EP07: {Amit of InnerHour} on Mental Wellness using technology & supporting half a million users in India

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Amit Malik, founder of InnerHour, speaks about how Indians are taking to mental health, the stigma around it and how technology is playing role in bridging the gap.

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This week we speak about something that’s become the topic of discussion during the pandemic, given job losses, economic slowdown and the many reasons for anxiety. Some estimates that at very least 150 million Indians are in need of intervention for mental health but only 30 million Indians have access to mental health facilities currently.

InnerHour was part of the Facebook India innovation Accelerator - AI for Social Good that Amit talks about briefly. He also shares how InnerHour garnered 650,000 users on the play store, who uses InnerHour today and also the Indian wellness landscape.

Amit is an experienced Psychiatrist with extensive clinical leadership and healthcare operations experience in Mental Health services in Europe and India. InnerHour is a healthcare technology company looking to disrupt the psychological wellness/mental health provision.

To provide an extended support system for people in these challenging socio-economic times, InnerHour is extending its digital programmes and self-help tools pro bono WFH employees of companies. Sign up for the service via www.theinnerhour.com

You can find Amit and InnerHour on Twitter

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Show Notes :

1:35 — The Journey behind InnerHour

5:40 — Advantages of psychiatrists having an MBA

9:55 — The difference between UK’s & Indian healthcare system

14:10 — Preventive Health in India

16:33 — Monetization & Payment models in the healthcare Industry

18:32 — InnerHour : Journey & Vision

22:47 — How people are reacting during lockdown-mental health

27:30 — Self diagnosis, how current generation looks at mental health

37:38 — Geographically availability of InnerHour

39:27 — Experience at Facebook Acceleration Programme

41:40 — Being a non-tech founder in tech company

42:53 — InnerHour services

45:22 — InnerHour offer during lockdown

46:00 — Hiring at InnerHour

48:08 — Revenues & monetizing the app