NCIASP 2023 organized in Medical College from 24 to 26 November
Raipur. The 30th annual national conference NCIASP 2023 (National Conference of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry) is being organized under the joint aegis of the Department of Psychiatry, Raipur Medical College and the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry. In this three-day conference starting from 24th November to 26th November, experts from different parts of the country have participated to brainstorm on various aspects of social psychiatry. The entire conference focused on the topic “Public Health Approaches in Mental Health”. This conference was formally inaugurated on Friday by Dr. A., Vice Chancellor of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Health Sciences and AYUSH University. Of. Chandrakar and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Dean Dr. Trupti Nagaria. Expert R from NIMHANS Bangalore. Srinivas Murthy, while giving a lecture on the topic of mental health, welfare and human development, said that mental problems affect human development in many ways.
It is important to recognize mental health as a focus. By transforming care centers into mental health centers, by including mental health in all professional training, by promoting self-care for emotional health, especially among ill persons and their caregivers, and by providing education, labor With the cooperation of development, media and other organizations, better work can be done in the direction of mental health. Dr. Manoj Kumar Sahu, Head of the Department of Psychiatry in the Medical College and Chairman of the Organizing Committee, said that in view of the current scenario, this conference is aimed at promoting mental health and preventing future mental health problems by referring to social psychology with a scientific approach. And focuses on recovery from mental health problems. Dr. Surbhi Dubey, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychiatry, said that mental health is the responsibility of society, family and individual. When all classes work together, both mind and body will remain healthy. Diagnosis of any mental illness is possible only with a holistic approach, which along with medicines includes the contribution of society, society’s attitude towards mental illness and people’s good behavior towards the patient.
In the workshop organized in the scientific session of the conference, Dr. Nitin Gupta delivered a lecture on Psychotherapy in the Indian Scenario: Process of Evaluation and Conduct of Individual Dynamic Psychotherapy. He explained that psychotherapy refers to different types of treatments. With the help of psychotherapy, people suffering from mental health problems like depression, anxiety, fear, substance abuse are helped to overcome their problems. Seminars organized on topics like Public Health Approach in Mental Health: Overview and Relevance, Social Determinants of Mental Health-Current Status and Evidence, Scope and Training for Research in Public Health and Psychiatry, Mental Health from Public Health Expert – Public Health Approach in Perspective To Rakesh K. Chadha, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil and Indu PS addressed. In the conference, officials of the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, Dr. Uttam C. Garg, Dr. Varghese P. Punnos, Prof. Debashish Basu, Prof. Mamta Sood, Dr. Nitin Gupta, Dr. G. S. Kaloria has joined. The chairman of the organizing committee of the conference is Dr. Manoj Kumar Sahu, head of the department of psychiatry of the medical college, organizing secretary Dr. Deepak Ghormode and treasurer Dr. Surbhi Dubey.
