The Psychological Empowerment of Women

March 8, 2023
The Psychological Empowerment of Women | International Women’s Day Celebration 2023
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A peek into SCARF’s vocational unit

July 23, 2022
It is around 4 p.m. and Sarah Daniel is staring across an empty room at the vocational unit of Schizophrenia Research Read More

Exhibition of work by artists with mental health disorders

July 19, 2022
CHENNAI: Several years ago, V K Satyendran did a series of bird paintings and sent them to artist (now Late) Read More

CHENNAI: Art-making as therapy

July 19, 2022
The walls of Wild Garden, the café at Amethyst, are adorned with artworks of several individuals. Some of the works Read More

CHENNAI: Exhibition on art and mental health

July 17, 2022
To be held from July 18 to 21 by SCARF, the exhibition on ‘Art and Mental Health’ will showcase the creative skills Read More

COVID-induced financial difficulties during pandemic

July 8, 2022
Amid multiple waves of COVID-19, the profound distress of scores, tied to uncertainty and financial instability Read More

Tamil cinema’s misrepresentation of therapists

May 22, 2022
Speaking to TNM, mental health professionals deconstruct the inaccuracies in the depiction of psychiatrists Read More

Women’s Day awardee psychiatrist says media stokes

Mar 12, 2022
Awareness, professionals, access to services, lacking in rural North India, says Thara Rangaswamy, one of 29 Read More

Here’s a hangout space for the mind

Mar 12, 2022
CHENNAI: People with schizophrenia have difficulty in forming or maintaining social bonds. But when Read More

SCARF Media for Mental Health Awards presented

Mar 4, 2022
In the 10 th edition of the SCARF Media for Mental Health Awards, the Schizophrenia Research Foundation included Read More

Chennai: Schizophrenia Research Foundation to open

Sep 21, 2021
A facility to cater exclusively to the needs of dementia patients has been established by the Schizophrenia Research Read More

Workplace support is a basic need for women fighting

May 25, 2021
For people with schizophrenia, the ability to pursue employment and be financially stable provides a measure Read More

We need to reduce the stigma and demystify mental disorders

Oct 14 2020
Around 150 million Indians are in need of active psychiatric interventions in the country, according to the National Read More

Meet 97-year-old Dr Sarada Menon who says

August 11, 2020
Padma Bhushan Dr M. Sarada Menon is the first female psychiatrist in India and the founder of the Schizophrenia Read More

Schizophrenia research foundation to organise online

May 24, 2020
Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), along with a Delhi-based non-governmental organisation Sangath Read More

Scientists find new gene linked to schizophrenia

july 04, 2019
Collaborative effort between Indian and Australian team aims to shed more light on the mental illness
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Talk about depression to deal with it: Experts

july 04, 2019
This year, the theme for World Mental Health Day is depression and in an effort to destigmatise the issue the
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World Suicide Prevention Awareness Day – Dinamani

Sep 12 2018
கந்தர்வகோட்டை அடுத்த மஞ்சப்பேட்டையில் ஸ்கார்ப் இந்தியா மற்றும்
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Media Awards – The Hindu

October 21, 2017
At the Schizophrenia Research Foundation’s (SCARF) fifth ‘Media for Mental Health’ awards function on
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Media Awards – The Times of India

Oct 22, 2017
CHENNAI: Calling for more awareness on mental health in the vernacular media space, former Madras high
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Media Awards

October 22, 2017
வடபழனி சந்திப்பில் போக்குவரத்து மாற்றம்
சென்னை வடபழனியில்
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Talk your way out of depression

April 11, 2017
‘Depression: Let’s talk’ was this year World Health Day’s theme, highlighting the fact that depression
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Mind matters on celluoid

09th April 2017
From derogatory songs to alcoholism and beards, mental illness has mostly been glorified and celebrated in Indian cinema. Read More

Dealing with depression

Apr 9, 2017
When Sita, the heroine of Ramayan, one of the country’s oldest epics, was taken away by the villain-king Ravan
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Fellowship for mental health reporting for journalists with 5 years of experience

