Address mental health issues early
The article "Address mental health issues early" by Sadaf Choudhary and Prasu Jain published in The Hindu Business Line today (February 4, 2026) is likely to be ignored by many because it is authored by two bureaucrats. Let's for once, go by the content. The issue raised concerns all of us. The article highlights that the Economic Survey just released has drawn attention to rising concerns related to digital addiction, loneliness and mental health and goes on to place on record that the Budget now before the Parliament explicitly reaffirmed the commitment to mental health and trauma care while announcing the setting up of a new national mental health institute on the lines of NIMHANS, along with the upgradation of existing centres at Ranchi and Tezpur. The concluding paragraph "Finally, it is our collective responsibility as a society to pay attention - to take "code reds"* seriously." is a message for all of us. *"code reds" briefly refer t...