JSS Medical College to launch programme for psychiatric care in Kannada for public

The Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, Mysuru, volition motorboat its ‘Psychological First Aid’ programme successful Kannada successful a relation astatine JSS Hospital connected January 6.

A connection present cited the National Mental Health Survey (NHMS) 2015-16, which revealed that 15% of India’s big colonisation experiences intelligence wellness issues that necessitate intervention.

“And 70 to 92% of radical with intelligence disorders bash not person due attraction owing to deficiency of awareness, stigma, and shortage of professionals,” it added, portion stating that intelligence wellness is simply a cardinal origin for wide well-being and prosperity.

Explaining that determination is simply a immense economical nonaccomplishment owing to intelligence wellness conditions of people, it said determination is an urgent request to prosecute each stakeholders successful acquisition institutions and the nationalist to make awareness.

The Department of Psychiatry had launched 2 unsocial programs: Primary Care Volunteer for Psychiatric Services and Psychological First Aid.

Now, catering to fashionable demand, the Psychological First Aid people volition beryllium offered successful Kannada. “This people is the archetypal of its benignant astatine a aesculapian assemblage infirmary successful India,” the connection noted.

These programmes are unfastened to anyone who holds a qualification of PUC and above, and they tin beryllium to immoderate property group. “Since it has a nominal interest and is taught online successful a unrecorded mode, the certificate people is convenient for each who are interested,” the connection said.

Dr. C.R. Chandrashekar, Padma Shri awardee and erstwhile prof of psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Dr. B.N. Gangadhar, Padma Shri awardee and erstwhile president of National Medical Commission, and Dr. Sunanda Kulkarni, elder prof of obstetrics and gynaecology, Chinmaya Mission Hospital, Bengaluru, volition beryllium contiguous astatine the motorboat and interact with the public.

The programme volition beryllium launched astatine Sri Rajendra Auditorium successful JSS Hospital astatine 2.15 p.m. connected January 6. For much information, interaction Pradeep by dialling 9964223388 oregon emailing him astatine jssmcpsychiatry@jssuni.edu.in.