'From Child Carer to Mental Health Co-Founder: 40 Years of Loving My Mother With Her Schizophrenia’

Neha Kirpal’s mother lived with undiagnosed and untreated schizophrenia for over 20 years, with her two children as her primary caregivers. The paranoia and hallucinations of the illness tore her family apart and drove her mother to leave her own home for over a decade. Finding her.

Treating her. Caring for her while also growing herself up was a long, hard journey for Neha. Today, she is the co-founder of some of the largest mental health organisations in the country; Amaha and India Mental Health Alliance, building and shaping a care ecosystem across the country for families like hers.

As…