OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY BY SAHAYAM THROUGH THERAPEUTIC COUNSELING AND SUICIDE PREVENTION WORKSHOPS
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
A proactive suicide prevention drive is what Sahayam-Osmania University Psychological Counseling Centre has been engaging in to address this public health issue which has made South India the suicide capital of the world.Sahayam- established in the year 2010, has from its inception left no page unturned to prevent suicides in Osmania University Campus, affiliated colleges and also among prison officials and inmates. Services such as individual counseling, group counseling, crisis intervention, psychiatrist referrals and many support services are provided free by Sahayam. It has actively been dealing with this preventable form of death by providing counseling services and conducting a number of suicide prevention workshops which helped save many lives and in the bargain gained recognition especially during the time of political unrest for a separate state of Telangana in India. Though till date Sahayam is a fully functioning counselling centre of Osmania University, the objective of the present study is to analyze the role Sahayam in preventing suicides in Osmania University and affiliated colleges during the peak time of agitation for a separate state of Telangana (2013-2014). It was hypothesized that effective suicide prevention should be a two-fold plan of Sahayam wherein individual counselling and therapy bemade available to those seeking help and at the same time a series of Suicide Prevention workshops be conducted for students and staff of Osmania University and those in its affiliated colleges. Hence, there are two sets of data which will be discussed: one set of data related to suicide prevention on an individual level though therapeutic counseling and the other set of data related to feedback of Suicide Prevention workshops conducted in the crucial year of 2013-2014 (formation of Telangana State).The training modules prepared by the Sahayam team also had a message on peace integrated in order to emphasize individual peace as a behavior regulatory measure. Observingthe World Suicide Prevention day on 10th September, 2014, in which workshops were conducted intwenty colleges with 1200participants. The number of suicides prevented through individual counseling and the feedback after conducting each suicide prevention workshop provided immense encouragement for sustained primary prevention.
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Cynthia Douglas Gandham, Beena Chintalapuri
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