MISA Special Reports

Inside the Battle Between Faith and Psychiatry

Discover the Secrets of India's Balaji Temple

They Spent Thousands on Tests; a Temple Fixed It for Rs. 5

Notes from reporting on faith healing sites in India

Profit, competition, and ownership: How capitalism gets inside our heads

Social psychology has studied human behaviour for a long time but it has mostly ignored how capitalism shapes...

Lost Records, Lost Voices: Historians Warn Colonial Archives Hold Keys to India’s Mental Health Past

A new commentary in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics argues that the history of mental health in...

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Education Empowers — To Endure Exclusion?

I wish I could begin by saying that when I reached the exam centre, an orthopedically disabled candidate arrived, checked in smoothly, received a wheelchair, and was taken through...

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“ Aaye ho meri zindagi mei tum Chamaar ban ke,  Mere jute saaf karna tum polish se chamka ke,  Aaye...

“Don’t Wear” — Glasses or Dignity

A month ago, I just wanted to go to my village, about 60 kilometers away from where I...

My MS : My Story Of Extended Late Life Experiences

“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” — Carl Jung  Retirement: A Double...

Education Empowers — To Endure Exclusion?

I wish I could begin by saying that when I reached the exam centre, an orthopedically disabled candidate...

When Care Has Four Legs: How Street Animals Offer Quiet Mental Health Support in India

In the more casual discussions that take place in community mental health settings in the urban regions of...

Do Only Women Suffer? The Gendered Framing of Acid Violence in India

He was disfigured but appeared invulnerable. I was able-bodied but appeared fragile and defeated. How many layers did...

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No more jokes, please

“ Aaye ho meri zindagi mei tum Chamaar ban...

Education Empowers — To Endure Exclusion?

I wish I could begin by saying that when...

Panel Discussion: Lived Experience, Survival, and Thriving Beyond Psychiatry

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Beyond Individual Compassion: Mad Experience, Disability Rights and Uncomfortable Truths

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MISA Spring Seminar Series

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Beyond Diagnosis: An Introduction to the Power-Threat-Meaning Framework

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Profit, competition, and ownership: How capitalism gets inside our heads

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