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On Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:56 AM, Prateeksha Sharma
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Friend
For those of us who work in mental health from psycho-social perspectives, the
suffering of mental illnesses and their nomenclatures are a well known
experience.
Though a number of us have been working in mental health, also from lived and
recovery experiences of the same and we make various sorts of representations,
scholarly contributions around the world and talk, support, or assist
people/families in our immediate vicinity, it was felt that knowledge is not
really diffusing to those who could directly benefit from our findings and
empower their lives. this is not to say that those who are working in mental
health are not doing enough- they are really doing the most they can. yet the
ambient noise in the atmosphere is so much that their reach is to a very short
distance; rather constricted.
In my own little way, I have been looking for solutions how to reach more
people and really empower them to recover the way I have recovered from bipolar
or someone else has from schizophrenia.The first idea that is worth pursuing
seems at this stage is to offer a supportive environment to family caregivers-
as they not only have to face the suffering of their loved ones, mostly without
having a point of reference about it, and then, with having no set of tools or
ideas what to do, they also have to manage their homes and professional lives.
In this context we are now offering a course for family caregivers- which helps
in understanding mental distress differently and support their loved ones,
beyond just keeping them confined to psychiatric classification and pills.
Perhaps you would agree that in modern times, reaching people who directly
stand to gain from any knowledge is the single biggest hurdle for anyone. One
can only bank on the altruism of kindhearted humans, that they would forward a
message to anyone who could stand to gain from this. I urge you, to share this
message with anyone, and request them to share further- for at this stage we
have no further resources to reach them- except for the resource of a human
empathy, if we can connect with it.
As part of this Caregivers' Course, which is spread over eight weeks, there
will be many people contributing their knowledge, scholarship, findings,
outcomes of work with scores of people over the years- to a wider set of
audience, over the internet. This ensures we overcome resource barriers of
bringing so many people into one physical location or organizing space for
carrying out these talks, lectures and discussions. Of course, it entails
organizing of a wholly different level and scale, especially technology,
coordination, network and people management. Of course this course is not my
personal property, nor my ownership, except an effort to join many dots
together and present them wider- I request you to please consider spreading a
ripples a bit wider with you little effort at sharing further.
To see who the likely contributors to this course are, please click this link.
In case you are also someone, who would like to offer your knowledge and
findings to a wider audience, we will be happy to have a dialogue with you to
figure out such collaborations. Please feel free to write to me, or call back
at the number below. I am open to supporting any organization and/or
individual and also in receiving such support, in creating newer outcomes for
suffering we are all so familiar with.
Please share these ideas of the Caregivers' Course and Depression Support
Program, within your networks, to help everyone.
I look forward to your response and comments, if any. I hope to not only
support towards recovery but also rehabilitation of people, towards gainful
employment and other forms of social integration. Anyone who would like to
support this more, is welcome to be part of this journey, with Hamsadhwani.
Thank you and regards
Prateeksha
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