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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 →
"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 →
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 →
Editorial J. Indian Assoc. Child Adolesc. Ment. Health 2020;16(2):1-12 Building Psychological Immunity in Children and Adolescents Tanu Gupta, Naresh Nebhinani Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Email: drnaresh_pgi@yahoo.com (emphasis added-Murthy) At the beginning let us share a very painful incident which raised many concerns and questions in our mind and... Continue Reading →
COVID-19: Mental health, fear and anxiety D. Sheikhshoib, Srinagar. Email: sheikhshoib22@gmail.com (emphasis added-Murthy) Covid-19 is a novel corona virus that was first detected in China and has been detected all over the world including in our union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Pandemics are not just a medical phenomenon they affect individual, and... Continue Reading →
COVID-19, Coronavirus and Mental Health Rehabilitation at Times of Crisis Editorial Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health (2020) • Published: 02 April 2020 Prof. Santosh K. Chaturvedi , Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India (emphasis added-Murthy) The ongoing concerns related to the spread of Covid-19... Continue Reading →
COVID 19 and Emotional Health: PSYCHIATRISTS Views and contributions -April 6,2020 During the last few days, mental health professionals have shared their experiences and concerns about the emotional health of the population exposed to the pandemic. The full articles, audios and videos are posted in the SENSE MAKING section of the blogpost. In addition, a... Continue Reading →
