Tanmoy
@toymango.bsky.social
User-survivor | Newsletter and creator economy geek | Creator, Sanitybytanmoy.com | Fivethirty.substack.com | Fellow, @reutersinstitute.bsky.social | Advisor, Centre for Global Mental Health, UK | Advisor, Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, India
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Tanmoy
@toymango.bsky.social
· Nov 29
I have a starter pack of folks to follow in the newsletter world. If you identify as one or know someone here that should be in the pack, hit me up and I'll add you/them in.
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Not a fan.
White Western males have historically constituted a dominant group in the development of DSM classifications, leading to concerns about potential gender and cultural bias.
Significant financial ties between DSM panel members and the pharmaceutical industry have been documented.
White Western males have historically constituted a dominant group in the development of DSM classifications, leading to concerns about potential gender and cultural bias.
Significant financial ties between DSM panel members and the pharmaceutical industry have been documented.
June 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Not a fan.
White Western males have historically constituted a dominant group in the development of DSM classifications, leading to concerns about potential gender and cultural bias.
Significant financial ties between DSM panel members and the pharmaceutical industry have been documented.
White Western males have historically constituted a dominant group in the development of DSM classifications, leading to concerns about potential gender and cultural bias.
Significant financial ties between DSM panel members and the pharmaceutical industry have been documented.
“There are people who are DSM fans and some who kind of hate it. So we have made it a point to talk to people and ask how we can fix it.”
- Chair, Future DSM Strategic Committee, as we await a new DSM
Time to probe psychiatry's most contested idea: diagnosis.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/big-read-is-...
- Chair, Future DSM Strategic Committee, as we await a new DSM
Time to probe psychiatry's most contested idea: diagnosis.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/big-read-is-...
BIG READ: Is your mental illness diagnosis helping or hurting you?
Don't read this if you want a simple answer.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“There are people who are DSM fans and some who kind of hate it. So we have made it a point to talk to people and ask how we can fix it.”
- Chair, Future DSM Strategic Committee, as we await a new DSM
Time to probe psychiatry's most contested idea: diagnosis.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/big-read-is-...
- Chair, Future DSM Strategic Committee, as we await a new DSM
Time to probe psychiatry's most contested idea: diagnosis.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/big-read-is-...
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So interesting! This aligns with my new research focus on AI as amplifier, not replacement. I'm in the "both/and" camp, not either/or. The MH field could use this moment to address past shortcomings, but many are digging in their heels instead of embracing the opportunity.
June 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So interesting! This aligns with my new research focus on AI as amplifier, not replacement. I'm in the "both/and" camp, not either/or. The MH field could use this moment to address past shortcomings, but many are digging in their heels instead of embracing the opportunity.
"'Therapy' no longer signifies 'one-to-one interaction with my therapist'. It means 'a session of nervous system calming exercises guided by a virtual mental health coach coded in Python and posted on Tik Tok by a faceless influencer."
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/therapys-hum...
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/therapys-hum...
Therapy's 'human touch' is nearing its sell-by date
Human-ness was therapy's biggest defence against AI. It may not be enough anymore.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"'Therapy' no longer signifies 'one-to-one interaction with my therapist'. It means 'a session of nervous system calming exercises guided by a virtual mental health coach coded in Python and posted on Tik Tok by a faceless influencer."
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/therapys-hum...
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/therapys-hum...
"Niacinamide", "hyaluronic acid", "sulphate-free", "mild exfoliant".
While you're learning how to write better ChatGPT prompts, I, a 42-year-old-man, am apprenticing in the language of toiletries.
Move over, serotonin. I'm a skin toner kinda guy now.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/from-seroton...
While you're learning how to write better ChatGPT prompts, I, a 42-year-old-man, am apprenticing in the language of toiletries.
Move over, serotonin. I'm a skin toner kinda guy now.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/from-seroton...
I'm a skin toner kinda guy now
While the rest of the world is learning how to write better ChatGPT prompts, I, a 42-year-old-man, am apprenticing in the language of toiletries.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
"Niacinamide", "hyaluronic acid", "sulphate-free", "mild exfoliant".
While you're learning how to write better ChatGPT prompts, I, a 42-year-old-man, am apprenticing in the language of toiletries.
Move over, serotonin. I'm a skin toner kinda guy now.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/from-seroton...
