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The listening commons

by Dr aninda Sidhana

Dr. Nimesh G. Desai on Mental Health, Psychiatry, Human Rights, and Society How does Dr. Nimesh G. Desai understand the relationship Siddhanath reflects on listening, prevention, non-judgmentalitygical science, and society? Dr. Nimesh G. Desai is an Indian psychiatrist and public mental health specialist with more than four decades of clinical, academic, institutional, and policy experience. Formerly Director of the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences in Delhi, he has worked at NIMHANS and AIIMS. His career has included contributions to mental health services, psychiatric education, substance-use policy, human rights, multidisciplinary care, and debates concerning biological, social, and cultural approaches to psychiatry. In this interview, Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Dr. Nimesh G. Desai, and Dr. Aninda Sidhana discuss mental health as a medical, social, cultural, and humanistic concern. They examine psychiatric diagnosis, biological research,

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    🎙️ THE LISTENING COMMONS Guest: Praver Awal Identity: Media & Entertainment Executive • Content Leader • Storyteller Hosts: Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Dr. Aninda Sidhana 39 Hours. 9 Days. One Extraordinary Comeback. Some stories are not simply about surviving. They are about what happens after...

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Dr. Nimesh G. Desai on Mental Health, Psychiatry, Human Rights, and Society

How does Dr. Nimesh G. Desai understand the relationship Siddhanath reflects on listening, prevention, non-judgmentalitygical science, and society?

Dr. Nimesh G. Desai is an Indian psychiatrist and public mental health specialist with more than four decades of clinical, academic, institutional, and policy experience. Formerly Director of the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences in Delhi, he has worked at NIMHANS and AIIMS. His career has included contributions to mental health services, psychiatric education, substance-use policy, human rights, multidisciplinary care, and debates concerning biological, social, and cultural approaches to psychiatry.

In this interview, Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Dr. Nimesh G. Desai, and Dr. Aninda Sidhana discuss mental health as a medical, social, cultural, and humanistic concern. They examine psychiatric diagnosis, biological research,

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Dr. Nimesh G. Desai on Mental Health, Psychiatry, Human Rights, and Society How does Dr. Nimesh G. Desai understand the relationship Siddhanath reflects on listening, prevention, non-judgmentalitygical science, and society? Dr. Nimesh G. Desai is an Indian psychiatrist and public mental health...

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