Oct-Dec Newsletter and Competition 2023!
Your Voice, Your Words, Your Prize .
And your chance to get published.
This was the tagline of MHF’s newsletter contest which was also a part of India’s Biggest Mental Health Festival. We organized an e-newsletter contest in association with AIIMS, New Delhi. On October 3rd, 2023, the winners were announced and the results were released. The theme of the contest was “Mental Health as a Fundamental Human Right.”
Vama Oswal was declared the winner of the contest and received a cash prize of 10,000 rupees.
Anushka Singh secured the second position in the contest and received a cash prize of 7000 rupees on stage from Prof. Dr. Nand Kumar Dept. of Psychiatry. AIMS, New Delhi and Dr. Sanjay Kumar, General Secretary, Hon. Director, MHF(I)
Lisha Kalra was awarded the third prize of the contest and received a cash prize of 4000 rupees.
It was also announced that the top 10 entries of the contest would be published in the MHF(I) E-Newsletter.
So here are the top 10 articles.
Mental Health ‘IS’ a Fundamental Human Right
By-Vama Oswal
Health, fundamentally defines our existence, even when the womb is nurturing life. Imagine, an individual who is perfectly healthy physically, but emot...
Accessible Mental Health: From Awareness to Advocacy and Action
By-Anushka Singh
Merriam-Webster dictionary reported "gaslighting" as the word of the year 2022. A term used in psychology to imply manipulation of a victim to the poin...
Mental Health – A Fundamental Human Right
By-Lisha Kalra
Among the prime contributors to disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in mankind worldwide are psychiatric or psychological disorders and abnormalitie...
No Health Without Mental Health: A Fundamental Human Right
By-Priya Jain
Good Mental Health is an essential part of our overall well-being and people are realising its importance with every passing day. A healthy mind helps ...
Mental Health: Necessity of New India
By- Deepak Malik
Mental health is the state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work we...
There is more to access than meets the eye
By- Prairna Kumar
Do you recall these lines from ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge? I remember I was a curious little teenager, wearing my ha...
“Mental Health as a Fundamental Human Right”
By- Avantika Singh
“Mental Health”, as crucial as it has become in today’s time, it not only carries the burden of stigmas but also denied a seat in our fundamental right...
Mental Health as a Fundamental Human Right: A Journey of Transformation and Advocacy
By-Steven Francis fernandes
Mental health is undeniably a fundamental human right, yet it often remains obscured and stigmatized. In this article, I will recount my odyssey, shari...
Mental Health: A Fundamental Human Right
By- Mehul Tyagi
WHO states that health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease. Mental health, a state of ...
Mental Health as a Fundamental Human Right in a Pluralistic Society
By-Shailija Tripathi
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” said the Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher Carl Jung. In today’s times, anyone coming a...