While you're learning how to write better ChatGPT prompts, I, a 42-year-old-man, am apprenticing in the language of toiletries.
Move over, serotonin. I'm a skin toner kinda guy now.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/from-seroton...
#Depression is NOTHING like diabetes.
February 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
#Depression is NOTHING like diabetes.
I read 600+ articles and did hundreds of hours of research to bring you 44 slides on the biggest themes to watch in global #mentalhealth.
Pretty sure nothing like this exists anywhere in this part of the world (not at this price anyway).
Get your copy: topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa...
You're welcome. 😊
Pretty sure nothing like this exists anywhere in this part of the world (not at this price anyway).
Get your copy: topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa...
You're welcome. 😊
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I read 600+ articles and did hundreds of hours of research to bring you 44 slides on the biggest themes to watch in global #mentalhealth.
Pretty sure nothing like this exists anywhere in this part of the world (not at this price anyway).
Get your copy: topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa...
You're welcome. 😊
Pretty sure nothing like this exists anywhere in this part of the world (not at this price anyway).
Get your copy: topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa...
You're welcome. 😊
A deep dive into what I believe will be the defining themes in global mental health this year. I spent hundreds of hours researching so you don't have to. Watch this hourlong video at ease (because not everything can be reduced to a hot take) and write to me with your thoughts.
youtu.be/Mc19KcjTAT8
youtu.be/Mc19KcjTAT8
Where's global mental health headed in 2025 and beyond?
YouTube video by Tanmoy Goswami
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A deep dive into what I believe will be the defining themes in global mental health this year. I spent hundreds of hours researching so you don't have to. Watch this hourlong video at ease (because not everything can be reduced to a hot take) and write to me with your thoughts.
youtu.be/Mc19KcjTAT8
youtu.be/Mc19KcjTAT8
What happens when "hurt people hurt people" legitimises bigotry against people hurt by that very same bigotry?
This question has very real implications as we enter a new era of licensed bigotry against anyone the majority labels unhealed, impure, broken.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/healed-peopl...
This question has very real implications as we enter a new era of licensed bigotry against anyone the majority labels unhealed, impure, broken.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/healed-peopl...
The problematic politics of 'healed people heal people'
What does it mean to be a 'healed' individual in an era of licensed bigotry against those the majority considers unhealed?
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What happens when "hurt people hurt people" legitimises bigotry against people hurt by that very same bigotry?
This question has very real implications as we enter a new era of licensed bigotry against anyone the majority labels unhealed, impure, broken.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/healed-peopl...
This question has very real implications as we enter a new era of licensed bigotry against anyone the majority labels unhealed, impure, broken.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/healed-peopl...
Stop saying #journalism is broken. It's the journalism *industry* that's broken.
The ills of journalism are 100% created by media owners.
They failed to build a sustainable business model, remain obsessed with fads and shortcuts, lust after power at the cost of principles... +
The ills of journalism are 100% created by media owners.
They failed to build a sustainable business model, remain obsessed with fads and shortcuts, lust after power at the cost of principles... +
January 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Stop saying #journalism is broken. It's the journalism *industry* that's broken.
The ills of journalism are 100% created by media owners.
They failed to build a sustainable business model, remain obsessed with fads and shortcuts, lust after power at the cost of principles... +
The ills of journalism are 100% created by media owners.
They failed to build a sustainable business model, remain obsessed with fads and shortcuts, lust after power at the cost of principles... +
Do 'bigots' deserve therapy?
Where does therapy end and activism begin?
How would you make a patient who doesn't align with your politics feel safe?
Is your goal to help your patient or reform them?
- Questions that need to be urgently included in psychology syllabi in the age of social media
Where does therapy end and activism begin?
How would you make a patient who doesn't align with your politics feel safe?
Is your goal to help your patient or reform them?
- Questions that need to be urgently included in psychology syllabi in the age of social media
January 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Do 'bigots' deserve therapy?
Where does therapy end and activism begin?
How would you make a patient who doesn't align with your politics feel safe?
Is your goal to help your patient or reform them?
- Questions that need to be urgently included in psychology syllabi in the age of social media
Where does therapy end and activism begin?
How would you make a patient who doesn't align with your politics feel safe?
Is your goal to help your patient or reform them?
- Questions that need to be urgently included in psychology syllabi in the age of social media
I was a news junkie until not so long ago.
