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Care that listens before it labels. Sessions explore how parishes, schools, and hospitals can become safe spaces where struggling individuals are met with empathy, dignity, and zero stigma — reflecting a Church that accompanies.





“Building compassionate, resilient and mentally healthy communities”
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Join mental health professionals, Church leaders, educators, pastoral ministers, and change-makers from across India for two days of learning, collaboration, healing, and hope. The National Mental Health Conference 2026 is India's largest faith-inspired mental health gathering, bringing together the entire spectrum of care — from psychiatrists and psychologists to priests, religious sisters, teachers, and social workers — on one shared platform.
Mental health is one of the most urgent concerns of our time, touching every family, parish, school, and institution. This conference was born out of a conviction that healing happens best in community: when clinical expertise, pastoral compassion, and community leadership walk together. Over two enriching days at Guwahati — the gateway to North East India — delegates will engage with expert sessions, panel conversations, lived-experience testimonies, and collaborative workshops designed to translate awareness into concrete action.
Whether you serve in a hospital, a school, a parish, a diocese, or a community organisation, this is your invitation to be part of a national movement promoting mental health awareness, compassionate care, and community wellbeing. Come to learn, return to transform. Save the date — become a difference maker!
Care that listens before it labels. Sessions explore how parishes, schools, and hospitals can become safe spaces where struggling individuals are met with empathy, dignity, and zero stigma — reflecting a Church that accompanies.
Strength that grows through struggle. Experts share evidence-based practices for building emotional resilience in families, congregations, classrooms, and communities — turning crisis into capacity and wounds into wisdom.
Wellbeing as a shared mission, not a private battle. From early recognition of anxiety and depression to community-based support systems, the conference equips every delegate to be a mental-health champion where they serve.
The conference warmly welcomes all who carry the mission of mental health and pastoral care.
The health office of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, guiding the Church's healing ministry across the country — hospitals, health centres, and community care initiatives.
A dedicated national ministry accompanying persons and families affected by mental-health challenges, while forming communities of awareness, acceptance, and advocacy.
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Kharghuli, Guwahati, Assam, India
The conference is hosted at NEDSSS, the regional social-service hub of the Church in North East India, seated in the green Kharghuli neighbourhood of Guwahati. A calm, spacious and welcoming campus — ideal for two days of reflection, learning, and fellowship.
Open in Google MapsLokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBI) connects Guwahati to all major Indian cities. Guwahati Junction railway station is a major railhead of the North East.
5–6 November 2026 — arrive by the evening of 4 November to settle in comfortably. Hospitality guidance is shared with registered delegates on WhatsApp.
November in Guwahati is pleasantly cool and festive — the perfect climate for a conference that blends learning, prayer, and community.