As a great honor for the Department and Country, poster was presented in the New Research Young Investigators Poster Session at the APA Annual Meeting 2010 titled “Well Being and Psychiatric Status of Parents of Children with Mental Retardation in Pakistan”.
Three hours workshop was conducted at Beconhouse school system on 24-4-2010. The main purpose of the workshop was to give the awareness about the common mental health problems among the school age children and to give them healthy suggestion to deal with the emotional, behavioral, problems of the children.
It was planned to identify the emotional and behavioral problems which are most common in Beconhouse school students and more over to guide parents how they can adapt healthy parenting styles and what role of teachers in the management of issues.
The rationale of the activity was to enhance the mental health of the children and to make them able to live with their full potential and abilities.
| Components of the workshop | Presented by |
| Developmental and cognitive disorders | Ms. Asma Bajwa |
| Emotional and behavioral problems | Dr. Imtiaz Dogar |
| Parenting styles | Ms. Samreen |
Participants
Mothers and teachers were the participants of this workshop. All the participants were divided in to 6 groups and there were 6 members in each group.
After the combine activity following problems of the children were identified by the mothers
After the identification of the problems, facilitators address each of the problems one by one and suggestions were given to the participants regarding the management.
Workshop was ended with the strategy making to counter the negative role of the electronic media and healthy parenting styles and participants were given the healthy take home messages through hand outs.
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Punjab Medical College Faisalabad in Collaboration with Institute of Psychiatry Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Rawalpindi organized:
TRAINING WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION AND COUNSELING SKILLS FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Punjab Medical College Faisalabad in Collaboration with Institute of Psychiatry Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Rawalpindi organized:
TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR PARAMEDICAL STAFF ON DIAGNOSIS AND REPORTING DATA ON MENTAL ILLNESSES
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Punjab Medical College Faisalabad in Collaboration with Institute of Psychiatry Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Rawalpindi organized:
“Training workshop for joint Strategies to Counter Stigma / Community stigma level workshop”
The workshop was held at the Department of Psychiatry DHQ Hospital Faisalabad on the 2nd and 4th February 2010. Personnel from Social Welfare Department, Lawyers / Advocates, Press Club, Doctors and Lady Health Workers actively participated.
Workshop was inaugurated by the Honorable Principal Punjab Medical College Dr. Riaz Hussain Dab and Medical Superintendent DHQ Hospital Dr. Hafiz Mukhtar Randhawa. Preceded by recitation of the Holy Quran. Dr. Mukhtar spoke emphatically about the continuous efforts of the Department for public awareness of mental illnesses, followed by Dr. Riaz Hussain who emphasized the importance of Mental Health as well as Physical Health in our lives. Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar facilitated the proceedings by providing a formal introduction to the participants.
The main agenda for first day was to identify the “Causes of Stigma”. After 2 hours of combine activity; the following causes of stigma were identified by the participants:
At the end of the day, Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar presided over the Q/A session followed by a general discussion on the topic.
Second day started with the aim of developing strategies on both the government and public levels. Following strategies and recommendations were put forward:
As per direction of Principal, PMC Allied / DHQ Hospitals Faisalabad, the Orientation Course for House Officers working in DHQ Hospital Faisalabad was held on 26th January 2010 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM at Nursing School DHQ Hospital Faisalabad.
House officers from following medical units participated from Batch-III
The workshop started with Recitation of Holy Quran, followed by Opening address by Medical Superintendent explaining the aims and objectives for the workshop. Interactive discussions were carried out on the following topics by respective facilitators:
Feedback proforma was also employed to obtain participants view and comments regarding the workshop, data was gathered in an anonymous fashion. Making sure the identity of the participant is in no way compromised.
As per direction of Principal, PMC Allied / DHQ Hospitals Faisalabad, the Orientation Course for House Officers working in DHQ Hospital Faisalabad was held on 19th January 2010 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM at Nursing School DHQ Hospital Faisalabad.
House officers from following medical units participated from Batch-II
The workshop started with Recitation of Holy Quran, followed by Opening address by Medical Superintendent explaining the aims and objectives for the workshop. Interactive discussions were carried out on the following topics by respective facilitators:
Feedback proforma was also employed to obtain participants view and comments regarding the workshop, data was gathered in an anonymous fashion. Making sure the identity of the participant is in no way compromised.
As per direction of Principal, PMC Allied / DHQ Hospitals Faisalabad, the Orientation Course for House Officers working in DHQ Hospital Faisalabad was held on 12th January 2010 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM at Nursing School DHQ Hospital Faisalabad.
House officers from following medical units participated from Batch-A
The workshop started with Recitation of Holy Quran, followed by Opening address by Medical Superintendent explaining the aims and objectives for the workshop. Interactive discussions were carried out on the following topics by respective facilitators:
Feedback proforma was also employed to obtain participants view and comments regarding the workshop, data was gathered in an anonymous fashion. Making sure the identity of the participant is in no way compromised.
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