Seventy per cent of callers to a mental health rehabilitation helpline desk were men, said the mental health bulletin by the Social Justice and Empowerment (SJE) Ministry. As per a report by The Hindu, a large number of callers to mental health rehabilitation helpline were men, which included around 32% of young adults or college students. The 'Kiran' Mental health rehabilitation helpline was launched on September 7, 2020, by the Social Justice and Empowerment (SJE) Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot. From September 16, 2020, to January 15, 2021, the helpline received 13,550 new calls, of which 70.5% were from males and 29.5% from females, the report said. A clinical psychologist of the DEPwD working on the helpline desk told The Hindu that most of the calls had been from "young adults".

Source: dna February 11, 2021 14:48 UTC