World Mental Health Day is celebrated on October 10 every year and in a bid to create awareness on mental illness, Jain University CMS — B School this year organized a session on the same. Keeping in mind the theme of the World Mental Health Day this year (Mental Health at Workplace), the management organized the session at the B-School for MBA students.

Speaking about the event, Uma Warrier, chief counsellor and professor, Jain University, said, “About 350 students including faculty members were present at the event. Since this year, the theme is mental health at workplace, we wanted to have this session for MBA students who are trained to be future managers. We believe that by having such a session, students will be able to adapt at their workplace faster and implement what they have been taught, in addition to understanding their coworkers better.”

The session, Uma says, will help teachers as well as they can identify those suffering from mental illness. “If we can create awareness and sensitize teachers, then they will share a better relationship with students who suffer from mental illness,” says Uma, adding that at the event, a ‘self-check’ handbook was also given for better understanding of the issue.

The event helped in addressing mental illness, which is otherwise considered a taboo in the country. “We still treat mental illness as a taboo. We need to eradicate this mindset and address mental illness with care. At the event, we were told how to identify people suffering from mental illness as well as how to improve one’s own mental health,” says Nabeel Nasar, first year MBA student, CMS Business School, Jain University.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Bangalore News / by Sandra Marina Fernandes / October 17th, 2017