Desi Vichaar Vaiklavya
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- Health & Fitness
This podcast is a small step taken by Vaiklavya, a Mental Health Organization, with the hope of untangling the taboos and stigmas of the Indian Society and to bring a small change in people's understanding of what Mental Health actually is.
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Ethical and Legal Aspects of Counseling
What does one need to know when they decide to get professional counseling? What are the rules/laws one is entitled to?
This episode is about everything one, as a client, should know if and when they decide to seek a mental health expert. -
Let's talk about Menstruation aka Periods
Menstruation is something normal that has been hyped up as a taboo that is rarely openly talked about. Especially between men and women. What is menstruation? What does a woman go through? How does it feel? and most importantly, how can we normalize talking about the same?
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HIV/AIDS-Part 2
In this episode, we continued to discuss HIV and AIDS, moving on with the myths that are common in India about the same while also talking about the prevention methods.
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HIV/AIDS
HIV and AIDS are issues that everyone has heard of but aren't enough aware of. The social taboos have repressed the awareness and presentation of these infections. This episode is about almost everything one needs to know about HIV and AIDS before putting prejudiced labels.
Reference: https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/asia-pacific/india -
Therapy and Counseling
What is therapy? Why do you need therapy? Who can receive therapy?
This episode tackles these questions and many more along with taboo and stigma associated with the same -
Mental Health and the taboo it carries
This episode is about the take of the general public on mental health as a subject and the reason why talking about our own health in this way ended up being a taboo in our own society.