HAPPENINGS IN FORTIS SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH

PROGRAMME, 2016

Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Healthcare

Message from Dr. Samir Parikh

Mental health is the essence of life. There is no denying the necessity of having sound mental faculties and being devoid of any mental health related problems. Prevention takes precedence amongst all approaches that are geared towards enabling people to have good lives which are balanced. Building upon the right foundation requires having requisite life skills and abilities that allow for effective problem solving and decision making and efficiently tackling stressors. These skills are primarily imparted at school during those early growing years when students’ personalities are shaped and when they learn how to do things.

The vision is to shape and transform lives of the young population of our country through the robust Fortis School Mental Health programme. The following pages are a snapshot of the work we did in 2016.

I want to thank you all for providing us with the support to make this happen by sharing our vision and trusting in what we do through our programmes for schools. This is just the beginning and the years to come will see us do a lot more in this field of mental health in schools.

Dr. Samir ParikhConsultant PsychiatristDirector – Fortis National Mental Health ProgramDepartment of Mental Health and Behavioural SciencesFortis Healthcare

Under Fortis School Mental Health Programme, we have

conducted 350+ workshops with 48650 students, 8240 parents and

8567 Teachers across 69 cities.

Highlights of 2016

Busting Exam Stress

Exams bring with them apprehension, worry and even sleepless nights for many students. During this crucial time of the year, a nationwide Study and Exam Skills Campaign was launched with a

total of 64 workshops being conducted with 9536 students from 11 cities. The workshops focused on student engagement, with an emphasis on ‘Studying Smart’

Worried During Exams? Help is Just a Phone Call Away

Not able to handle the panic for tomorrow’s exam? Blanking out during the exam? Pick up the phone and call an expert! January 2016 marked the launch of the Fortis National Exam

Helpline to help students cope effectively with exam stress by providing counselling services telephonically. Running seven days a week from 9am to 5pm, providing assistance on exam stress, useful study tips, effective learning strategies and ways to improve memory, the helpline received

calls from across 13 states with an average of a 100 calls a day.

Blowing Off Steam – How ‘Angry’ Am I?

In March 2016, we curated the Anger Management Campaign. To connect with students in today’s age, an Anger Avatar app was shared on Fortis Portal to create awareness about anger management. The campaign grew to a total of 19 workshops for 3325 students, and was geared to

help them regulate and express anger in an appropriate and constructive manner.

We Got ‘Psych-Ed’!

September 2016 saw a milestone being laid at a national and international level when the department conducted the First Annual National Psychology Quiz ‘Psych-Ed’.

This path-breaking initiative witnessed enthusiastic participation from 231 schools from 69 cities in India & Singapore, in which the top three teams were rewarded with a total prize of Rupees One Lakh. The winners also received scholarships from GD Goenka University, the event sponsors, along with

free internships with Fortis Healthcare.

Bully to Buddy Programme

With overwhelming requests for anti-bullying workshops for students and teachers, 26 workshops reaching out to 3550 students were conducted as part of the ‘Bully to Buddy Campaign’.

Through this initiative, the students formed anti-bullying squads to tackle bullying at school. The campaign received a consistent flow of positive feedback and praise from students and teachers alike.

Shaping Today’s Peer-Moderators for a Better Tomorrow

Continuing the legacy of the Fortis Prosocial Peer-Moderator Programme, the number of such events in the year 2016 touched new heights with 638 peer-moderators across 157 schools

being trained with varied life skills through 34 interactive, activity based workshops. Experts trained the peer-moderators, who further spread learning across their schools on issues concern-

ing gender sensitivity, media literacy, aggression management and study and exam skills.

Counsellor Empowerment – The Next Big Thing

The Fortis School Counsellor Forum has been refurbished with new hands-on modules and toolkits, to work with student development and classroom management within schools. A great start was made, with as many as 195 counsellors from 164 schools being trained to work with

students effectively through assertiveness training for social anxiety, emotion regulation skills and collaborative solutions approach to problem solving.

Web Connect Made Easy

The year ended with an innovative, interactive webinar using the digital platform. December 2016 marked the launch of a Webinar on Study and Exam Skills appealing to over 30 schools from

across 23 cities. 5000 students benefited through this interaction and gave an overwhelming response.

