Mental Health 101: India’s First Science-Backed Therapy Course is Now Online!
Finding a therapist is akin to finding a soulmate. This is a person in
front of whom you are going to bare your life in excruciating detail
for months, if not years. Hence, finding the right one who is going to
listen to you without any judgment is essential. However, this search
for the perfect therapist becomes especially difficult in a country like
India, where there is a serious shortage of mental health
professionals.
According to the National Mental Health Survey 2015-16 conducted by NIMHANS, 1 in every 20 individuals suffers from Depression. However, it is believed that there is less than one therapist for every four lakh people. With mental health manpower being grossly inadequate, these sufferers are left to fend for their own.
Tailor-made exclusively for Indians, Calm India describes itself
“India’s first 4-week science-backed” online Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy (CBT) course.
CBT is a form of treatment for mental health disorders like Depression and Anxiety, which aims to change the underlying pattern of how a person thinks or behaves thereby positively affecting their mental health. Calm India’s course aims to address the gap between the supply and demand of mental health professionals, with the help of the ubiquitous internet.
The initiative is a product of Avalon Labs, a for-profit company that works on multiple, wide-range of products run by Varun Mayya, the former CEO of Jobspire, and ex-investment (IIFL) banker, Shashank Udupa. However, Shashank describes Calm India as their passion project.
Calm India was one among several other startups being managed at the same time at Avalon Labs, and initially, was not a priority. However, the personal experiences of the founders themselves led to the early delivery of this unique platform. (Via thebetterindia)
Calm India is tailor-made for Indians and describes itself as “India’s first 4-week science-backed” online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) course.
According to the National Mental Health Survey 2015-16 conducted by NIMHANS, 1 in every 20 individuals suffers from Depression. However, it is believed that there is less than one therapist for every four lakh people. With mental health manpower being grossly inadequate, these sufferers are left to fend for their own.
This is where Calm India comes in.
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Posted by Calm India on Friday, December 8, 2017
CBT is a form of treatment for mental health disorders like Depression and Anxiety, which aims to change the underlying pattern of how a person thinks or behaves thereby positively affecting their mental health. Calm India’s course aims to address the gap between the supply and demand of mental health professionals, with the help of the ubiquitous internet.
The initiative is a product of Avalon Labs, a for-profit company that works on multiple, wide-range of products run by Varun Mayya, the former CEO of Jobspire, and ex-investment (IIFL) banker, Shashank Udupa. However, Shashank describes Calm India as their passion project.
Calm India was one among several other startups being managed at the same time at Avalon Labs, and initially, was not a priority. However, the personal experiences of the founders themselves led to the early delivery of this unique platform. (Via thebetterindia)
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