Cover Art Description: "This picture depicts darker side of women's mental health. There are her stories as a sex worker, or a sex symbol or a queen and somewhere she's too quiet, shy or even a victim of marital rape. Somewhere she is surviving her childbirth, sleepless nights, with her hormones alongside her obligations, achievements and her motherhood. Yet somewhere she's barren with empty arms and thousands of thoughts. There are many of "Her" stories of being lost or found dead hanging by a tree! All we need is to bring her to light"
Artist: Dr. Anjela Regmi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Nepal Police Hospital, Email: regmianjela@gmail.com
Cover art description: For some gender is not that obvious, Its a constant struggle of their entity. For some gender is not just black and white, its is as divergent as light refracted from a water bubble, it is as a rainbow and a normal; certainly not an illness.
Artist: Dr. Anjela Regmi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Nepal Police Hospital
Cover Description: A doctor strives to excel in their profession, often sacrificing their family time and personal well-being. Their primary goal is to provide solace in the workplace by alleviating the suffering of those in pain. However, in recent times, they have encountered distressing and unacceptable incidents at work, including verbal abuse and even physical violence. These experiences leave doctors suffering in anguish and distress, underscoring the urgent need to put an end to violence against medical professionals.
Artist: Dr Lakshmi Sravanti, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Manoshanti Clinic, Bengaluru, India
Cover Description: The cover art for this issue is an AI generated art. It attempts to show the effects of climate change on mental health.
Cover Description: Prejudice and sympathy in nature is controversial but a beautiful mind thinks about nature and nurtures that controversy. Sex is not part of controversy but part of nature indeed.
Artist: Dr. Kishor Gurung is Associate Professor of Microbiology at Birat Medical College and Teaching Hospital. Besides being an academician and educator, Dr. Gurung is sketch artist, poet and story writer.
Painter of the Cover Page Photo: Dr Chaitali Hambire, MDS, DNB, MNAMS, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry Government Dental College and Hospital Aurangabad. "ANXIETY-This artwork is inspired by the stress faced by many children in today's world. There are many expectations from them by the family, friends and relatives. They are emotionally exhausted."
Painter Of the Cover Page Photo: Kundan Shrivastava, MBBS Student, Birat Medical College, Biratnagar, Morang. It shows manic depression, as a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression). When you become depressed, you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities.
Painter Of the Cover Page Photo: Dr Lakshmi Sravanti, MBBS, MD, (DM) Senior Resident Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS, India. "Reach out to Venus" - The metaphorical "Venus" in this piece of art represents that person /plant /animal /dream/ passion that one must nurture and reach out to when the times are dark and going gets tough (when in depression). For it can help the person regain a sense of purpose and meaning to life.
Painter of the Cover Page Photo: Grace Thapa, Student, Class VI, Everest Boarding School, Butwal.
"Every suicide is a tragedy. It is estimated that close to 800,000 people take their lives each year giving devastating impact on families, friends and communities. Many of rhese suicides are preventable. Every sector of society has a role to play in preventing suicides. Let us join hands together in saving these lives lost due to suicide."
Abstracts from the 7th National Conference of Psychiatrists' Association of Nepal 7-8th March 2019, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. Theme: 'Many faces of Psychiatry in the Changing World'.
Interpretation of the Cover Page Photo: Mother's Love & Mental Illness: What is believed to be essential for mental health is that the infant and young child should experience a warm, intimate and continuous relationship with his mother in which both find satisfaction and enjoyment. Prolonged deprivation of a young child of maternal care may have grave and far reaching effects on his character. similar in form. to the deprivation of vitamins in infancy. The picture shows the tender loving care of a mother bird to a child….
Painter and Interpreter: Anonymous
Painter of the Cover Page Photo: Hindhuja Rajendiran, Student of Belize Medical College
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