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Pointingout that there are hardly any training programmes in India conducted for the public on identifying and managing the day-to-day crises that people face, the doctor said most psychological first-aid programs deal with managing severe mental disorders. In the wake of this, a unique initiative was adopted at NIMHANS from 2016. So far, more than 5,000 psychological first-aiders have been trained from all over the country, she said.

The workshop will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Seminar Hall 1, Department of Mental Health Education, Dr. M.V. Govindaswamy Building at NIMHANS. People can register at by May 29. Details can be had on 080-26995156 or mheducati...@gmail.com

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The objectives of this certificate module are to recognize the public health problem of tobacco use disorders and outline the principles of tobacco cessation. After completing the module, you should be able to recognize the public health importance of tobacco use and associated policy and summarize the screening and brief intervention for tobacco cessation.

You have 30 days of access from registration. On average, this module will take between 5 and 6 hours of dedicated time to complete. Please keep two hours per week to complete this certificate module.

Your fees (non-refundable) contribute to maintaining our state-of-the-art Edutech platform, which runs on a secure and efficient cloud-based system. Our back-end server is optimized for speed and capacity, ensuring your data is safe and secure. Our commitment to privacy is unwavering.

Ms. Sanchitha has been helping us make this module easily accessible to all the participants. She has been working hard so that all the queries are responded as early as possible. We are grateful to her.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all these contributors who generously provided their time and expertise pro bono, making this initiative possible. Furthermore, we would like to acknowledge the significant support from Bajaj Electricals through a CSR grant, which allowed us to build the edutech platform. This support has enabled us to offer the course at a nominal fee, making it accessible to a wider audience, with a cost of less than 5 USD.

How much does this certificate module cost? : The fee for this module is 354 INR (including 18% GST). This amount is payable to NIMHANS. You pay for secured software, Edutech, server etc. No free software or digital tool (including email, server, Edutech etc.) has been used for this.

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Tobacco use is undoubtedly a public health problem and to tackle this issue, multi-sectoral coordination is essential. From psychiatrists to dentists to public health physicians, each have a role to play in helping people achieve tobacco cessation and maintenance of that state. The course was diligently made and conducted with insights to national data, identification of the problem, assessment and treatment. Highly appreciate the efforts of the course coordinators. Thank you for the wonderful course and exhaustive material. Looking forward to more courses collaborating mental health and public health.

Well designed course and support team for help both together helped me in acquiring knowledge in the area and it also helped in having clarity on topic

I thank the team for coming up with such a wonderful structured course

I got the opportunity to upgrade my knowledge on the tobacco cessation. Very well designed and very good content. No doubt this course will help those who want to learn and work in the tobacco program.

the course and the flow of the course is very smooth in dissemination of knowledge. step by step all the tools are taught for tobacco cessation. relapse management along with pharmacological/ non pharmacological interventions were the most interesting aspects of the course.

The mission is to expand the capacity to provide best practice care for Addiction mental health among health care professionals and assess the outcome in India. This is conducted through weekly multipoint video conference and online training which is accessible through all devices and without any burden to the participants. The objective is to develop a learning loop and a knowledge network which will create a deep knowledge, skills and self-efficacy. This will reduce the variations in standard of care, sharing of clinical wisdom along with practice guidelines and sharing of "best practices" models.

The treatment gap in mental health and specially in addiction is huge in our country. Virtual Knolwedge Network (VKN) NIMHANS is running weekly online NIMHANS ECHO sessions to bridge the gap. The Project ECHO, US is the intellectual partner of this initiative. The heart of this NIMHANS ECHO model is its hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing networks, led by expert teams who use multi-point videoconferencing to conduct virtual clinics with community health care providers (doctors and others). In this way, doctors, nurses, and other clinicians learn to provide excellent specialty care to patients in their own communities.

The ongoing weekly VKN NIMHANS ECHO teleHealth session consists of components of both case based learning i.e. Case presentation and Didactic sessions by experts. In this weekly training, the aim is to develop a learning loop and a knowledge-sharing network which will create in-depth knowledge, skills and self-efficacy among health care practitioners. This guided practice help to decrease in disparity in the standard of treatment care in our country. The partner health professionals also present clinical case and seek clarifications regarding standard managment. The learning happens both from the NIMHANS team as well from their own peers. This live (Synchronous) session are integrated with an e-learning module certification for participants.

At this point there are 700 health care professionals including medical colleges have partnered to this free of cost knowledge sharing platform. approximately 15 classrooms and 50 individual health professionals participate in this weekly LIVE videoconference (synchronous) based sessions. In last year 520 participated for this weekly programe and 300 received certificate for completion of the e-learning (asynchronous) module. vlc.nimhans.ac.in

MindNotes from NIMHANS is an app that helps you navigate your mental wellness journey through enhancing self-awareness and gaining clarity about the nature of your common mental health concerns, recognizing and dealing with barriers that prevent you from seeking help, and building your self-help toolkit along the way.

Note: MindNotes is not a diagnostic tool for mental health problem or a substitute for consultation with a mental health professional or for psychotherapy. Also, its scope is limited to common mental health concerns. We recommend you consult a mental health professional for evaluation, diagnosis or treatment needs if you think you may be experiencing a mental health problem.

MindNotes has been developed by NIMHANS, Bengaluru in collaboration with E-Health Center International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru. MindNotes has been possible with funding and technical development support from Microsoft Research India and design support from Icarus Nova, Bengaluru. MindNotes is thus an outcome of an intense collaboration between mental health and public health experts on one hand with technology experts on the other hand.

Dr. Seema Mehrotra is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, with 28+ years of professional experience as a clinician, teacher, trainer and researcher. She has worked extensively on development of mental health promotive interventions, youth mental health and digital mental health initiatives to reach the unreached. She has led numerous funded projects, mentored doctoral work and published research in these domains. She has played a lead role in development of indigenous mental health apps namely, PUSH-D, Wellness-Check.

Dr. Amit Sharma is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research India. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from Cornell University and B.Tech. in computer science and engineering from IIT Kharagpur. His work focuses on understanding the role of machine learning systems and technology in general, as they interact with people in high-stakes domains like healthcare. As a part of the Moments of Change project at Microsoft Research, Amit has worked on technology interventions to increase mental healthcare access through different mediums such as online forums, phone helplines and mobile apps. His work on mental health helplines in India won the Best Paper award at ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI), 2021.

Dr. Paulomi M Sudhir is a Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru. She has more than 20 years of experience as a clinician, teacher and researcher. She is a consultant at the Behavioural Medicine unit, at the Department of Clinical Psychology. She is engaged in providing clinical services and training in cognitive behavioural therapies and mindfulness based, third generation therapies in addition to mentoring research. Her specific interests have been anxiety and mood disorders, health behaviours and personality and cognitive processes in mental health. She co-led the expert team involved in development of PUSH-D app.

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