Minding the Mind: A Volunteer's Insights on Mental Health (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781649517036)

Minding the Mind by Mridula Seth is a first-hand experience guide that delves into the excitement and challenges of volunteering in mental health advocacy. It describes the silent sufferings of persons with mental illness (PMIs) and how they cope with self-stigma and negative social attitudes. It delineates problems faced by caregivers and their search for the rehabilitation facilities as a solution. There is need for such facilities, early diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses. Why are people reluctant to talk about their mental health problems? What are the challenges faced by NGOs running rehab facilities? Why is it difficult to get funds from the corporate sector for mental health?Minding the Mind is a journey and a search for answers, for more questions to be raised, by Mridula Seth, an advocate for social causes, and a volunteer with an NGO running a halfway home for PMIs. The aim of this book is to bring more volunteers, especially the youth and caregivers, to serve as advocates to break the silence, and create an environment for advocacy on mental health.

Author: Mridula Seth
ISBN-10: 1649517033
ISBN-13: 9781649517036
Publisher: Notion Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2020
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.61d