Overview
- Amaha published the Mental Health Report 2026 on Wednesday based on questionnaires from 13,825 people who began treatment between October 2025 and September 2026 at its Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi centres.
- The report found 71.7% of students who sought care reported thoughts of self‑harm and 56.2% of all respondents said they had such thoughts before accessing treatment.
- Nearly 95% of respondents reported two or more mental health concerns, with anxiety (72.1%), stress (67.5%) and low mood (58.3%) the most common.
- More than half of patients waited over a year to seek professional help, only 11.3% reached care within a month, 82.7% relied on avoidant coping and 15.4% used alcohol or other harmful substances before treatment; functional impairment was widespread.
- Amaha and CEO Dr Amit Malik cautioned the data reflect a care‑seeking sample not the general population and urged policy action on primary‑care integration, confidential counselling, specialist referrals and stronger institutional prevention at schools and workplaces.