The Student Wellness Centre (SWC) services at AIIMS BHOPAL were inaugurated by Prof. Dr Ajai Singh, Executive Director and CEO, AIIMS Bhopal. He on the occasion said that stress has become part of our life, which is sometime good but we need to recognize the level at which stress can cause harm to our health and take help of the experts to reduce the unnecessary mental burden.
The inaugural ceremony was organized by department of Psychiatry and attended by Dean (Academic) AIIMS Bhopal, Dean (Student Welfare) AIIMS Bhopal, Faculty members, I/c Principal Nursing College, students and other employees of the institute.
Student Wellness Centre (SWC) at AIIMS Bhopal is aimed at dealing with any loneliness issues of students enrolled for various courses being run at AIIMS Bhopal. Students while during the course of professional studies like medical or nursing, may develop feelings of anxiety or issues like loss of sleep or appetite in wake of adjustment to the new situation or during examination periods.
SWC provides services like assessment for loneliness issues, necessary counseling and referral for diagnosis and treatment if needed as per case basis. SWC services take special care of confidentiality and anonymity of the information received and persons dealt with.
AIIMS Bhopal Department of Psychiatry is the key department with its faculty members and clinical psychologist involved in providing services of SWC.
As informed by Prof Vijender Singh, Head Department of Psychiatry, there is a felt need of comprehensive health counselling services for medical and nursing students of AIIMS Bhopal. The Department of Psychiatry is running is round the clock helpline for students of AIIMS Bhopal in case of need felt by students even during the odd hours.