SCARF Media For Mental Health Prizes Awarded

The Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) recently awarded seven journalists at its fifth “Media for Mental Health” awards event. The event focused on the importance of covering mental health stories in regional language media, as well as the necessity for more positive coverage of mental health in the media.

The seven awardees were:

Soma Basu
Priya Menon
Zubeda Hamid
Marisha Karwa
Nelson Vinod Moses
Mrinalika Roy
Mini Thomas

SCARF is a non-governmental, non-profit organization in south India founded in 1984 by a group of philanthropists and mental health professionals, led by Dr. M. Sarada Menon. SCARF has established itself . . .