Category: Future Programs

The next online training course on ‘MANAGING STRESS IN THE NEW NORMAL SITUATION’ is going to be organised by DANA from Saturday, the 8th May, 2021 at 7.30 pm. The classes will be for a duration of 2 hours including interaction and case presentation. Eminent Practising Neuropsychiatrists & Psychologists will attend the Programme as Resource Persons.  The brief outline and the tentative schedule is mentioned below:

Prelude:
We are living in the “age of stress and anxiety”. Right from the time of birth till the last breath,an individual is exposed to different stressful situations which is hard to avoid. But the perception of stress is variable in persons coming from different sources of life. Some people suffer without knowing that they are stressed. Over the last one year all of us experienced the covid scenario and we are now going through a “new normal” time laden with intense anxiety and stress. Therefore, this is the hightime to regain our coping strategies and rebuild our resilience.
Keeping this in mind this time DANA is going to organize a special online orientation program on STRESS MANAGEMENT.
please join with us,be a part of new normal positivity.

Tentative class schedule
(online orientation course on STRESS MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW NORMAL SITUATION)

First class:
8th May,2021, Saturday evening ( 7.30 PM to 9.30 PM)
Subject: Overview of Stress and burnout—how much is too much!

Moderator: Dr. Amit Chakraborty

Speaker: Dr. Gautam Bandyopadhyay

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(9th May’21, Sunday,no class ২৫ বৈশাখ,১৪২৮)
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Second class: 15th May,2021, Saturday evening 7.30 PM to 9.30 PM)
Subject: Physiology of stress with special emphasis on human health behaviours

Moderator: Dr. Sayandip Ghosh
Speaker: Dr.Krishna Bandyopadhyay
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Third class: 16th May’21, Sunday evening

Moderator: Dr. Shiela Banerjee
Subject : Stress and mental health
Speaker: Dr. Sayandip Ghosh
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Fourth class: 22nd May’21, Saturday evening
Subject:
Outlines of Stress management
Moderator: Dr. Anirban Mukhopadhyay

Speaker: Dr. Gautam Bandyopadhyay

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Fifth class: 23rd May’21, Sunday evening

Subject: Cognitive skills in the management of stress

Moderator: Smt. Rita Roy

Speaker: Dr. Shiela Banerjee
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Sixth class: 29th May’21, Saturday evening

Subject: Building emotional resilience and management of anger

Moderator: Dr. Amit Chakraborty

Speaker: Dr. Gautam Bandyopadhyay

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Seventh class: 30th May’21, Sunday evening

Subject : Creativity as a buffer:Applications of Art therapy and sagacity in coping with stress

Moderators: Smt Bandana Mukherjee and Suvra Banerjee Paul

Panelists: Ujjal Bandyopadhyay, Sujit Roy, Srikanto Paul and Dr. Sayandip Ghosh

Speaker: Smt. Ratna Mitra

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Eighth class: 5th June’21, Saturday evening

Subject : Role of Relaxation therapy in the management of stress

Moderator: Dr. Amit Chakraborty

Speaker: Dr. Debashis Bhattacharya

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Nineth class: 6th June’21, Sunday evening

Subject: Rest, recreation, relationship, diet and exercises: how to live with the right amount of stress.

Moderator: Smt.Pallabi Mukhopadhyay.

Speakers: Dr. Gautam Bandyopadhyay
Shyamal Chatterjee
Dr. Sayandip Ghosh

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Tenth and the final class: 12 th June 21, Saturday evening

En Avant: Towards Happiness and active coping — through mindfulness potentials

Moderator: Smt. Ratna Mitra

Speaker: Dr. Amit Chakraborty

INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IMMEDIATELY CONTACT DANA (MOB: 9051252231/ 9163498074) BETWEEN 12 & 8 PM OR MAIL TO: kolkatadana@gmail.com  FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION. CERTIFICATES WILL SENT AT THE END OF THE COURSE.

 

DANA is going to organise a Training Course focussing on various Mental Health Issues in Adolescence. The Course on Web-Platform will be comprised of 10 sessions, 2 hours each, on Saturdays and Sundays between 7.30 & 9.30 pm with effect from  13th February, 2021.  A brief outline is as follows:

Wild Adolescence
An adolescent is a wild horse. He is moving out from his childhood and is entering adulthood. Though he does not want to be treated like a child, yet he has not attained the maturity of an adult. Parents and other caregivers are at a loss how to deal in such a situation.
This course organized by DANA will help you to understand:
* What is adolescence.
* In what respects an adolescent is different from a child as well as an adult.
* How is he influenced by his situations.
* What are the hazards in his life.
*How do the parents and caregivers deal to promote optimum growth.
The classes will be held every Saturday and Sunday, starting from , each class will be of duration 1.5 hours. The classes will be conducted by distinguished and experienced mental health professionals. There will be a time for interactions to clarify doubts at the end of each class . Certificates will be given after successful completion of the course.For information please contact DANA 9051252231 & 9830679890 between 12 & 8 pm.

Course Fee Rs 1000/-

Course is designed for Psychlogists, Counsellors & Parents.

