PBL Ideas from India: Neerja Birla, founder and president of the Aditya Birla Education Trust, there hasn’t been much talk about mental health on Saturday, even today, because of the stigma attached to it, and that the situation was much worse before.
“Six years ago when we started working, there was less talk about this compared to today because the stigma attached to it is deeply ingrained,” Birla, who faced mental health issues in her life, told Gul Panag on the second day of the conference. PBL. Network India Ideas Summit.
Panag chaired the session on ‘Learning to speak: Breaking the silence’.
“During our work, we realized that there was a lack of awareness about it. Also that when he is aware, the deal was missed. So we’re trying to bridge that gap between awareness and make it more accessible,” Birla added.
He said that when his daughter Ananya was born, he became a victim of depression and felt guilty about it.
“I couldn’t do anything for my daughter. Everyone in the family was upset. Then I read about mental health, about postpartum depression. If I had known about it earlier, I would have dealt with it already. Preparations have to be made for this state.” in advance,” Birla said.
She said that mental health complaints are also being seen in children and therefore awareness needs to be raised from the school level, and teachers can play a big role in this.
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He also talked about how it can be addressed in the early stages of life.
“The Mpower Mind mental health curriculum is the same as the math curriculum, the history curriculum, starting from an early age. Talk about what a mental health problem is. This makes it easy for kids to understand from the start what the problem is and what the solution should be.” Birla said.
He asked people to contact a therapist if there was a mental health problem. “It should be understood that people who achieve a lot in life also have mental health problems.”
Birla, who works closely with the CISF (Central Industrial Security Forces), said that if people want to talk about mental health issues, they can contact them.
“You can get help with mental health issues by calling 180-120-820050. This is a very serious issue about which there is still a lack of awareness in the country and it needs to be increased,” she said.
He also said that his work has discovered that many men also face mental problems, but they don’t talk about it.
“We have a 24/7 helpline. And we’ve gotten 80 percent of the calls from men talking about mental issues,” she revealed.
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To help with citizens’ mental health issues due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mpower has partnered with the Government of Maharashtra and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to launch a free helpline 1800-120-820050. The helpline is available 24×7.
After a year of successfully running the Mpower1on1 helpline, it was clear that an even more private and accessible resource was needed to seek help. Mpower has therefore launched a chat service available 24/7 for those who can’t find the privacy or courage to speak, or prefer to type rather than speak.
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