Financial uncertainty, health concerns and boredom: What's on India's mind

Many people are complaining of relapse of mental health conditions, financial uncertainties; experts fear this could be a crisis in the making

Financial uncertainty, health concerns and boredom. These are some of the issues Indians are sharing with their therapists. 

Psychologists tell Business Standard that more people with mental health issues have been forced to restart psychotherapy since the coronavirus-induced lockdown came into force.

With poor internet connectivity and a lack of infrastructure (power cuts, unavailability of a device) to support video calls for long duration, people are forced to participate in sessions over a phone call.

“People’s assumptions are getting challenged. Earlier they felt even if they were disturbed internally, the outside — their job, their ability to freely move around