To commemorate the World Mental Health Day, DANA  is organising a programme on Web Platform on 10th October, 2020 at 7 pm. The Link is     meet.google.com/vyb-fkfy-qcz                                                      ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN

This year’s World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The past months have brought many challenges: for health-care workers, providing care in difficult circumstances, going to work fearful of bringing COVID-19 home with them; for students, adapting to taking classes from home, with little contact with teachers and friends, and anxious about their futures; for workers whose livelihoods are threatened; for the vast number of people caught in poverty or in fragile humanitarian settings with extremely limited protection from COVID-19; and for people with mental health conditions, many experiencing even greater social isolation than before. And this is to say nothing of managing the grief of losing a loved one, sometimes without being able to say goodbye.

The economic consequences of the pandemic are already being felt, as companies let staff go in an effort to save their businesses, or indeed shut down completely.

Given past experience of emergencies, it is expected that the need for mental health and psychosocial support will substantially increase in the coming months and years. Investment in mental health programmes at the national and international levels, which have already suffered from years of chronic underfunding, is now more important than it has ever been.

This is why the goal of this year’s World Mental Health Day campaign is increased investment in mental health.

 meet.google.com/vyb-fkfy-qcz       

Daylong workshop on ‘Parenting styles and Psychological Distress’ will be held at DANA on Sunday the 15th March 2020. Speakers: Dr Amit Chakraborty, Dr Gautam Bandyopadhyay, Dr Sayandip Ghosh and Dr Suddhendu Chakraborty. The topics will be: Helicopter Parenting, Incosistent Parenting, Single Parenting, Parenting  of Adopted Child and Balanced Parenting.

Seats are limited. Contact 9051252231 for registration.

 

Daylong worksop on ‘Mid-life Crisis & its Management’ will be held at DANA premises on Sunday, the 22nd December, 2019.

All Interested Persons may contact DANA Reception (9051252231) between 12 & 8 pm.

On the occassion of Mental Health Week, Daylong workshop on ‘Suicide & its Prevention’ will be held on Sunday 29th September 2019 at DANA. Like previous years Mental Health Book Fair will also be organised on the day. Dr Gautam Bandyopadhyay will be key speaker in the workshop.

All are welcone.

 

Daylong workshop on Mid Age Crisis (Middle Age Problems) will be held at DANA on Sunday, 18th August 2019 between 11 am & 4.30 pm. All are welcome.

DANA organizes  a Debate on ‘Future of Marriage’ on Monday, the 17th June 2019 at 6 pm at Jibananda Sabhaghar in Bangla Academy Complex. The speakers will be Pracheta Gupta, Binayak Bandyopadhyay, Dr Amit Chakraborty, Dr Gautam Bandyopadhyay, Krishnasarbari Dasgupta and Dr Basabi Chakraborty. Ratna Mitra will be the Moderator.

DANA’s recent book on ‘ Marital Relationship’ will be released on this occassion.

All are invited. Invitation cards are available at DANA’s Reception.

 

Daylong workshop on Parenting will be organised at DANA on Sunday, 26th May, 2019. The key speakers will be Mohit Ranadip, Psychiatric Social Worker and Mental Health Activist and Ms Rita Roy, Psycologist and Counsellor. Dr Gautam Bandyopadhyay and Dr Amit Chakraborty will take part in the Panel Discussion in the second half of the Workshop.

All are welcome.

Daylong workshop on ‘Social Victimization’ will be organised at DANA on Sunday, 28th April 2019. 

Speakers: Ms Bandana Mukhopadhyay, Psychologist,  Ms Subhra Banerjee Pal, Psychologist, Ms Pallabi Mukhopadhyay, Psychologist and Dr Bula Bhadra, Sociologist.

All are welcome.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: MYTH & REALITY

There are many myths and misconceptions about sexual assault and abuse in our society – most of which blame the victim/survivor. Myths prevent survivors from getting the help they need, and rarely hold the perpetrator accountable for his/her actions. These ideas are often based on systems of oppression such as sexism, racism, heterosexism or other forms of power.
Have you heard any of these dangerous examples?

• Women ask to get assaulted when they go out late at night, wear sexy clothes, or dance close to someone.
• Guys never get assaulted. What guy would turn down sex? What kind of a guy couldn’t defend himself?
• Women make up assault to get attention or cover up that they wanted to have sex.
  Lesbians are gay because they haven’t had a good man yet. A gay man isn’t a real man.
• You can’t blame a guy if he gets excited and can’t stop. If you spend a lot of money on a date, she/he owes you sex.
• Everyone has sex when they are drunk; it’s no big deal.

Learn the Facts

MYTH: Most sexual assaults occur by deranged men who jump out from behind the bushes to assault women.
FACT: The majority of survivors (up to 85% in some studies) indicate that the person who assaulted them was someone they knew, such as a boyfriend, friend, family member, acquaintance, or service provider.

Why do we think the myth is true? It’s easier to believe that a stranger, and not someone you know and trust, would hurt you this way. Stranger assault is also more widely reported in the media and to the police, which perpetuates this idea.

MYTH: If a woman is wearing revealing or sexy clothes, she wants sex.
FACT: Every woman has the right to wear what she wants, and to choose her sexual partner. The idea that someone “asked for it” because of what she was wearing blames the victim instead of the perpetrator. You have to ask if someone wants to have sex.