IITs focus more on mental health as suicides rise, education – Health News | Latest Health & Healthcare Industry Information and Updates: ET HealthWorld : ETHealthworld.com

Initiatives taken by IITs such as Madras, Delhi, Roorkee, Guwahati and Hyderabad include wellness sessions and campaigns, welfare boards, expanding the network of counsellors, student mentorship programmes, sensitisation sessions, psychological scale assessment platforms and tie-ups with external e-counselling services. Earlier this month, IIT-Madras, which has seen four student suicides this year, started a wellness session series for its students with the support of the National Health Mission under the Tamil Nadu government’s Department of Health and Family Welfare to increase awareness on mental health., Initiatives taken by IITs such as Madras, Delhi, Roorkee, Guwahati and Hyderabad include wellness sessions and campaigns, welfare boards, expanding the network of counsellors, student mentorship programmes, sensitisation sessions, psychological scale assessment platforms and tie-ups with external e-counselling services. Earlier this month, IIT-Madras, which has seen four student suicides this year, started a wellness session series for its students with the support of the National Health Mission under the Tamil Nadu government’s Department of Health and Family Welfare to increase awareness on mental health., , Read More,

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