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Manodarpan: Inviting ideas to combat Psycho-social stress on School and College Students, Teachers and Parents due to COVID-19 pandemic

Start Date :
Jul 21, 2020
Last Date :
Aug 21, 2020
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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The outbreak of the global pandemic COVID -19 presents a challenging time for everyone around the world. Not only is this pandemic a serious medical concern, but it also brings ...

The outbreak of the global pandemic COVID -19 presents a challenging time for everyone around the world. Not only is this pandemic a serious medical concern, but it also brings mixed emotions and psycho-social stressors for all. There are emerging mental health concerns with specific focus on Children, Adolescents and Youth as they more vulnerable to heightened level of stress, anxiety and fearfulness, along with a range of other emotional and behavioral issues. COVID-19 has also brought new stressors on Teachers and Parents hampering their capacity to provide positive support to their wards. While it is important to focus on continuing education on the academic front, we must give equal importance to the mental health and well-being of the students.

Manodarpan, an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, under the AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, aims at mobilizing psycho-social support to help Children, Youth, Teachers and Parents country-wide in a comprehensive and multimodal manner during conditions like COVID-19 and after. For more information, please visit www.mhrd.gov.in/covid-19/

MyGov in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, hereby invites citizens to share ideas and inputs to combat the psycho-social stress on School & College Students, Teachers and Parents, caused due to COVID-19 pandemic. Selected comments may be featured on social media.

Last date of sending us your inputs is 21st August 2020

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Dr Guinness Madasamy
Dr Guinness Madasamy 6 years 3 weeks ago
Simple strategies that can address this can include giving young people the love and attention that they need to resolve their fears, and being honest with children, explaining what is happening in a way that they can understand, even if they are young
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 6 years 3 weeks ago
I suspect there will be a growing need for professional help for people struggling with the emotional toll the pandemic is taking. However, in some instances, for some people, a solution could be as simple as linking them with others through virtual means, internet or phone-based, and offering suggestions on what they can do to help others.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 6 years 3 weeks ago
Clinicians who discern that their patients are in distress mentally or emotionally will want to have at their disposal contact information for counselors, social workers and others to whom they can refer the patient.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 6 years 3 weeks ago
Many of these patients may not readily admit to feeling lonely or stressed, and some may believe these feelings are beyond the scope of their clinician’s role.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 6 years 3 weeks ago
It doesn’t take a pandemic for some older adults to feel what many younger adults are only now appreciating viscerally and emotionally
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 6 years 3 weeks ago
the pandemic might teach societies an important lesson isolated older adults face challenges every day, not just during times of crisis.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 6 years 3 weeks ago
Right now, we’re experiencing a pandemic of mandated isolation. The fact that many older adults are already isolated by virtue of widowhood, living alone and having mobility or transportation challenges that preclude social activities in the community means they are being forced to give up what little interaction they may have had to begin with.
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