23 Jan 2023

NZer spends 15 years working in mental health in India

From Midday Report, 12:53 pm on 23 January 2023

India is behind in confronting its mental health problems.

Dr Kaaren Mathias from the University of Canterbuy, helped run mental health programmes in a northern part of India where there are just eight government psychiatrists for 10 million people.

A mental health researcher - she has 15 years of experience working in low-income communities in India.

She spoke to Worldwatch's Max Towle.