There is severe closed mindedness and resistance in sharing truths about suffering, stigmatising seeking help as a lack of strength and endurance. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)Mental health professionals have powered through the past six months during this world crisis. We function with a severely inadequate mental health care infrastructure in the country which has an enormous population, rigid cultural and social stigmas, no awareness, no funding and no one centralised go-to body for support, rules and guidelines. After every crisis, be it Ebola, H1N1, SARS, tsunamis, earthquakes or highly publicised celebrity deaths, people suffer emotionally for months. ALSO READ | Matters of the mind: Caution, courage and rationality may be answers to the crisisThis is critical and I hope it draws the attention of the central government.

Source: Indian Express August 21, 2020 06:10 UTC