With mental health awareness, we can become powerful agents of change in improving the condition of mental health in India.

In February 2013, Mrs . Johnson and her children were rescued by Udavum Karangal. The family had been living in a pathetic condition inside a dilapidated godown for 16 years. The parents were both professors from reputed colleges. The mother was mentally ill. Of the 4 children, 3 were suffering from mental disorders and 1 child was mentally challenged. Over the years, the father died of starvation .The rest of the family just survived like rats gradually sinking in psychosis.

Among the elderly Alzheimer’s is the most common form of severe mental disorder.