Depression is not a sin. In India, people will take medical treatment for impotency but they will never take aid for depression or related bipolar disorders. That is something we all noticed as doctors. The stigma of mental weakness was too humiliating to even disclose let alone treat, the individual's suffering be damned.
“Everything will be okay.” “God will find a way.” “Pretend it never happened. Don’t tell anyone.”
This is the Indian way of treating depression, is it not? Bury i...
Published on September 10, 2014 01:55