1. Prosocial Peer Moderator Programs to be conducted:

a. Media Literacy

b. Risk Behaviour Management

c. Gender Sensitization

d. Study and Exam Skills

2. School Counsellor Forums:

a. Intervention For Substance Abuse in School-Aged Children: A toolkit for School Counsellors

b. Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills using DBT approach

c. Managing School Refusal

3. Psych-Ed, the Fortis National Psychology Quiz for Schools will go live on 4th August, 2017

4. Workshops and seminars for students, teachers and parents across India

5. Regular Webinars by our team for students across the country on themes including

a. Study and Exam Skills

b. Anger Management

c. Relationship Management and many more!

6. Bully-to-Buddy program to target the problem of bullying in schools.

7. A new module on Combating Substance Use in School Aged Children

8. A program specially tailored for Young Leaders in schools.

9. A specialized Sport Psychology initiative to help young athletes reach their potential

10. Workshops by our team of Special Educators and Occupational Therapists on early identification

and intervention of developmental and academic difficulties

11. The National Exam Helpline will continue to support students in their endeavours throughout the year

What You Can Expect in 2017

CROSSWORD- Psych-ED 2016

Across5. Electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals6. Getting back lost memories7. An examination of thoughts and feelings9. A Freudian concept of an unintentional error that is regarded as revealing subconscious feelings11. Organisation that provided the several versions of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual12. Habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the face13. May satisfy your inner child but not by going against what's right and morally correct14. Assessment of personality involving the analysis of stories15. The royal road to unconcsious18. The learning that does not involve and organism being passive19. Can be implicit/explicit; is the "readiness of the psyche to act or react in a certain way"20. The characteristics that contribute to the creation of a personality

Down1. Extreme & intense fear2. Learning by observation of another's behaviour closely3. The main function of these is boosting and improving memory4. Maladaptive condition of personality involving extreme anti-social attitudes6. Pushing away of unacceptable, painful drives, thoughts and emotions8. Natural disposition/behavioural style of a person10. He, who gave us the "Stream of Consciousness"16. Disorder that involves a relentless drive for thinness or a morbid fear of fatness17. Sudden & uncomfortable fear and anxiety that escalates rapidly

Across : 5.Neuron6.Retrieval7.Introspection9.Slip11.APA12. Tics

Down:1. Phobia2. Vicarious3.Mnemonics4. Sociopath

CROSSWORD-ANSWERS

6. Repression8. Temperament10. James16. Anorexia17. Panic

13. Ego14. TAT15. Dreams18. Operant19. Attitude20. Trait

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STATES WHERE WE REACHED:

CITIES WHERE WE WORKED

1. Delhi

2. Noida

3. Faridabad

4. Gurgaon

5. Guwahati

6. Bengaluru

7. Kolkata

8. Bhubaneshwar

9. Sonepat

10. Indore

11. Chennai

12. Jaipur

13. Chandigarh

14. Greater Noida

15. Amritsar

16. Dehradun

17. Ajmer

18. Goa

19. Mohali

20. Gwalior

21. Mumbai

22. Beas

23. Secunderabad

24. Ahmedabad

25. Mussoorie

26. Bhopal

27. Lucknow

28. Panchkula

29. Coimbatore

30. Shimla

31. Bhiwani

32. Panipat

33. Ludhiana

34. Bhiwadi

35. Meerut

36. Varanasi

37. Haridwar

38. Mathura

39. Ballabhgarh

40. Kota

41. Kurukshetra

42. Pillani

43. Rohtak

44. Udaipur

45. Moradabad

46. Kochi

47. Vytilla

48. Alipura

49. Vejalpur

50. Jodhpur

51. Jalandhar

52. Tirupur

53. Hyderabad

54. Vadodara

55. Surat

56. Patiala

57. Ghaziabad

58. Jammu

59. Hissar

60. Rajapalayam

61. Karnal

62. Raipur

63. Jabalpur

64. Wayanad

65. Kapurthala

66. Cuttack

67. Secunderabad

68. Kathmandu

69. Singapore

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