THE PILLS- FEAR(LESS) TO FARE BETTER
Dr.Shivani Salil ‘I think sometimes it makes you sicker than what you really are to take so much medication’- Dorothy Moore Medication is often tougher…
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MANAGING THE AGING MIND
Dr.Shivani Salil My grandmother is turning 85 and my daughter is the most excited about it. Her excitement is contagious but somehow the ‘birthday girl’…
GRIEVING IS THE CURE FOR GRIEF- DO IT RIGHT
Dr.Shivani Salil Grief is a natural response to loss. Grief is lonely and a supremely personal thing. The entire process is a mish mash of…
DEPRESSION: SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND
Dr.Shivani Salil I’d look on the brighter side…….If I could find it Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh) Nothing can describe depression in a simpler and yet…
SUICIDE- COMMIT AGAINST IT
Dr.Shivani Salil Did you just Google it? Am I glad or what that Google threw me and you picked it up? You know what…you aren’t…
MENTAL HEALTH IN WORKPLACE
Dr.Shivani Salil We spend the better part of our day and the best part of our lives at the workplace. But for most of us…
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION- THE GREAT MASQUERADER
Dr.Shivani Salil A baby’s arrival is surrounded with excitement and unbridled joy. The air is thick with expectation and advice flows in from all corners.…
CHILDREN- WHAT MAKES THEM MORE VULNERABLE?
Dr.Shivani Salil Little children and their vulnerability is something so obvious that we accept it as a default and hardly ever think of probing the…
HELP KIDS HELP THEMSELVES
Dr.Shivani Salil The world our children are inheriting is not the same that was handed down to us. To make it worse, along come incidents…
BLUE WHALE AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Dr.Shivani Salil This has raised questions that have been lurking around and we have not had the courage to face. It’s the proverbial ‘Elephant in…