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Mental Health and the Pandemic-April 14 2020 Locked in: Mental Health, circa Covid-19 (with Dr. Shyam Bhat and Anna Chandy) Mind trouble in uncertain times DATE & TIMETue, 14 Apr 2020 SPEAKERS Dr. Shyam Bhat Anna Chandy Pavan Srinath Podcast host Mental health remains a stigma for most Indians today. How can Indians overcome anxiety... Continue Reading →
4-Personal thoughts/Experiences of COVID 19 (April 14 , 2020) Personal thoughts/Experiences of COVID 19 (continuing thread and updated periodically) The availability of experiences can help others to understand, what they are experiencing, and not feel that they are alone in this situation. It will also help the learn from other individuals experiences. Further, it will... Continue Reading →
How to cope with confinement M. Venkaiah Naidu The Hindu April 14 2020 (emphasis added-Murthy) We need to reset our mind in order to adjust to this new situation People across the world are under confinement in varying degrees. India has been under a national lockdown for three weeks now. This may continue for some... Continue Reading →
Dear Colleagues, Those if you who have IPad and access to APPLE TV, can see the 12 exceptional videos of OPRAH TALKS on COVID 19, of emotionally addressing the challenges of the pandemic. I recommend it strongly. It also illustrates how individual STORIES can be utilised for empowering people with emotional health skills. Please see... Continue Reading →
"The Science of Social Distancing: Part 2" April 1 2020. Excerpts relating to Mental Health: ( from the full transcript) Presenter: Prof.Sandro Galea. From COVID COVERSATIONS, National Academy of Medicine and American Public Health Association. (emphasis added-Murthy) Dr. Sandro Galea, the Dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health. He's an emergency medicine physician with... Continue Reading →
The Smartest Dishwasher. Dt.Shashvat Shere (Emphasis added-Murthy) It was the end of another day of lockdown. We had just finished our simple dinner and I was at the sink with a huge stack of dishes, pots and pans of all sorts of sizes and shapes. I opened the tap and the phone rang. It was... Continue Reading →
Counselling hotlines to counter the COVID 19 anxiety Lily Thomas The Hindu, April 3 2020 (Emphasis added) A majority of them are temporary services aimed at helping those facing mental health issues stemming from the current crisis Vikas (name changed), middle-aged, his wife and their toddler miles away in another metro, and he is working... Continue Reading →
MENTAL health of lockdown society a matter of concern The Hindu April 7 2020 Satyasundar Barik (emphasis added_Murthy) Odisha State Disaster Management Authority directs District Collectors to collaborate with NGOs and provide counselling to the distressed With the nationwide lockdown entering the third week, mental health experts urged authorities to adopt stress-busting solutions to keep... Continue Reading →
NIMHANS pitches in to shun stigma and psychosocial trauma The Hindu, April 8 2020 Afshan Yasmeen (emphasis added-Murthy) Union Health Ministry has entrusted the institute with the task of preparing information, education, and communication material on COVID-19 In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Union Health Ministry has entrusted NIMHANS, the country’s premier mental... Continue Reading →
COVID 19 and Emotional Health: April 9 2020 Many initiatives, differing focus …………. The last few days has seen a multitude of articles, radio programmes, TV discussions and many initiatives to understand the emotional impact of lockdown, and to disseminate emotional health skills with the general population. The following is a summary to bring many... Continue Reading →
