Five-day training held on mental health support in disaster management

CNN Central News & Networks / ITDC India ePress / ITDC News /Agencies/ Bhopal: A five-day training workshop is being organised at RRD, Bhopal, with the objective of providing mental health and psychosocial support to people affected in disaster situations and ensuring a swift and effective response by health services.

The workshop is being held under the central sector scheme (EMR-DM Cell) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, in collaboration with the Madhya Pradesh Public Health and Medical Education Department. Experts from NIMHANS, Bengaluru, are providing the training.

Under the workshop, a total of 105 participants from the state will be trained in three phases. During the training, practical instruction is being given on important subjects such as identifying disaster-affected persons, managing mental trauma and stress, primary psychosocial support (psychological first aid), effective communication in crisis situations, community support and coordination of mental health services.

The main objective of the workshop is to strengthen the preparedness and rapid response capacity of the Health Department during natural and man-made disasters. Along with this, preparing trained human resources to provide timely and quality mental health and psychosocial support to disaster-affected individuals and communities is also an important goal of this initiative.

This training will strengthen better coordination of health services during disaster management, sensitive and effective assistance, and protection of the mental health of affected communities.

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