Volume-1 Issue-3 September, 2011 ❌ Mental Retardation is covered under this Act ✅ Mental Retardation does not come under this Act as Mental Retardation is not a mental illness. ❌ Mental Health Act deals with regulation of admission & discharge of mentally ill and nothing else. ✅ MHA 1987 covers wide areas & includes definition […]
Reframes
Awareness Reframes Assumption: SUICIDE – Myths & Facts
Volume-1 Issue-2 August, 2011 ❌ Suicide is more common in women ✅ Suicide attempts are three times more common in women but men complete suicide more often. ❌ People who talk about suicide don’t complete suicide. ✅ Many people who die by suicide would have given definite warnings of their intentions. Any comment about suicide […]
Let Awareness reframe Assumptions – ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT): Myths & Facts
Volume-1 Issue-1 July, 2011 ❌ECT is an old and outdated mode of treatment ✅ECT is a cost effective, Evidence based treatment option even today and is also one of the life saving option in patients with high suicidal ideations ❌ECT works by instilling fear in patients ✅ECT works by its action on number of neurotransmitters […]