Psychiatrists criticize "insensitive" & # 39; The Hai Kya Mind & # 39;

In a letter to the authors of the film and to the Censor Board, mental health professionals from across the country condemned the film "Kangana Ranaut" and Rajkumar Rao, titled "Mental Hai Kya".

Mental health professionals believe it is an act of pure insensitivity to take this sentence as the title of the film because it ridicules the pain of anyone with mental illness and would lead to increased stigma.

The Indian Society of Psychiatry wrote a letter to Prasoon Joshi, chairman of the Central Board for Film Certification, of psychiatrists saying: "We object to serious objections to the film, which is discriminating, stigmatizing, degrading and inhumane in the projection of mental disorders and persons with mental disorders.We require that the title be deleted with immediate effect, which will prevent further harm to the modesty of users of mental health services.

Psychiatrists also said that this is in violation of the 2017 Mental Health Care Act. "The Central Film Certification Board (CBFC) is a quasi-judicial body, so it is increasingly compelled by law to give the example to citizens and to be the guardian of the rich Indian heritage and culture. "

When addressing DH, Dr. Mrugesh Vaishnav, president of the Indian Society of Psychiatry, said:" Hollywood also produces many films about psychiatric patients and does not ridicule patients. Over a long time, Bollywood ridiculed patients with mental illness. The stigma is such that people go to temples and dargahs without consulting a psychiatrist, "he said.

or drugs," cancer hai kya "Why should he there is as much stigma as mental illness, "he said.

Dr. Vaishnav was also concerned that when the film was released, students and students would use the title of the film indiscriminately to speak to someone else.

Dr. BN Gangadhar, director of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences, also asked the following question: "Do you use andha do you use kya?" Make fun of a person with a visual impairment? Seeing people with mental illness as an object of ridicule is incorrect.This is robbing someone of one's dignity.The illness should not be a subject of mockery, "he said.