The column

Dr. Adwait Padhye writes.

A psychiatrist's own words on mental illness, treatment and the families around it — plainly, and without the euphemism the subject usually attracts.

The written column is starting shortly.

Until it does, this page is not empty — because Dr. Padhye has been doing the same thing on record for years, at far greater length than a column allows. Below are his longest pieces: conversations and talks of half an hour to two hours, in Marathi, on his own channel.

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If there is a question you would like answered here — about an illness, about treatment, or about looking after somebody who has one — send it. Questions are answered generally and in public; nothing identifying anybody is ever published, and a question about a specific person is better brought to an appointment than to a column.

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Appointments are by telephone. If you are not sure whether this is the right place to bring someone, ring and ask — that is a reasonable question and we would rather you asked it.

Manas Psychological Health Centre, Ramnagar, Dombivli (East), Maharashtra 421 201