{"id":644103,"date":"2023-06-19T21:05:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/?p=644103"},"modified":"2023-06-19T21:05:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:05:51","slug":"gopio-ct-oraganizes-panel-discussion-on-behavioral-health-stigma-wellness-and-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/644103\/","title":{"rendered":"GOPIO-CT ORAGANIZES PANEL DISCUSSION ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, STIGMA, WELLNESS AND PREVENTION"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GOPIO-CT Health Session panelists and organizers<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mental health, in status quo Indian culture, is replete with negative stereotypes that easily diminishes one\u2019s understanding of their wellbeing. Last month, Global Organization People of Indian Origin \u2013 Connecticut Chapter (GOPIO-CT) organized a Zoom session on Behavioral Health, Stigma, Wellness, and Prevention. Panelist included Dr. Mohini Ranganathan, Yale University School of Medicine Staff Psychiatrist; Mini Santosh, Masters in Education and Child Study Early Childhood Director; Dr. Jaya Daptardar, Ayurvedic Doctor Chief Compliance Officer Bridges Healthcare; and Mayor\u2019s Youth Leadership Council members, Meher Jain, Stamford High School Activist (sophomore); Roshan Jagannathan, Academy of Information Technology and Engineering Activist (senior); and Roshith Jagannathan, Academy of Information Technology and Engineering Activist (senior).<\/p>\n

During the virtual meeting, guests discussed the prevalence of stigma in everyday households in order to eliminate misinformation and highlight what every child wants\u2014compassion and an nonjudgemental listener during his or her struggles. Each presenter spoke about their expertise and knowledge surrounding mental health.\u00a0 The panelists said that they had realized that having\u00a0 free space to discuss setbacks, and recommendations to better understand the topics of wellness and prevention was done solely by seeking vulnerability. In addition to Mrs. Sanotsh and Dr. Daptardar, Dr. Ranganathan noted that \u201cwe have to remove the labels that are instilled in the Indian culture to seek the light that is found through communication.\u201d<\/p>\n

By inviting high school activists from the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council, GOPIO-CT was able to better understand their objectives and opinions behind mental health. Their presentation,\u00a0 highlighted the problems of burdening one\u2019s pain and the necessity to voice one\u2019s thoughts.<\/p>\n

The program was put together by GOPIO-CT President Dr. Daptardar with support from Board Members Anita Mathur and Ashvini Persaud, GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham complimented GOPIO-CT as most active chapter of GOPIO International.<\/p>\n

Over the last 17 years, GOPIO-CT, a chapter of GOPIO International has become an active and dynamic organization hosting interactive sessions with policy makers and academicians, community events, youth mentoring and networking workshops, and working with other area organizations to help create a better future. GOPIO-CT \u2013 Global Organization of People of Indian Origin \u2013 serves as a non-partisan, secular, civic and\u00a0community service organization\u00a0\u2013 promoting awareness of Indian culture, customs and contributions of\u00a0PIOs\u00a0through community programs, forums, events and\u00a0youth activities.\u00a0It seeks to strengthen partnerships and create an ongoing dialogue with local communities.<\/p>\n

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For more information\u00a0or to join as a member,\u00a0please contact\u00a0Sushanth Krishnamurthy, Secretary GOPIO-CT, Tel: 203-829-8412,<\/p>\n

e-mail:\u00a0sushanthK@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mental health, in status quo Indian culture, is replete with negative stereotypes that easily diminishes one\u2019s understanding of their wellbeing. Last month, Global Organization People of Indian Origin \u2013 Connecticut Chapter (GOPIO-CT) organized a Zoom session on Behavioral Health, Stigma, Wellness, and Prevention. Panelist included Dr. Mohini Ranganathan, Yale University School of Medicine Staff Psychiatrist; Mini Santosh, Masters in Education and Child Study Early Childhood Director; Dr. Jaya Daptardar, Ayurvedic Doctor Chief Compliance Officer Bridges Healthcare; and Mayor\u2019s Youth Leadership Council members, Meher Jain, Stamford High School Activist (sophomore); Roshan…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644105,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644103\/revisions\/644105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}