Hi Johann how r you? "After me who" is why i have set up FACEMI. Henceforth we have decided to send our news on the proposed action plan and formalising a national forum as a lobby to explore and get a committed action plan to the question raised by you. this communication will reach only those who have filled up our membership form. this will be a national lobby with regional groups. form is attached in case you and other care giver on this list are willing to join. warmly ns
Nirmala Srinivasan Ph.D.(Ashoka Fellow) ACMI, Bangalore On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 12:35 PM, 'captainjohann' via Mental Health Advocacy (Reform) India <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi prateeksha, > I have forwarded your mail to about 100 of those involved in mental > health. Hope it helps. > the fundemental question whcih concerns many of the carers is the > question " after me whom? > > With kind regards. > > "Greatness lies not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall" > *Captain Johann samuhanand,** BANGALORE INDIA* > *91 80 42023252 * > *www.captainjohann.blogspot.com <http://www.captainjohann.blogspot.com/>* > > > > > On Saturday, 30 May 2015 12:28 PM, captainjohann < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "Greatness lies not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall" > *Captain Johann samuhanand,** BANGALORE INDIA* > *91 80 42023252 * > *www.captainjohann.blogspot.com <http://www.captainjohann.blogspot.com/>* > > > > 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 > <http://www.hamsadhwani.in/index.php?Type=Article&id=532>, 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 <http://hamsadhwani.in/index.php?Type=1&id=546>. > > 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 > <http://www.hamsadhwani.in/index.php?Type=Article&id=532> and Depression > Support Program, > <http://www.hamsadhwani.in/index.php?Type=Article&id=537> 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 > > > > > > > * * > * * > > > *Phone: +91-832- 657 0660* > *Skype: Hansadhwani Prateeksha* > > <http://about.me/prateeksha?promo=email_sig>[image: --] > > Prateeksha ... ... > [image: http://]about.me/prateeksha > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (Reform) 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/MhaReformIndia?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 (Reform) 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/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. 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