World Suicide Prevention Day: Reading the signs right
The Hindu
With a hybrid learning environment in place, college teachers across Chennai pick up special skills to identify mental health issues among students
It was an event where faculty members of KCG College of Technology were presented with hypothetical conversations between students. Coming from millennials, these conversations had the distinct flavour of texting. The teachers’ task was to sift through these messages for direct and indirect signs of suicidal intentions. Dr Yamini Kannappan, consultant psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Kauvery Hospital, pointed out that while the participants identified most of the warning signs, they admitted to an inability to start a conversation around suicide. The doctor had been invited by the college management for a session on suicide ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10).More Related News
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