NL Team

This is the tenth and final episode of the first season of Mind ki Baat, a Newslaundry podcast with a neurodivergent host with a focus on the invisible epidemic of mental health issues in society today.

Autism spectrum disorder is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects how a person perceives, interacts with, and understands the world. It is fundamentally marked by difficulties in social communication and interaction, presence of restricted and repetitive behaviours, interests or activities. While these core characteristics remain the same, they manifest differently in every autistic individual.

The disorder itself is called a “spectrum” disorder, because it presents in a wide range of severity and characteristics. People with ASD also commonly have sensory sensitivities, and might be over- or under-responsive to sensory stimuli such as lights, sounds, textures and smells.

We talk to Merry Baruah, activist, specific needs educator, and the founder and director of Action for Autism, an organisation that works with individuals with social and communication challenges. We also speak to Anindita Kundu, a queer and neurodivergent psychotherapist with ADHD who is on the autistic spectrum.

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Resources

Action for Autism (AFA)

Swabodhini Charitable Trust

Autism India - IRIS

Credits

Script and host: Shardool Katyayan

Producer: Chanchal Gupta

Editor: Samarendra K. Dash

Design: Shambhavi Thakur

Research: Shardool Katyayan

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NL Team

This is the ninth episode of Mind ki Baat, a Newslaundry podcast with a neurodivergent host with a focus on the invisible epidemic of mental health issues in society today.

In this episode, we discuss schizophrenia, a complex and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, behaves and perceives the world around them. It’s a chronic condition that requires continuous treatment and support, yet is often caricatured in pop culture.

We speak to Amrit Kumar Bakhshy, a banker by profession who has been a caregiver to his daughter living with schizophrenia since the 1990s. He’s also the president of the Schizophrenia Awareness Association and serves on the institutional board of NIMHANS. We also speak to Dr Alok Kulkarni, a senior consultant psychiatrist at the Manas Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Hubli.

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Resources

Mental Illness and Caregiving – Challenges, Concerns, and Complications

Schizophrenia Awareness Association

Anderson Cooper tries a schizophrenia simulator

PSSMHS Helpline

Credits

Script and host: Shardool Katyayan

Producer: Chanchal Gupta

Editor: Umrav Singh

Design: Shambhavi Thakur

Research: Shardool Katyayan

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the eighth episode of Mind ki Baat, a Newslaundry podcast with a neurodivergent host with a focus on the invisible epidemic of mental health issues in society today.

This episode focuses on a specific aspect of trauma that is largely ignored in popular discussion – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. A basic fact about PTSD is that while all those who suffer from this condition have gone through trauma, not all who go through trauma will have PTSD. 

Approximately eight percent of the population will experience PTSD at some point in their lives, with higher rates among individuals exposed to combat or interpersonal violence.

The episode will focus on PTSD induced by natural or manmade disasters, and also PTSD among personnel in the armed services. It features conversations with Rajeev Mishra, a survivor of the 1983 Union Carbide Gas tragedy in Bhopal, and Divya Dawar, a senior clinical psychologist who regularly works with trauma victims who have faced violence and abuse.

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