Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya organised a special lecture ‘Muquam’ on the occasion of World Mental Health Week in collaboration with Word of Worth and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal.
Special lectures were given by experts Dr Ruma Bhattacharya (noted Psychiatrist of the city and Head of Word for Worth), Namita Gautam (Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal) and they answered the queries of young visitors on the topic of Youth and Mental Health in the Changing World.
Chief Guest of the programme was Sarman Singh, Director and CEO, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal.
He said that there is need for social psychiatry. Doctors will have to go in communities steeping out of hospitals where they have to understand the mental health requirements of individuals, families and groups and to resolve it.
They can give their services to patients as an educator, counselor and therapist.
Along with this, psychiatry should also be taught in the school syllabus.
Dr Ruma Bhattacharya said that India is the country of youngsters and mental health is very important in youth. They are not able to give attention to emotional health and spiritual health.
In this loneliness, weak memory, fear, depression, stress, indigestion, suicidal thoughts etc are the symptoms.
To know it in the initial stage it is important to talk with the youngster. For this dinner should be taken together so that kids can talk to their parents.
Dr Namita Gautam speaking on Youth and Mental Health in Changing World said that for today’s youth with the advancement of technology, have ample of mediums to express themselves so instead of sharing their issues with family and communicating with friends, they use mobile and other social mediums that disturbs them and it gives rise to various mental ailments.
It is important to mark the symptoms and causes and then to go ahead with the cure. She gave detailed information about the symptoms of people suffering from mental ailment. Experts also gave answers of questions. At the beginning of the program Guests were welcomed and Dilip Singh, Joint Director, IGRMS gave the information regarding the purpose of the program; the guests were introduced by Sun Kumar Pandey, Assistant Keeper.
In the end of the program, the Memento was presented to the guests.