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Western Elements in Psychotherapy Influence Asian Patient Experience

A recent article published in Counselling Psychology Quarterly explores how Western cultural values influence the likelihood of a...

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What is “Care” in a Psychiatric Medical Camp for the Homeless People

On the footpath, in a group of homeless people, sits a middle-aged saree-clad woman in absolute silence, looking...

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Children’s Portrayal of Adult Mental Wellness

An exhibition titled "Voices in Color: An Intergenerational Dialogue" kicked off in October 2023 in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. This exhibition delves into the realm of adult mental health...

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Mental Illness or Spiritual Emergencies? When Crisis is the Door to Transformation.

For some time now, mental health has been seen as a medical deficit that needs to be fixed through medication and scientific interventions. However, for long before that, mental...

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Author Asks Researchers in the Global South to Decolonize Psychology

MISA News Team - September 3, 2023

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Western Elements in Psychotherapy Influence Asian Patient Experience

Ayushi Jolly - March 15, 2024

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A Different Form of Healing Mental Health Problems Comes from New Zealand

MISA News Team - September 3, 2023

Podcasts & Interviews

Challenging Western Child Psychology: An Interview with Dr. Nandita Chaudhary

MISA News Team - August 18, 2023

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Social Media May Lead to Teenagers Displaying Signs of Rare Mental Disorders

MISA News Team - December 22, 2023

Your Stories

What is “Care” in a Psychiatric Medical Camp for the Homeless People

On the footpath, in a group of homeless people, sits a middle-aged saree-clad woman in absolute silence, looking...

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MY MS MY STORY

In this story, the author explores the complications of living with a neurological disability in India. Through his...

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The Dopamine Paradox

Car number plates have special meaning My friends and family very befitting In my fictitious story Going for my wedding I...

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Let’s Repaint Our Blank Canvas

“Disturbed” I feel, Seeing not just a woman but a “person” Acceptance is important If not, equality remains,...

Mental Illness or Spiritual Emergencies? When Crisis is the Door to Transformation.

For some time now, mental health has been seen as a medical deficit that needs to be fixed...

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What is “Care” in a Psychiatric Medical Camp for the Homeless People

On the footpath, in a group of homeless people, sits a middle-aged saree-clad woman in absolute silence, looking...

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Interpersonal Caring as an Act of Resistance Among Socially Marginalized

Author Gaurav Datta Takes Us Through a Photographic Journey of a therapeutic community where antipsychotics and antiretrovirals make strange bedfellows and caring practices among residents challenges biomedicalization.

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