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WARNING:

THIS IS NOT A GAG EPISODE LIKE THE PREVIOUS EPISODES ON THIS PODCAST. IT IS MEANT TO BE EDUCATIONAL AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

Meet Dr. Sumati Kumatgi, a psychiatrist at People Tree Marga in Bangalore. Tune in as she sits down to talk about mental health awareness in India, the importance of mental health in our lives, the different degrees and types of mental illnesses, the stigma attached to them and busting a lot of false myths about them. She gives us a small peek into her world, as a student and a practitioner of psychiatry and the hurdles in taking up psychiatry as a livelihood. 

This is part one of two episodes of the same interview so do stick around for the next one!

You can reach out to Dr. Sumati here :

https://www.practo.com/Bangalore/doctor/dr-sumati-kumatgi-psychiatrist

or if you're as lazy as I am, you can google "Dr. Sumati Kumatgi" to find out more about her and how to reach out to her.

You can also look up People Tree Hospitals where she consults here :

https://g.co/kgs/2yjYXk

https://www.practo.com/Bangalore/hospital/people-tree-maarga-yelahanka

What we discuss in part 1: 

• Stigma against taking up psychiatry as a profession.
• Movies and their depictions of mentally ill patients and mental institutions.
• Taboos around different kinds of treatments like shock therapy, behavioral therapy.
• Different kinds of mental illnesses like OCD, Depression, Addiction.
• Behavioral addiction to Social media and Video games over the last 5-6 years.
• Gender Dysphoria and its breakdown.
• How homosexuality was treated in the past.
• The myth that homosexuality is still being treated as an illness in the present.
• The stress and anxiety faced by the LGBTQ community due to non acceptance and ostracism in society.
• Immigrant population being a high risk sector in society for stress, anxiety and such mental health issues.
• Traumas brought on by sexual abuse.