Behind the Uniform: The Mental Health Crisis Among India's Police and Emergency Workers Nobody Is Talking About
The People Who Run Toward Every Crisis Have No One to Run To | ~3000 Words | 15 Min Read By Dr. Akash Parihar | MD Psychiatry | Asha Wellness Sanctuary Hospital, Ko "In fifteen years on the force, I have managed riots, recovered bodies, informed families of deaths, and worked 36-hour shifts during communal violence. In fifteen years, not one person — not one superior, not one department — has ever asked me how I am doing. Not once." — Senior police constable, Rajasthan, 15 years of service Every time there is a disaster in India — a flood, a riot, a terrorist attack, a building collapse, a road accident with mass casualties — the same images appear. Uniformed men and women running toward the chaos while everyone else runs away. Police officers managing crowds in conditions of acute violence. Firefighters entering burning structures. Paramedics working on bodies at accident scenes. Disaster response teams excavating rubble for survivors. We watch them. We admire the...