Whether I was going for a walk or cooking or taking my morning dump –
- I needed news streaming through my earphones to function.
It took me all the muscle memory of quitting smoking to free myself.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/how-quitting...
Whether I was going for a walk or cooking or taking my morning dump –
- I needed news streaming through my earphones to function.
It took me all the muscle memory of quitting smoking to free myself.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/how-quitting...
How quitting smoking helped me quit the news
Notes on going cold turkey.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I was a news junkie until not so long ago.
Whether I was going for a walk or cooking or taking my morning dump –
- I needed news streaming through my earphones to function.
It took me all the muscle memory of quitting smoking to free myself.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/how-quitting...
Whether I was going for a walk or cooking or taking my morning dump –
- I needed news streaming through my earphones to function.
It took me all the muscle memory of quitting smoking to free myself.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/how-quitting...
Who calleth our syckness misinformation and not infaction?
January 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Who calleth our syckness misinformation and not infaction?
📢 I've done hundreds of hours of research, read dozens of articles, and spoken to a tonne of people so you don't have to.
Join me and a small group on Jan 25 to explore the biggest themes that'll shape the mental health sector in 2025.
Sign up below:
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Join me and a small group on Jan 25 to explore the biggest themes that'll shape the mental health sector in 2025.
Sign up below:
topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa...
The biggest mental health trends to watch in 2025 with Tanmoy Goswami
From apps & bots to peer support & community mental health
topmate.io
January 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📢 I've done hundreds of hours of research, read dozens of articles, and spoken to a tonne of people so you don't have to.
Join me and a small group on Jan 25 to explore the biggest themes that'll shape the mental health sector in 2025.
Sign up below:
topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa...
Join me and a small group on Jan 25 to explore the biggest themes that'll shape the mental health sector in 2025.
Sign up below:
topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa...
Resting heart rate: ~130. "Tachycardia. Right ventricular hypertrophy. Probably abnormal ECG." +
January 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Resting heart rate: ~130. "Tachycardia. Right ventricular hypertrophy. Probably abnormal ECG." +
This new year, may you learn to differentiate a panic attack from a heart attack.
December 31, 2024 at 9:14 AM
This new year, may you learn to differentiate a panic attack from a heart attack.
Here's a new year resolution for you:
Don't make fun of people with health anxiety.
Don't make fun of people with health anxiety.
December 28, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Here's a new year resolution for you:
Don't make fun of people with health anxiety.
Don't make fun of people with health anxiety.
As a small-town boy whose parents survived hunger and lived lives of hard labour, I owe so much of my ability (audacity) to dream freely to Dr Singh's vision.
This loss will hit differently if you are a 80s' or 90s' kid who remembers how the world was before 91.
Thank you, Sir. Rest in peace. 🙏🏾
This loss will hit differently if you are a 80s' or 90s' kid who remembers how the world was before 91.
Thank you, Sir. Rest in peace. 🙏🏾
December 26, 2024 at 6:25 PM
As a small-town boy whose parents survived hunger and lived lives of hard labour, I owe so much of my ability (audacity) to dream freely to Dr Singh's vision.
This loss will hit differently if you are a 80s' or 90s' kid who remembers how the world was before 91.
Thank you, Sir. Rest in peace. 🙏🏾
This loss will hit differently if you are a 80s' or 90s' kid who remembers how the world was before 91.
Thank you, Sir. Rest in peace. 🙏🏾
20 years ago today, my family survived the #IndianOcean #Tsunami that killed at least 250,000 people.
Every year, I remember the kind strangers of the #Andamans who helped us come back alive instead of in body bags.
20 years on, I'm still hanging on to the boarding pass of our rescue flight...
Every year, I remember the kind strangers of the #Andamans who helped us come back alive instead of in body bags.
20 years on, I'm still hanging on to the boarding pass of our rescue flight...
December 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM
20 years ago today, my family survived the #IndianOcean #Tsunami that killed at least 250,000 people.
Every year, I remember the kind strangers of the #Andamans who helped us come back alive instead of in body bags.
20 years on, I'm still hanging on to the boarding pass of our rescue flight...
Every year, I remember the kind strangers of the #Andamans who helped us come back alive instead of in body bags.
20 years on, I'm still hanging on to the boarding pass of our rescue flight...
