12-Feb-2013 Principal of HKE Society's Homeopathy
College P Sampathrao speaking at the inauguration of the 7-day orientation and
teaching programme in Gulbarga City on Monday.
GULBARGA : P. Sampath Rao, principal of HKE Society’s Homoeopathic College, has
stressed the need for medical professionals to be trained in counselling. He
said that this would help improve the quality of treatment.
He was presiding over the inauguration of a seven-day orientation and teaching
programme in psychology for students.
The orientation was organised by the Directorate for Distance Education at
Kuvempu University, the Manasa Educational Foundation for Mental Health and the
Jalihal Gowramma Sanganabasayya Hiremath Pratishtan here on Monday.
“The mind is the epicentre of all diseases. If the right treatment is provided
to the mind through counselling, most diseases can be controlled and treated
effectively,” he said. Dr. Rao called education ‘a continuous process’. Age has
nothing to do with the drive to acquire knowledge, he said.
Psychiatrist R. Venkatreddy, who was honoured along with senior mental health
specialist N.G. Ghanate, said that counselling had become an integral part of
society. The role of counsellors was getting more specific and imperative.
Today’s youth is pressured to perform or perish, particularly those working in
the IT sector. “Counsellors have a wide range of employment opportunities,” the
psychiatrist said, adding that industries in many sectors now insisted on
hiring counsellors to treat their employees. Convener of the Manasa Research
Centre here S.S. Hiremath welcomed.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/train-in-counselling-medical-professionals-told/article4404698.ece
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