One Day Workshop for BSF (Women) Personnel at PU
National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar Sharma
Chadnigarh
The
Centre for Human Rights and Duties in collaboration with National Cadet Corps,
Panjab University, Chandigarh organised today, a one day workshop for BSF
(Women) Personnel on “Stress and Its Impact on Mental Health” at University
Institute of Emerging Areas in Social Sciences (UIEASS), Panjab
University. Ms. Deepika Lamba, Clinical psychologist, Department of
Psychiatry, GMCH Sector-32, Chandigarh gave a presentation on the topic “Stress
And Its Effects On Mental Health”. She said that stress not only affects
our physical health but also mental health and well being. Stress has
detrimental effects on our physiological, emotional, behavioral and
psychological well being. Stress lead to various problems such as heart disease,
cancer, lung diseases, accidents, depression, suicide etc. She stated that
about 43% of adult health problems are the result of stress. Therefore,
identification and dealing with the causes of stress is important. She
gave practical tips to manage stress. Dr Manreet Kaur, Department of
Psychiatry, GMCH Sector-32, Chandigarh gave a presentation on the topic “Stress
Management: Practical Ways to Prevent and Relieve Stress”. She explained
that stress management is basically a set of techniques and
programs intended to help people deal more effectively with stress in their
lives by analyzing the specific stressors and taking positive actions to
minimize their effects. She shared the 7 tips that are adapted from the
American Psychological Association (2018) to support individuals for Stress
Management. These basically include: 1. Understanding stress 2. Identifying
stress sources 3. Learning to recognize stress signals 4. Recognizing stress
strategies 5. Implementing healthy stress management strategies 6. Making
self-care a priority and 7. Asking for support when needed. She also talked
about the 4 A's of Stress Management i.e. avoid, alter, accept, adapt. Stress
management can be achieved by being proactive with your life, taking charge of
your surroundings, avoiding individuals that cause you unnecessary stress. She
also shared some of the coping strategies to relieve stress for eg. diaphragmatic
breathing, progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), meditation, guided imagery,
walk and exercise, thought monitoring, assertive communication,
managing time, balanced schedule, adequate Sleep, balanced diet, positive self-talk habit,
express Gratitude etc. Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Coordinator NCC, PU, Dr. Namita
Gupta, Chairperson, Centre for Human Rights and Duties and Prof. Monika
Munjial, Incharge of NCC Girls Wing, in their address introduced the
theme, shared the objective and introduced the resource person. They shared
that the workshop has been organised to help BSF women personnel to cope with
stress and other associated psychological problems. 40 women personnel
from the BSF participated in the workshop.
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