Joy is a sage with a creased forehead and a wrinkled smile. Happiness is the biker in the bomber jacket.
Unlike happiness, joy isn't about the individual. It is a public good.
Embracing joy in a joyless world is an act of resistance.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/laugh-like-e...
Unlike happiness, joy isn't about the individual. It is a public good.
Embracing joy in a joyless world is an act of resistance.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/laugh-like-e...
Laugh like everyone's watching
Joy as resistance.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Joy is a sage with a creased forehead and a wrinkled smile. Happiness is the biker in the bomber jacket.
Unlike happiness, joy isn't about the individual. It is a public good.
Embracing joy in a joyless world is an act of resistance.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/laugh-like-e...
Unlike happiness, joy isn't about the individual. It is a public good.
Embracing joy in a joyless world is an act of resistance.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com/laugh-like-e...
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Young ppl:
Outlive Chat is a safe space to find peer support & tools to help manage difficult feelings & thoughts of ending your life.
It has many tools that can help you manage your thoughts & feelings in difficult moments.
It's free!
Pl RT & share
chat.outlive.in/landing-page
Outlive Chat is a safe space to find peer support & tools to help manage difficult feelings & thoughts of ending your life.
It has many tools that can help you manage your thoughts & feelings in difficult moments.
It's free!
Pl RT & share
chat.outlive.in/landing-page
December 25, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Young ppl:
Outlive Chat is a safe space to find peer support & tools to help manage difficult feelings & thoughts of ending your life.
It has many tools that can help you manage your thoughts & feelings in difficult moments.
It's free!
Pl RT & share
chat.outlive.in/landing-page
Outlive Chat is a safe space to find peer support & tools to help manage difficult feelings & thoughts of ending your life.
It has many tools that can help you manage your thoughts & feelings in difficult moments.
It's free!
Pl RT & share
chat.outlive.in/landing-page
Writing personalised "pleeeeease come back" emails to 300 lapsed newsletter subscribers. Then obsessively refreshing inbox every 5 seconds.
How's your Christmas week going?
How's your Christmas week going?
December 23, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Writing personalised "pleeeeease come back" emails to 300 lapsed newsletter subscribers. Then obsessively refreshing inbox every 5 seconds.
How's your Christmas week going?
How's your Christmas week going?
I started my mental health newsletter Sanity in Dec 2020.
As a solo writer from the global south, it's a miracle that I've survived 4 years :,)
The Sanity community, spanning 50+ countries, is pure magic. Nothing like it exists anywhere else. Join us and see for yourself:
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
As a solo writer from the global south, it's a miracle that I've survived 4 years :,)
The Sanity community, spanning 50+ countries, is pure magic. Nothing like it exists anywhere else. Join us and see for yourself:
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
Sanity by Tanmoy
Independent mental health storytelling for independent minds. Funded by readers from around the world. Subscribe to support now.
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I started my mental health newsletter Sanity in Dec 2020.
As a solo writer from the global south, it's a miracle that I've survived 4 years :,)
The Sanity community, spanning 50+ countries, is pure magic. Nothing like it exists anywhere else. Join us and see for yourself:
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
As a solo writer from the global south, it's a miracle that I've survived 4 years :,)
The Sanity community, spanning 50+ countries, is pure magic. Nothing like it exists anywhere else. Join us and see for yourself:
www.sanitybytanmoy.com
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Shiny new digital mental health tools/app/chatbots
- many making misleading and unsubstantiated claims and preying on sensitive personal data of users -
are helping employers perpetrate a massive con job on employees battered by blood-sucking management.
www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/...
- many making misleading and unsubstantiated claims and preying on sensitive personal data of users -
are helping employers perpetrate a massive con job on employees battered by blood-sucking management.
www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/...
Wellbeing washing: Are workplace mental health apps doing more harm than good? | Welcome to the Jungle
Workers are struggling with mental health. Are employers approaching it the right way?
www.welcometothejungle.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Shiny new digital mental health tools/app/chatbots
- many making misleading and unsubstantiated claims and preying on sensitive personal data of users -
are helping employers perpetrate a massive con job on employees battered by blood-sucking management.
www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/...
- many making misleading and unsubstantiated claims and preying on sensitive personal data of users -
are helping employers perpetrate a massive con job on employees battered by blood-sucking management.
www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/...