30-AUG-2013KOZHIKODE : Vice Chancellor of Calicut University M. Abdul Salam has said 'Horticulture Therapy' has the potential to help those who are undergoing treatment for mental ailments for years and to bring them back to mainstream society. Inaugurating the concluding ceremony of the block placement programme organised by the students of PG Diploma in Counselling under the university's Department of Life-Long Learning at the Government Mental Hospital in Kuthiravattom on Thursday, the VC said the university, with the help of the department and the Psychology National Service Scheme, could do a lot of work using the creativity of the inmates of the hospital. This could help them face the life with confidence. Channel services The university should channel services through thre e streams - education, research, and community service, the VC said. Lead the movement The PG Diploma students who had completed two months counselling in the hospital could lead the movement from the forefront, he added. The other departments of the university such as music, psychology, NSS, Arts, vocational rehabilitation, medicine and nursing, communications and management, IT, languages, behavioural science and counselling, nutrition, and printing technology, could coordinate with the PG Diploma students to make humanitarian interventions for rehabilitating the inmates of the hospital, Prof. Salam added. Superintendant of the Hospital Saritha R.L presided over the function. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/ko zhikode/university-could-help-the-mentally-ill-says-vc/article5075039.ece -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
