Dr. Richa  Amatya is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Nepal Mediciti Hospital and is also associated with the Nepal Army Institute of Health Sciences as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. She completed her medical school at the University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, and her residency in Psychiatry at Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. She believes in building trust and rapport with patients through a non-judgmental and empathetic approach for better treatment outcomes. She also strongly advocates to remove the stigma associated with mental health.