How does India treat mental health?
REPORT
7 May 2018
How does India treat mental health?

Millions of Indians are routinely prescribed psychotropics for mental health issues, but biomedical treatment exists alongside the country’s distinct traditions of Ayurveda and homeopathy. How is Bengali culture shaping – and clashing with – biomedical approaches towards mental health?

Stefan Ecks

Stefan Ecks is the author of ‘Eating Drugs’, director of the Medical Anthropology programme and senior lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh.

Mira Kopolovic

Mira Kopolovic is a senior social scientist at Canvas8. She has a master’s degree that focused on visual culture and artist-brand collaborations, and spends her spare time poring over dystopian literature.