About Amaha

Amaha was founded in 2016 by psychiatrist Dr. Amit Malik on the belief that finding the right kind of mental healthcare should not become another test of a person's resilience.

Ten years later, Amaha is a connected care ecosystem that spans every level of need, from a first therapy session to admission in a psychiatric hospital. Through therapy, psychiatry, specialised programmes and inpatient care, we treat anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, OCD, schizophrenia, addictions and many more concerns, for children, adolescents, and adults across life stages.

That ecosystem now includes 270+ in-house psychiatrists and psychologists, nine centres across Mumbai, New Delhi, Gurugram and Bengaluru, a super-speciality mental health hospital in Bengaluru, and online care in 15+ languages that reaches people in 400+ Indian cities.

The work ahead is bigger than the work behind us.

The Gap We Aim to Close

Close to 150 million people in India need mental healthcare, and for most conditions, more than six in ten of them never receive treatment.¹

Awareness of mental health has grown a great deal, but the treatment gap hasn't closed. People face different barriers at different stages, and overcoming one doesn't necessarily lead them to the right care.

The first is recognising that something needs attention. Someone may keep struggling considerably in private while meeting their responsibilities, sometimes for a long time.

When they do decide to seek help, many people don't know whether they need a psychologist or a psychiatrist, or how to judge a professional's qualifications and experience.

Even after they find help, the care itself is often fragmented, with outpatient consultations in one place, a hospital admission in another, and follow-up after discharge that can mean starting again with someone new. People and their families end up explaining themselves again and again and piecing together a care plan on their own, often when they have the least capacity to carry that burden.

Among the people who came to Amaha, more than half had lived with their concerns for over a year first, and nearly a third had already tried therapy.² For us, the more useful question is whether we have built a mental healthcare system that is easy enough to recognise, enter, trust and stay with.

¹ National Mental Health Survey of India 2015-16, NIMHANS.

² The Amaha Mental Health Report 2026. Figures describe people who sought care with Amaha and are not population estimates.

Amaha's Solution

Amaha is built as a care ecosystem around the person and the family, meeting them where they are, depending on need and severity.

That could be online, in a consultation room, at an Amaha mental health centre, or as an acute admission to our hospital in Bengaluru, where care is rooted in dignity, agency and deep clinical expertise. Therapists and psychiatrists work as a team with the person and the family or friends they choose to involve. We believe people should not be left to piece it all together alone. As people recover, their care at Amaha changes with them. Professional support steps back when appropriate and remains within reach when needed.

In 2022, Amaha acquired Children First, a Delhi NCR-based child and adolescent mental health institute. This allowed Amaha to extend its care to children and adolescents, alongside adults. Our dream, together with the founders of Children First - Dr. Amit Sen, Dr. Shelja Sen and Dr. Kavita Arora - is to create sustainable possibilities of quality mental healthcare for families, institutions and communities.

Through partnerships with 150+ employers, healthcare institutions and colleges, we identify and treat mental illness early, in the communities where it first presents.

No matter where you are in your mental health journey, Amaha will meet you there, so you can feel better, get better and stay better.

Amaha’s Approach and Philosophy

A calm consultation corner with a sofa and plants

Our founder, Dr. Amit Malik, spent 15 years as a psychiatrist in the UK, including as Clinical Director and Associate Medical Director in the NHS. Our clinical leadership brings together psychiatrists and psychologists trained in India and the UK.

Our 270+ in-house psychiatrists and psychologists work alongside nurses, occupational therapists and other clinical professionals, across therapy, psychiatry, child and adolescent care and inpatient care.

Clinicians across Amaha have access to one-to-one supervision, multidisciplinary team meetings and specialised clinical training, so they are equipped to support their clients well. Their managers and supervisors are trained to support them, and clinicians from across the country come together to review clinical quality as we grow.

Every person starts with a detailed assessment that looks at their symptoms, history and daily functioning, and, with consent, what their family has noticed. Their care plan takes into account their level of need, their life context and the goals they set for their own recovery.

Our care follows clinical protocols that we have built for different concerns. Conditions such as OCD and addiction, which need a structured and integrated approach, are treated through specialised programmes delivered by clinicians with specific expertise. When standard treatment hasn't brought enough relief, options like Deep TMS, Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and ECT are also considered where clinically appropriate.

We review progress regularly, using validated measures alongside what matters in daily life, such as getting back to work and sustaining relationships. When progress is limited, we reassess the diagnosis and the treatment plan, and whether the person is working with the right clinician.

Through one ecosystem, people can reach self-care tools, clinician-moderated peer communities, online and in-person therapy and psychiatry, specialised programmes and inpatient care.

Psychiatrists, psychologists and other clinicians plan care together, with continuous care notes and safe handovers between clinicians, so people don't have to repeat their story to every new clinician.

Care continues between appointments and after discharge, through follow-up with the clinical team, outpatient consultations and the Amaha self-care app.

Technology helps us match people with the right clinicians, keep care notes continuous and build solid follow-up systems, so no one who needs it is missed.

We use AI-enabled tools for triage and clinician support, and data analytics that help clinical teams coordinate treatment, track outcomes and improve care delivery.

Your privacy is protected throughout your care. Amaha is HIPAA- and GDPR-compliant and ISO 27001-certified.

We've Made Your Mental Health Our Priority

At Amaha, a team of 400+ people across psychiatry, psychology, nursing, operations, technology and business is committed to your care.

270+

in-house psychiatrists and psychologists

centres across Mumbai, New Delhi, Gurugram and Bengaluru

super-speciality mental health hospital in Bengaluru

4.5 Lakh+

therapy and psychiatry sessions delivered

400+

Indian cities reached, with care in 15+ languages

65,000+

members in clinician-moderated peer support communities

150+

partnerships with employers, colleges and healthcare institutions

9/10

client rating on our platform
(refers to the NPS score)

Amaha in the News

What the media has reported on Amaha and our work in mental healthcare in India over the last ten years.

Founder’s Note

For a long time, finding the right provider, explaining themselves again and again, and piecing together a care plan fell on the people who needed support most. Mental healthcare in India has come a long way since then, but the burden of navigating the system still too often falls on those with the least capacity to carry it.

Amaha was built to change this. When we started in 2016, our goal was to build a system that works with people, not just for them. One that combines clinical rigour with the understanding, support and compassion people need when they seek care. Over the years, that has meant building out every level of care, step by step.

We never forget that reaching out for help can be one of the hardest things a person does, and every referral is an act of trust. What I endeavour to offer our clients is not just treatment, but the real possibility of recovery and hope. I see that as both a privilege and a responsibility, and it is one our whole team carries with care, every single day.

Building this has taken time, and we have tried to bring care and intention to all of it. What we set out to do in 2016 remains the same: to make structured, evidence-based mental healthcare accessible to everyone in India who needs it.

Dr. Amit Malik

Founder and CEO

Our Leadership

Amaha's leadership brings together senior clinicians and leaders in operations, product, technology and finance, with experience across healthcare, education and consumer businesses in India and abroad. The team believes mental healthcare in India deserves the same ambition as any other part of healthcare.