We know that COVID-19 is not creating a new mental health crisis but expanding an existing crisis and highlighting that we simply do not have the resources and breadth of effective treatments to deal with it. We talk with global expert Prof Vikram Patel from Harvard Medical School about how we can prioritize and put mental health front and center in India’s response to and recovery from COVID-19.

We also meet three young people, Divya, Kehkasha, and Suraj, about that one day in the pandemic they will never forget.

Through the pandemic, and in the second wave, we have seen or experienced grief everywhere, but most people have had few places to mourn, and the traditions of mourning that help bring comfort have been interrupted.
In this episode, we meet three young people, Divya, Vinay and Mona, and hear their stories of loss, grief and how they coped through the pandemic. We're in conversation with Dr Eleanor Hodgson, a clinical psychologist from the UK with ten years of experience working in mental health services in the UK and India, with a particular interest in trauma and severe and enduring mental health difficulties.

Due to the lockdown imposed in Delhi on 17th April 2021, we recorded all the interviews and audio included in this episode via Zoom.