‘Mann Ki Baat’- Popular
series on Doordarshan
focuses on Contemporary Psychosocial Mental Health
Issues
New Delhi,
10th July, 2012 - ‘Mann Ki Baat
(eu
dh ckr), the series on
Doordarshan handling mental health and psychosocial issues has been very well
received and appreciated by public and critically acclaimed by press. The series being aired every
Saturday at 8.30 a.m. on National Network of Doordarshan and repeated every
Monday at 8.30 a.m. has focused on contemporary issues like
Aggression, Road Rage, Accidents, Coping with Trauma and Disasters,
Disabilities, Bereavement, Chronic Illnesses and Caregiver’s stress.
The series now focuses on issues of the Elderly –
Ageing and Mental Health, Memory Impairment and Dementia, Elder abuse, Gender
Discrimination etc. as well as Parenting – Single Parenting, take up, Adoption,
Generation Gap and Adolescent Sexuality etc. The series would then take up special
areas of children and adolescents within family and in the society, managing
emotions and positive mental health.
The content for the series has been developed by Dr. Sujatha D.
Sharma, a clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience in mental
health as well as content development for media. Dr. Avdesh Sharma, an eminent
psychiatrist is the Director and Expert anchor of the series. He has anchored and directed numerous
health programs for the electronic media for over 30 years. Ms. Kanupriya, a
well known media personality for nearly two decades is the Anchor of the
series.
It is estimated by WHO that a quarter of the
population suffers from a mental illness sometimes in their lifetime and at
least 10% suffer from serious mental disorders at any given time. The
psychosocial and interpersonal problems on day-to-day basis affect us all,
reducing efficiency and causing untold emotional burden. The need is not only to
overcome negative states but promote positive mental health for individuals,
family and society. Thus, caring
for our mind becomes our greatest responsibility to ourselves and those
around.
It is critical to recognize early signs of psychological distress
and address them immediately, either through self-help or professional
advice. It would be better for a
person to share his or her feelings, conflicts, problems or dilemmas with others
who are sympathetic listeners and caring well-wishers. This way, an emerging
psychological problem can be addressed in a timely manner and resolved
early. This would reduce the strife
and psychological burden on the society as well as the stressed medical
services. Television, especially
Doordarshan, with mandate for social change through infotainment is an effective
way to reach out to the masses.
Mann ki Baat has offered this
platform to create awareness for mental health issues – both the ordinary ones
that affect our daily lives and the not so ordinary one that may not directly
affect us but someone we know or care for and gives knowledge to make the
difference.
Program
website:
www.mannkibaat.com
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