SAMHIN, South Asian Mental Health Initiative and Network, is an organization committed to increasing access to mental health care within the South Asian community and defying perceived stigma and taboo associated with mental illnesses. Dr. Samita Chandi MD and Dr. Reina Puri PharmD, volunteered to promote SAMHIN’s mission and increase dialogue emphasizing the importance of [...]
In keeping with SAMHIN’s mission of greater dialogue on mental health in South Asians and highlight the important work of others in this area, we invited Fiza C to share her experience of living with serious mental illness in the family. Do you ever wonder if you’re alone in having mental health problems within your [...]
In keeping with SAMHIN’s mission of greater dialogue on mental health in South Asians and highlight the important work of others in this area, we invited Dr. Harita Raja, a reproductive psychiatrist, to help improve our understanding of reproductive psychiatry. This will help readers learn when to seek out a reproductive psychiatrist. Let us consider [...]
In keeping with SAMHIN’s mission of greater dialogue on mental health in the South Asian community and to highlight the important work of others in this area, we invited Anupama Saale-Prasad, Ph.D., an experienced clinical psychologist from New Jersey to tell us about her experience with anger and rages which can be associated with bipolar [...]
In keeping with SAMHIN’s mission of greater dialogue on mental health in the South Asian community and to highlight the important work of others in this area, we invited Dr. Komal Gupta, clinical psychologist in the Boston area to discuss the ever-present issue of colorism in the South Asian community and the impact on its [...]
In keeping with SAMHIN’s mission of greater dialogue on mental health in the South Asian community and highlight the important work of others in this area, we invited Bairavi Maheswaran, a medical student, to share her ideas on coping with the challenges that medical students face in medical school. Medical school is one of the [...]
In keeping with SAMHIN’s mission of greater dialogue on mental health in South Asians and to highlight the important work and experiences of others in this area, we invited Parantap Pandya, MA, Clinician and community activist to share his reactions to recent incident in Plano, Texas. On August 27, 2022, I was scrolling through my [...]
In keeping with SAMHIN’s mission of greater dialogue on mental health in the South Asian community and to highlight the important work of others, we invited Elizabeth Kuriakose, a medical student pursuing a career in psychiatry, to share her struggles and experiences coping with troubling negative thoughts. We have all been there – we struggled [...]
In keeping with SAMHIN’s mission of greater dialogue on mental health in South Asians and to highlight the important work of others in this area, we invited Bairavi Maheswaran, a medical student, to share tips for coping with the jitters of starting the new academic year. Starting a new academic year is either an exciting [...]
On a day-to-day basis, we experience bumps in the road that deter us from our goals. This detour can cause us to build up various thoughts or emotions that can be both positive and negative. Often, our negative thoughts are the ones that stay and influence how we think and act. There are many ways [...]
