Mental Health Central

10/10/2026

This World Mental Health Day
Let’s be more empathetic and kind towards everyone and especially those struggling with mental illness.
Let’s try to understand mental illness and know they are treatable just like any other illness..

01/10/2026

21/09/2026

Majority of people still think dementia is a part of Normal Aging.
Dementia is a medical condition starting very early in life. It’s a Degenerative disease of the Brain.
Dementia is not just loss of memory, but includes, behaviour changes, changes in personality, changes in sleep patterns, changes in appetite and bowel and bladder habits, motor changes, mood changes, all changes which can be linked to brain.
Studies have found that patients with UNTREATED PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES AND SYMPTOMS ARE AT INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA LATER IN LIFE.
Alzheimer’s is one of the types of dementia.
Today is World Alzheimer’s Day and theme for 2026 is “The Earlier You Know, The More You Can Do: A Dementia Diagnosis Matters.”
According to the Lancet report, the dementia cases in India are expected to TRIPLE by 2050.
It’s time we as a society understand, identify the risk factors and work towards treatment of Dementia for better tomorrow.

10/09/2026

24/05/2026

24/05/2026

On this World Schizophrenia Awareness Day, let’s understand the science, reject the stigma..

“💙 Educate. Advocate. Act.”

19/04/2026

10 years. So much gratitude. So much love. ✨
To Dr. Malay Dave — thank you for being the mentor who made me feel at home from day one. 🙏
To the late Dr. Charles Pinto — my father in psychiatry, my biggest cheerleader, my north star. 🕊️ There is not a milestone I celebrate without thinking of you. Today was no different. I hope I made you proud.
To Dr. Prashant Shah — thank you for leading our BPS family with such heart and vision. 💙
This Annual Day, I had the honour of judging the A. K. Naik paper competition and spent the day surrounded by colleagues who feel like family. Moments like these remind me why I fell in love with this field in the first place.
Here’s to the journey — past, present, and everything still to come. 🧠🎉
With love Priyanka Banokar Pande

10/04/2026

As we observed World Psycho-Oncology Day yesterday, l am sharing a reel l had done in the month of February as part Cancer Awareness.
Mental Health Care is utmost important and should be integral part of Cancer Care.