School Mental Heath Programme

Awareness programme held at Girls Hr Sec. Kothi Bagh

5 Dariya News (Muzaffar Bhat, Rouf Pampori)

Srinagar 15-Jun-2014

Drug De-addiction services of Jammu and Kashmir Police in its initiative to prevent drug abuse among school going children, conducted 46th Mental Health Programme in Government Girls Higher Secondary School Kothi Bagh, Srinagar.More than 300 students’ alongwith the staff members participated in the programme. Group interaction with students of the school during which Drug abuse and stress management were deliberate upon in depth were also conducted.The reports received maintained that the teaching staff of the school highly acknowledged the initiative of Police Drug De-addiction centre and requested for further programmes and improving upon the facilities, so that they are Gender-friendly.

A team of mental health professionals comprising of  Haris Abrar Kashmiri (Psychiatric social worker),  Zahid Jeelani Wani (counseling Psychologist) and  Fidah Hussain Mir (Yoga Therapist) educated the female folk about the harmful effects of drug abuse, stress and preventive measures that need to be taken. The experts highlighted the alarming scenario of drug abuse across the state by quoting different studies conducted on the subject.

The experts also impressed upon the youth to join hands with the Police Drug De-addiction centre in order to make the society drug free. The experts also briefed upon stress and its management related to which various questions were raised by the students and answered satisfactorily by the team.It is pertinent to mention that Police Drug De-addiction centre has led to a De-addiction movement in Kashmir and now its focus has shifted to prevention of young population and vocational rehabilitation, besides treatment and counseling at DDC.