Greetings from SCARF!
Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) in Chennai , an NGO working in the field of mental health for over 3 decades ( www.scarfindia.org) and another NGO Sangath ( www.sangath.org) are happy to offer fellowships for a period of 12 months for senior journalists ( those with 5 years or more experience in reporting). The fellowships are open to print and on-line journalists working with national newspapers in English and Hindi.
This fellowship is part of a NIH funded project ESSENCE (Enabling translation of Science to Service to ENhance Depression CarE) , which aims to bridge the gap between Science and Service delivery in India and the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
We urge you to encourage senior journalists from your media house to apply for the fellowship. Please find appended some features of the Fellowship.
Applications can be sent to mangala@scarfindia .org. For clarifications if any, please feel free to write to us or call Dr.R.Mangala on 9444027388.
Looking forward to your active participation

Dr. R. Thara
Vice Chairman, SCARF & CO-PI ESSENCE

1. This is a part time fellowship and will require 20% of the fellow’s time during the tenure which comes with a remuneration of Rs.50,000/- per fellow for the entire duration of the fellowship.

2. Journalists who are in regular employment with media houses are eligible to apply. The tenure of the fellowship is 12 months.

3. The fellows will have a 2 day face to face orientation program at the beginning of the tenure at SCARF, Chennai.

  • The fellows will have to publish a minimum of 4 articles during their fellowship.
  • The stories should be well researched original ones and should not be news reporting. Stories can focus on policies, MH budgets, infrastructure, service delivery, laws and legislations, institutions, innovations, research etc. Human interest stories can be part of their stories.
  • There will be 3 senior fellowships every year, for 3 years, open to national level newspapers and magazines, two in English and one in Hindi.
  • All fellows who complete their tenure satisfactorily will receive a certificate from SCARF/ESSENCE.
  • Successful fellows can continue to engage with us as mentors for the fellows of the subsequent years.

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

Applicants must:

  • Be nationals of ESSENCE countries, i.e., India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal;
  • Have completed (undergraduate) graduation or master’s degree in media studies, journalism,
  • Has a minimum of 5 years experience as journalist in print/online media. Experience in health /mental health reporting is desirable but not mandatory.
  • Must be currently working as journalist in print /online media.
  • The employers should commit to release 20% of the employee’s time for the fellowship and undertake to publish the stories written in the course of the fellowship.
  • Proof of current employment status (i.e., employed), letter of support, and with 1 year of employment commitment from the employers.

AAVIYAR AWARD – The Hindu

July 20, 2016
The founder of SCARF (Schizophrenia Care and Research Foundation), Sarada Menon, has been awarded the
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AAVIYAR AWARD – The Times of India

Jul 20, 2016
Chennai: In 1959, few noticed the austere woman wearing black rimmed
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AAVIYAR AWARD – dtNEXT

Mar 04,2016
Chennai: SCARF is one of the very few NGOs in the world to be named as a collaborating center of the World
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MENTAL HEALTH CAFE – THE HINDU

March 28, 2016
The depiction of mental health in the media and in movies came into focus at the ‘Mental Health Cafe’ organised by the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) on Sunday.“When we conducted a study, nearly 60 per cent of the people said their
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MENTAL HEALTH CAFE – THE TIMES OF INDIA

july 04, 2019
Chennai: Electroconvulsive therapy. Highly effective and can reverse suicidal tendencies much quicker than other forms of treatment. But the way it was portrayed in One Flew Over theCuckoo’s Nest or the TV series Homeland – patients
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WORLD SCHIZOPHRENIA DAY – IBN LIVE

july 08, 2019
Lucknow: At least 29 people died and several got injured when an Awadh Depot Janrath bus, carrying 44 passengers from Lucknow to Anand Vihar (Delhi), fell off the Yamuna
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WORLD SCHIZOPHRENIA DAY- THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS

july 04, 2019
CHENNAI : Taking care of patients with severe mental illness requires great strength of body and mind. To honour those who go beyond their call of duty in helping such people
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SCARF AADHAR AWARDS – THE HINDU

