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Covid crisis: Companies, counsellors helping professionals deal with grief SECTIONS Share Synopsis The number of working people reaching out to inhouse counsellors, or independent mental health service providers such as Optum, InnerHour, and 1to1help.net have multiplied in recent weeks as they struggle to deal with deaths and serious infections in the family and among close friends and colleagues, many of them young people. Getty Images Several companies have signed up with mental health servic...

Steep rise in domestic violence cases as Pandemic changes home dynamics SECTIONS Share Synopsis Several top companies have come to recognise the issue and some have hired mental health professionals to deal with it. Getty Images A confined life, prolonged work from home and rising stress levels due to the pandemic have led to a steep rise in domestic violence in recent times, said mental health experts. Mumbai: A woman working in the IT sector in one of the metros recently relocated with her hu...