{"id":224285,"date":"2023-09-15T00:29:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=224285"},"modified":"2023-09-15T00:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:59:19","slug":"orgs-get-together-for-awareness-on-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/09\/15\/orgs-get-together-for-awareness-on-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Orgs get together for awareness on mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ETALIN\/ANINI, 14 Sep:<\/strong> Community members, educators, and students participated in a\u00a0 three-day awareness programme on &#8216;Mental health, suicide resilience promotion and good touch and bad touch&#8217;, organised by the All Idu Mishmi Students&#8217; Union and the Kongo Youth Association, in collaboration with the All Arunachal Pradesh Psychological Association (AAPPA), in Etalin and Anini in Dibang Valley district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme, which concluded on Thursday, featured interactive sessions, workshops, and &#8216;expert-led discussions&#8217; conducted by resource persons Dr Jyoti Tamuk, Koj Rinyo and Habung Antung, and Sapna Linggi from the RIWATCH, to engage the stakeholders, according to a release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It focused on raising awareness about the prevalence and impact of mental health issues and suicides in the region; breaking stigmas surrounding mental health and fostering empathy and understanding; providing information on mental health conditions, warning signs, support and treatment by experts from the AAPPA; providing practical strategies and techniques to enhance resilience and coping skills among individuals, families and communities; and promoting help-seeking behaviour by encouraging individuals to reach out for professional assistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Information about local mental health services and helplines was shared to ensure access to immediate support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETALIN\/ANINI, 14 Sep: Community members, educators, and students participated in a\u00a0 three-day awareness programme on &#8216;Mental health, suicide resilience promotion and good touch and bad touch&#8217;, organised by the All Idu Mishmi Students&#8217; Union and the Kongo Youth Association, in collaboration with the All Arunachal Pradesh Psychological Association (AAPPA), in Etalin and Anini in Dibang [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-224285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224285","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=224285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}