World Mental Health Day observed at DMCH
Author(s): City Air NewsDepartment of Psychiatry, DMCH, Ludhiana on Saturday organising 'Caregivers Awareness Meet' on World Mental Health Day. Ludhiana, October 10, 2015: Department of Psychiatry today organised 'Caregivers Awareness...
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Oct 10, 2015 09:30
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Department of Psychiatry, DMCH, Ludhiana on Saturday organising 'Caregivers Awareness Meet' on World Mental Health Day.
Ludhiana, October 10, 2015: Department of Psychiatry today organised 'Caregivers Awareness Meet' on World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day is observed every year on 10 October to raise awareness about issues pertaining to mental illness. The theme for World Mental Health Day this year is "Dignity in mental Health". Dr Ranjive Mahajan (Professor & Head of Psychiatry) informed that people with mental illness need not to live with social stigma and should express themselves and take treatment for their diseases from the qualified psychiatrist. The meet emphasized on maintaining dignity of patients suffering from mental illness. The nursing students presented a role play depicting the social stigma attached with patients suffering from mental illnesses. Patients and their caregivers also expressed their views and experiences regarding the problems being faced by them.
It was mentioned that there are many people all over the world, who suffer from some or other form of mental illness and are deprived of dignity and basic human rights, including exclusion from the normal social activities.
Date:
Saturday, October 10, 2015
