The SOS Show with Suchita

This episode has the understanding and study of mental illness from the perspective of the Neuroscientist, Vidita Vaidya. Despite adequate research on the brain and mental illness, we have not been able to tap a 100 percent accuracy in the treatments on mental illnesses and of course a lot of side effects to the medicines. Can psychedelic drugs be an answer or can a brain-computer interface be an...

What happens when someone undergoing a mental illness needs a lawyer- who do they approach, how can they approach. The biggest fears in the mids of people are the courts and the monies. This and more getting clarified in today's episode with Adv Gaurav Kumar Bansal- who also takes cases for people with mental illness and also guides them in the right direction.  You can follow us and leave us...

ADHD is a condition in which a person's thoughts, words, and emotions are disconnected from each other which can lead to various mental health complications. Dr. Tony Lloyd tells us how we can become more mindful about our condition and lead a more work-life balance like he does.  www.adhdfoundation.org.uk Listen to " The SOS Show with Suchita " and other podcasts by Ep. Log Me...

How to stay sane in times of huge economic crisis- yes we all are facing huge unprecedented challenges in our work, finances, and perhaps relationships. We talk to Dr. Samir Parikh again (he was our guest in Ep 6 as well) this time about how this pandemic and a sudden crisis- for which none of us were prepared for- is going to affect our mental health- and what we as individuals can...

What would you do when suddenly at the age of 30 you discover that something is not right with your health- your mind- especially when you are on your way up in your career and personal life.  Mindy Tsai suddenly discovered that she was hearing voices - she named it Joe. She did not know what that voice was and she had no idea about schizophrenia. Her story as she fought and is living and thr...

In this very important episode, we talk to Shruti Chakravarty and Pooja Nair on the tabooed discussion on LGBTQIA+ community and how do inequality at the basic level and gender and sexuality play out the mental health concerns in individuals. How can each of us be sensitive to this and help an individual LABELLED to live a significant life? A course that MHP's should undertake-...

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. Listen to "The SOS Show with Suchita" and other podcasts by Ep. Log...

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 dar...

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 an...

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 (u...

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 challe...

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 H...

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 parent...

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 o...

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...

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 live...

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 marri...

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...

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 i...

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 n...

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...

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, ment...

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 th...

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 center...

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...