India's Public Health Platform
India's Public Health Platform
Dr. Kimberley D'Souza is a second-year MD Community Health Postgraduate at St. John's Medical College, Bangalore. Their thesis focuses on community mental health in rural Karnataka, reflecting their passion for public mental health, and addressing healthcare disparities among marginalised communities. An avid musician and traveller, they draw inspiration from diverse cultures and experiences to enrich their work.
In India, mental healthcare is highly inaccessible to almost 70% of the population economically. That, combined with the focus of modern psychiatry on Western culture and pills leaves Indian people significantly underserved as their unique cultural contexts and existing systems of oppression go unaddressed. Here is how we can reimagine a model of mental health accessible to all.