman Bharat etc will help the mental health infrastructure.. public private partnership will enable a faster way to bridge the gap in infrastructure. caregiver handling is as important- Fortis health care has a 24 hour helpline(+918376804102).
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Ep.5 Mental Health Relationships & Parenting | ft. Kenton hall
Kenton has been dealing with his own flux of emotions while bringing up his daughters. Mental illness has made him empathetic towards others -his daughters too have become more empathetic towards people . Kenton feels it’s important to have conversation with ur partners and children about mental illness
Music Credits: Jay Man
Track Name: "So Overjoyed"
Music By: Jay Man @ http://ourmusicbox.com/
Ep.4 Life Dealing with Bipolar ft. Shreevatsa Nevatia
Bipolar is hard to gauge. It can pass of like a mood swing or even depression. But there is a deeper reason to it; that deeper reason can be genetic or as we take this discussion on bipolar further- it can be a stress trigger. We don't have any concrete answers yet- As Shreevatsa Nevatia the consulting editor of India today and thriving with bipolar points out- Bipolar is like WHO DUN IT!
Ep.3 Understanding Bipolar Further ft. Shubha Menon
In this episode Suchita is joined by Delhi based Shubha Menon, who is a copywriter in Ogilvy and is married having a daughter and 2 dogs.
She has been suffering with Bipolar disorder and has been very active to bring awareness about mental health and also runs a group for people suffering from bipolar disorder, where they talk about remedies and solutions.
Shubha also discusses deeply about medication and how it affects people.
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Ep.2 Understanding Bipolar Disorder ft. Swati Agrawal
Swati Agrawal is a lawyer by profession and has been suffering from Bipolar disorder along with fibromyalgia.
Despite that, she has been leading a normal life and on this episode she talks about what misconceptions people have regarding mental illness, her relations with people around, people's reaction to it and much more!
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Ep.1 Living With Schizophrenia ft. Reshma Valliappan
A TEDX Speaker & Ashoka Fellow, Reshma Valiapan, is among the people to embrace Schizophrenia and take advantage of it to become successful at a plethora of activities, one of them being Painting.
Schizophrenia is a very tough mental illness where the person suffering and their environment both get affected in equal and more proportions. This was first identified in the year 1887.
John Nash, the Nobel prize winner, Albert Einstein's Son, The most admired Novelist of American Pop Culture Jack Kerouac, all were diagnosed with this chronic mental illness .
One of the primary symptoms is they hear voices- who tell them to do various things.
In our podcast- THE SOS SHOW- with the admirable artist, Reshma Valliappan we try to decipher those voices; we also try and understand the basis of Schizophrenia.
It's very strange that with all the medical developments we still don't have a complete understanding of this mental illness- in fact, we are still at the tip of the iceberg.
In this conversation, Reshma strongly feels it is the dysfunctional parenting that leads to this chronic illness- SO DO WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO DYSFUNCTIONAL PARENTING- AND CAN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AS A SOCIETY!!
We still don't have any good medication without side effects for Schizophrenia; in fact, THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE SO SEVERE THAT THE PERSON STOPS FUNCTIONING AT ALL; IS ANYONE LISTENING TO THIS. AND CAN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. So what are the alternate forms of medication to deal with Schizophrenia?
This and much more as we explore and dig deeper into this misnomer and very little understood, mental illness in the EP 1 of THE SOS SHOW.
Here are few take aways from the episode:
1) the basis of Schitzhophernia-is it DNA or something else
2) medications for schizophrenia
3) psychotherapy
4) alternative medication
5) building a strong community to support
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The SOS Show - Trailer
The discussion on MENTAL HEALTH has been a taboo in most of the societies. With the WHO estimating a figure of 300 million people affected with depression, 60 million with bipolar, and 23 million with schizophrenia- we are just getting started in defining MENTAL HEALTH; We still classify mental health as MADNESS.
In our podcast- THE SOS SHOW- we are going to a demystify a lot of beliefs around mental health- We are going to speak to the fighters, the innovators, the fearless ones and more, about what MENTAL HEALTH means to them, how can we redefine the already defined- WHAT MENTAL HEALTH REALLY IS and how can we break all the taboos created around it; Also, how can the society, the medical and the government infrastructure be smoothened to bring an immediate help to someone needed, without being embarrassed about it, without be worried about it even in the middle of the night; Also how do we eradicate the indifference related to mental health in the minds of the people.
THE SOS SHOW intends to open up the discussion on mental health and bring about a real change and A LEAP in our cultural ecosystem with regards to MENTAL HEALTH.
This podcast is brought to you by EP.LOG MEDIA & METAPHYSICAL LAB.
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