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 Bairavi Maheswaran, a medical student, to share some tips on building self-confidence based on her own experiences. In many South Asian cultures, one is told not [...]
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 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 [...]
Recently a South Asian high school junior informed his father with great enthusiasm, that he was very much interested in mental health and wants to become a psychiatrist. His father expressed his serious concerns that as a psychiatrist, talking to lot of mentally ill people might make him mentally ill. He tried to discourage his [...]
Recently, a grieving couple asked me if their son will develop bipolar disorder and expressed worries about his suicide risk. They had suffered a tragic loss of one son with bipolar disorder to suicide. Any parent would have such justifiable concerns. Many non-psychiatric medical conditions often run in families and pose similar dilemmas. In fact, [...]
