जागतिक मानसिक आरोग्य दिन विशेष : केईएम रुग्णालयातील 'सखी वन स्टॉप सेंटर'द्वारे पीडित महिलांचं होतंय समुपदेशन

जागतिक मानसिक आरोग्य दिन हा दिवस पहिल्यांदा 1992 मध्ये वर्ल्ड मेंटल हेल्थ असोसिएशनच्या पुढाकारानं साजरा करण्यात आला.

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00:00We also run a helpline to counsel people who wish to quit alcohol, tobacco and their family members

00:05on how to handle the situation. We encourage wives to understand that he is a victim, not culprit.

00:11With treatment and family support, many people have quit. But we also tell them to not tolerate

00:17abuse and to continue with the relationship only if he is willing to work on quitting the addiction.

00:23While it affects rich and poor both, many people trapped in this addiction are very poor.

00:29Hence, we provide the counseling for free till they are able to quit.

00:33In the last six months, we have counseled 80 people.

00:38Our director, Dr. Dharo Shaha, who is a psychiatrist, witnessed how badly alcohol destroys the mental

00:43health of families. Hence, we focus on preventing new youngsters from falling in the trap.

00:49We, at Ugravedan Foundation, believe that it is the responsibility of society to educate youth

00:55adequately about the truth of this addictive poison before they face the peer pressure to experiment

01:02with it. We have given more than 800 presentations on this till now in various schools and colleges.

01:09And now we are training other social workers, teachers, doctors, etc. to do similar work. A few

01:15months back, we conducted the training in two batches. English