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India’s 1st Woman Psychiatrist Sarada Menon passes away

Padma Bhushan Dr Mamballaikalathil Sarada Menon, India’s 1st woman Psychiatrist and the longest-serving head of the Institute of Mental Health has passed away. She was born in a Malayali family in Mangaluru, Karnataka. She was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1992 for social works.

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Some facts about Dr Sarada Menon:

Dr M Sarada Menon started her career as a Psychiatrist in the Institute of Mental Health (then known as Government Mental Hospital) in Kilpauk, Chennai in 1959.
She became the 1st woman Superintendent of the Institute of Mental Health in 1961.
She established the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF India) in 1984 along with psychiatrist R Thara.
She also founded ASHA, a community-based platform supporting the families of those affected by mental illnesses.

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