{"id":139416,"date":"2020-10-11T01:54:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T20:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=139416"},"modified":"2020-10-11T01:54:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T20:24:34","slug":"webinar-on-mental-health-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/10\/11\/webinar-on-mental-health-held\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar on mental health held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Webinar-on-mental-health-held.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-139428 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Webinar-on-mental-health-held-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Webinar-on-mental-health-held-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Webinar-on-mental-health-held-324x160.jpg 324w, https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Webinar-on-mental-health-held.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a>ITANAGAR, Oct 10:<\/strong> Fifty-six participants from across the state, including legal aid counsellors, paralegal volunteers and members of the CWC and the JJB attended a webinar on mental health care organized on 10 October by the Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (APSLSA) on the occasion of the World Mental Health Day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The webinar was aimed at raising awareness on mental health issues in the light of Covid-19 pandemic, and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health,&#8221; according to a release from APSLSA OSD Dani Belo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mental health experts from West Bengal, Mumbai and Manipur conducted sessions on mental health care and sensitized the participants to the differences between a psychologist, a psychiatrist and a life coach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clinical psychologist from West Bengal, Parmeet Soni spoke on the topic, &#8216;Stress, trauma and coping: Community mental health care&#8217;. She sensitized the participants to ways to identify mental stress, deal with trauma, and take care of one&#8217;s mental health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cinematographer from Mumbai, Ajay Noronha spoke on &#8216;Coach for mental health recovery&#8217;, and shared his own personal battle with mental health issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Imphal (Manipur)-based RIMS&#8217; Senior Resident Psychiatrist Dr Asheema Haobijam spoke about the social taboo and stigma that are associated with visiting a psychiatrist, and highlighted the positive side of seeking help for mental illnesses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among others, APSLSA project consultant Marie Riba and APSLSA Member Secretary Jaweplu Chai addressed the webinar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Oct 10: Fifty-six participants from across the state, including legal aid counsellors, paralegal volunteers and members of the CWC and the JJB attended a webinar on mental health care organized on 10 October by the Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (APSLSA) on the occasion of the World Mental Health Day. &#8220;The webinar was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-139416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}