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Opinion

This is a historic opportunity to transform India’s mental healthcare system: This is a historic opportunity to invest in and transform India’s mental health care system. While we certainly need more money, we also need to spend it wisely, guided by the best science. Mental health care must embrace the diversity of experiences and strategies which work, well beyond the narrow confines of traditional biomedicine with its emphasis on “doctors, diagnoses and drugs”. Read more here.

In new lockdown, a second chance for Tamil Nadu: While the majority of cases in the State are restricted to Chennai and