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Unveiling Gendered Dimensions of Mental Health

The IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi hosted a Three-Day Immersive Gender and Mental Health certificate training course from February 13-15. This programme was chaired by Professor Vibhuti Patel who started Day 1 of the session by reflecting on the greater concern toward gender and mental health post-pandemic. She describes how gender is a critical social determinant of mental health. The pattern of psychological distress and psychic disorder among women are different from those seen in men as material reality impacting the lives of men, women, and sexual minorities are different.

Making Gender-Sensitive Mental Health

The IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi hosted a Three-Day Immersive Gender and Mental Health certificate training course from February 13-15. The second speaker for day 1 was Dr. Aparna Joshi who started the session with the importance of mental health. She mentioned the related concepts such as Mental well-being, Mental health, Well-being, Quality of life, Coping, Resilience, Recovery, Psychosocial Disability, Distress & Mental illness:(DSM-5).

Globalizing federal finances is imperative, granting states a larger stake in investment portfolios

As the world continues to globalise, accommodating new geopolitical alignments, technological paradigm shifts, and climate imperatives, the role of governments in their national economies is rising, both through policy and expenditure. In India, of the total government expenditure of 30% of GDP, two-thirds is carried out by state governments (see Table 2.7 of Economic Survey 2022-23, Statistical Appendix), including some spending financed by the Centre.

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