‘You need a psychiatric treatment’ should be a positive advice

‘You need a psychiatric treatment’ should be a positive advice

By Vikas Vaidya

When anybody behaves whimsically, people either jokingly; sarcastically or angrily, ask him to go to a psychiatrist and have the treatment. This ‘you need a psychiatric treatment’ type of advice should be positive and should be serious enough. If mental health is not taken seriously then its consequences have larger impact which one has to carry throughout the life. This was opinion of the city’s psychiatrists on the occasion of installation of the new  team of Indian Psychiatric Society’s Nagpur chapter.
Dr Sudhir Bhave, eminent Psychiatrist, said, “The treatment of mental illness is equally important as the physical health. As we unknowingly take care of our kith and kin during his physical illness, same cooperation must be given to the person with mental illness.”
Some groups led by Dr Bhave or he himself have been visiting schools and colleges to spread the awareness about mental health.
Dr Vivek Kirpekar and Dr Kausar Abbasi feel that the awareness was on rise. They both admitted the stigma of going to the psychiatrist has not gone completely. Whenever anybody approaches the psychiatrist, he  requests the doctor not to disclose his identity. It should not happen.
Talking about depression which has become rampant and suicide are on rise, Dr Kirpekar and Dr Abbasi explained, “The cases of depression are increasing. This is because, lifestyle has changed, people have to make more and more adjustments, competition has increased. When the things are not fulfilled then it takes people into depression or there are millions of things.”

Preventive measures for mental health

“There should be a good bonding of children with parents. A good interaction with children makes difference. They should be made habitual of reading. Teaching how to think is another important aspect. Developing good relationship with both the sexes. Second and most important factor is, any parent can make the child listen to them only when they could become a role model for him,” asserted Dr Bhave.
Dr Vivek Kirpekar and Dr Kausar Abbasi pointed out that playing games, reading books make the difference. Parental role is important. Main reason behind the complications is that there are no joint families, but Dr Kirpekar confidently stated that after 20-25 years families would again rejoin.


Rural people need mental healthcare

Dr Dilip Gode, Vice-Chancellor, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences University said that the rural people face problems of mental illness more. Poverty, loans, lack of facilities, rising demands of children etc were some of the reasons. The mental healthcare system is absent in rural areas. The rural people do not realise that the solution to their problem lies with Psychiatrist. Through community health services, psychiatrists can render the health services to these people, pointed Dr Gode.

City docs’ contribution to ‘Personality Development’

Maharashtra State School Education Department has come out with a novel idea to teach Personality Development to children. The course has been designed for Class IX. The list of authors has three Psychiatrists from Nagpur. They include Dr Avinash Joshi, Dr Sarita Modak and Dr Sushil Gawande.
Dr Gawande who is teacher at NKPSIMS said, “Structured value-based education is very important. Sanskars, prayers at home can transform the child’s personality.” Dr Gawande is writing book on value-based education for pre-school children.

Rapes are nothing but men’s counter-aggression

New body of Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS), Nagpur chapter under Dr Durga Bang as President and Dr Abhishek Somani as Secretary has decided to focus on Women’s mental health. Dr Bang is the first woman President of IPS that was established in the year 2003. Dr Bang and Dr Somani said, “Adolescents will be given value-based education. For this, the teams will go to schools. We will prepare a planned programme and implement it. Now the roles of women are changing. She has become multi-tasker and her mental health should be sound.”
Dr Somani said that the crimes against women have increased because men’s are responding with counter aggression. He further pointed out that men were feeling insecure and through forced actions they wanted to show their dominance, added Dr Somani.



New body of IPS

President- Dr Durga Bang, Secretary- Dr Abhishek Somani,
Vice-President- Dr Praveer Waradkar, Treasurer- Dr Sushil Gawande, Joint Secretaries- Dr Sagar Chiddarwar and Dr Suleman Virani, Scientific and Public Programmes- Dr Anand Saoji, Dr Ashwin Bhattad, Review Committee members- Dr Rajendra Sarda, Dr Avinash Joshi, Dr Chandrashekhar Joshi, Media and Public Relations- Dr Sudhir Bhave, Legal cell- Dr Salim Mujawar, Woman cell- Dr Priti Bhute, CME Co-ordinator - Dr Kausar Abbasi
Executive Council members- Dr Vivek Kirpekar, Dr P N Jaiswal, Dr Pradeep Patil, Dr Shailesh Pangaonkar, Dr Rajiv Palsodkar, Dr Pawan Adatia, Dr Abhay Challani, Dr Shrikant Nibhorkar, Dr Prashant Tipl, Dr Manish Thakre.