Your emotional health, your choice
My observations: We are all going through difficult times. For those of us living with a diagnosis of cancer, it is doubly challenging to live with the complex uncertainties. As I have shared, MUSIC , is an important way of addressing and improving EMOTIONAL HEALTH. The following programme is special as it illustrates the value... Continue Reading →
Maintaining Emotional Health During the Pandemic -Prof.R.Srinivasa Murthy This is a recent(June 8,2020) talk to a group of pensioners in Bangalore about: -Understanding the emotional impact of the pandemic/lockdown; -Importance of social connectedness while maintaining physical distancing,; -Living in the Present; -Methods to maintain emotional health; -Methods that can be used to master worries, anxieties,... Continue Reading →
Helping Kids Cope with COVID-19 Worries By Susanne Bardon June 9, 2020 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Magazi The psychological state of children may need special attention during COVID-19 impacts and isolation. Full Transcript Stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19 have been in place for several months now. For many parents, these requirements have led to a balancing act between... Continue Reading →
Coping with COVID-19: Watch the NIH Event Recording On June 4, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins and NIMH Director Dr. Joshua Gordon, discussed the types of mental health symptoms people may experience as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as when and where to get professional help. Watch... Continue Reading →
Treating Cancer (with Dr. Hari Menon) No longer a death sentence DATE & TIME, Tue, 2 Jun 2020 SPEAKERS Dr. Hari Menon Director, Cytecare Cancer Hospital Ranjan Kamth Film maker Oncologist Dr. Hari Menon talks to host Pavan Srinath about how treatable cancer is today, and a how cancer diagnosis is no longer always terminal.... Continue Reading →
Letter to cancer from Cancer Survivor World Cancer Survivor day June 7 2020. Dear Cancer, Though you don't deserve to be called as DEAR but I have strong reasons that overshadows the harm you have done and that's the only reason I am using Dear for you. So let's start from the beginning. You entered... Continue Reading →
The Urban Debate EP1037 - Is India ignoring its biggest mental health crisis? | The Urban Debate 15 MAY 2020 | MIRROR NOW TV | 51 MIN 05 SEC On The Urban Debate with Tanvi Shukla, United Nations warns of global emergency. In India, one of the reasons for people to face mental health problems... Continue Reading →
Key messages: The problem: • COVID-19 has the seeds of a major mental health crisis • The mental health and wellbeing of whole societies have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are a priority to be addressed urgently. • A long-term upsurge in the number and severity of mental health problems is likely... Continue Reading →
UN Secretary General Policy Brief COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/un_policy_brief-covid_and_mental_health_final.pdf Video address by UN Secretary General https://youtu.be/XLJlqcFYfeM Video address by WHO Director General: https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1260898292105449472?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet UN press release - https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063882 WHO press release - https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/14-05-2020-substantial-investment-needed-to-avert-mental-health-crisis
UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID-19 During the coronavirus pandemic, mental health tips are being disseminated to children and families in the Rongwai community in Bangkok, Thailand. © UNICEF/Sukhum Preechapanic During the coronavirus pandemic, mental health tips are being disseminated to children and families in the... Continue Reading →
