Healthcare-related posts from the Orinam Blog
Healthcare-related posts from the Orinam Blog
How I dealt with depression and suicidal thoughts
I’ll begin by quoting Jonathan Rodrigues who wrote this piece on suicide in The Hindu: “Many teenagers die of failure of what I would call an ‘attempt to threaten suicide.’…
To Raghu, with love
It is a world of names, of categories. People tend to put a label on everything they encounter, to make it fit into their limited understanding and background, and then…
No Matter What Happens
Realising and then accepting I was gay was one of the toughest things I have ever done. In a span of 5-6 years I went from being completely ashamed of…
Ghosts of things past: a male rape survivor speaks
Caution: may trigger unpleasant or painful memories in some readers Among other things, I am a rape survivor. I take my fingers off the keyboard for a little while and…
Spells and Charms
I thought I should follow up my previous post on depression with a more cheery sounding one on some combating techniques I use. I have had to come up with some…
Community discussion on LGBTI suicide prevention with Barry Taylor
Orinam and the East West Center for Counselling present a discussion on suicide prevention in the LGBTI communities. Barry Taylor from the National LGBTI Health Alliance, Australia, will be sharing…
Storms without Warnings
… the wind will rise, We can only close the shutters. from Adrienne Rich’s Storm Warnings Many years ago, I went to a psychiatrist to help myself get out of…
Dr. Gurvinder Kalra on Coming Out post-377
Image source: allexperts.com In the same (I quarter, 2012) issue of Indian Journal of Psychiatry as the editorial by Drs. Rao and Jacob titled ‘Homosexuality and India’ – the closest the…
Indian Journal of Psychiatry takes a stand on homosexuality
Orinam congratulates the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, official publication of Indian Psychiatric Society, for its editorial ‘Homosexuality and India’ in its first quarter 2012 issue, Volume 54(1). The authors, TS Sathyanarayana…