November 06, 2011
Levison Wood FRGS has explored over 100 countries. His documented expeditions cover the Nile, the Americas, Himalayas, Eastern
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SCARF AADHAR AWARDS – IBN LIVE

july 04, 2019
Lucknow: At least 29 people died and several got injured when an Awadh Depot Janrath bus, carrying 44 passengers from Lucknow to Anand
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SCARF – MAITRI AWARDS – 2011- THE HINDU

july 04, 2019
Worried about damaging that fragile smartwatch you paid so much for? Hesistant to even buy a pricy smartwatch because they can so
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SCARF – TELEPSYCIATRY INAGURATION – THE HINDU

july 04, 2019
A mobile rural tele-psychiatry initiative was launched by the Governor Surjit Singh Barnala here on Wednesday.As part of the the initiative, backed by the Schizophrenia
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SCARF TELE-PSYCHIATRY – THE HINDU

May 09, 2012
Inside the telemedicine room at the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) in Anna Nagar, psychiatrists take turns to talk to patients in the villages of Pudukottai, about 375 km
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SCARF TELE- PSYCHIATRY – THE TIMES OF INDIA

july 04, 2019
CHENNAI: Psychiatric care is hard to come by in rural areas, especially in districts like Pudukottai, which lacks a propeproper district mental health programme. To address this, on
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A REPORT ON SCARF SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT – THE HINDU

july 04, 2019
Levison Wood FRGS has explored over 100 countries. His documented expeditions cover the Nile, the Americas, Himalayas, Eastern
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A DETAILED REPORT ON SCARF SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT – THE HINDU

August 25, 2015
It’s been about two months since the Chennai Corporation’s school mental health programme began,
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CREATING DEMENTIA FRIENDLY SOCIETY – THE HINDU

September 20, 201
When director Mani Ratnam asked veteran dancer Leela Samson to act in O Kadhal Kanmani , she wondered, ‘Why me?’“But eventually
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WORLD ALZHEIMER’S DAY – DINAMANI

july 04, 2019
உலகம் முழுவதும் 3 விநாடிகளில் ஒருவர் ஞாபக மறதி நோயால் பாதிக்கப்படுகிறார் என்று, மருத்துவ நிபுணர்கள் தெரிவித்தனர்.
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SCARF DEMENTIA CLINIC

july 04, 2019
12 Month PG Diploma in Blockchain Technology & Management, Aqualily Flexi: 1BHK @26.53Lac, MWC Chennai, PG Diploma in business analytics, Diploma in machine intelligence, Blockchain from
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SCARF SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT – THE TIMES OF INDIA

july 04, 2019
CHENNAI: It began with the silence and then progressed into frequently nodding off to sleep in class.When the Children
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Mind above the water

july 04, 2019
Maya (name changed) hasn’t seen akka (older sister) in a long time. Years ago, their impoverished parents had left both sisters with a neighbour in Chennai before committing suicide. Akka
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Digital initiatives are helping improve rural India’s mental health

December 19, 2016
For many years, Palani Selvakumar had trouble eating and sleeping. He couldn’t work and would stay in bed all day. He would imagine and hear
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World Suicide Prevention Awareness Day – Dinamani

july 08,2019
கந்தர்வகோட்டை அடுத்த மஞ்சப்பேட்டையில் ஸ்கார்ப் இந்தியா மற்றும் புதுகை மாவட்ட கிராம தொலைதூர மனநல சேவை மையம் சார்பில் மருத்துவ
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SCARF MEDIA AWARDS – THE HINDU

july 04, 2019
The first edition of awards for print media instituted by the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (Scarf) and the Press Institute of India brought together journalists from Kashmir, Kerala and New Delhi
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RELEASE OF SPECIAL COVER – THE HINDU

April 13, 2010
A special postal cover, marking the silver jubilee year of Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) India, was released here on Monday.Receiving the cover, Mayor M.Subramanian said that NGOs play a key role in reaching out to the
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SCARF-PII MEDIA AWARDS 2012- 2013

July 8, 2019
KVIB list: Then law secretary’s letter to CID laid foundation for cancellation by Governor,Centre Govt should begin dialogue with separatists: Mehbooba and
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SCARF-PII MEDIA AWARDS 2013- 2014 – THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS

July, 08, 2019
CHENNAI: Writing about mental health issues can be a challenge. It should be no surprise
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SCARF-PII MEDIA AWARDS 2013- 2014 – THE HINDU

May 25, 2014
I have never raped, tortured, or abused anyone, and yet because I am a ‘survivor of psychiatry’, neither the government nor
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