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What Is “Care” in a Psychiatric Medical Camp for the Unhoused in India?

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Mad in South Asia. The author, Indian doctoral scholar Neha Jain, writes about her field work and wonders what kind of ‘care’ and ‘help’ are possible in the absence of real consent. O n the footpath, in a group of homeless people, sits a middle-aged saree-clad woman in absolute silence, looking nowhere.