India, March 4 -- The treatment of mental health disorders is a difficult task due to the highly subjective nature of each case, the varying efficacy of drugs available, and the social stigma associated with mental illness. In India, the treatment gap is steep, but it can be reduced in a number of ways: through concerted efforts by the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries on novel drug development; by leveraging allied technologies such as data science, Artificial Intelligence, and nanotechnology; and by exploring the possibility of psychedelics. Fostering public-private partnerships can spearhead efforts to commercialise cures. Other pathways to improving the mental health landscape include expanding the scale of psychiatry traini...