Lecture of anxiety management by Dr. Harish Shetty

Topic: Anxiety Management
Date: 21/12/2019

Credentials:

• Dr. Harish Shetty is a Psychiatrist known for his work in Community Mental Health.
• He has worked with the victims of disasters and communal riots across the country.
• He has contributed extensively in the area of School Mental Health and has conducted workshops across India.
• His legal interventions has changed mental health policies.
• He has been conducting workshops with the youth on suicide prevention and trains the lay people to be ‘Mental Health Soldiers’.
• He has extensively worked with the majority of seafarers rescued from Somalia and their families providing mental health intervention.
• Recently he has been appointed as a member of NTA, National Testing Agency by the Union Cabinet on behalf of the HRD Ministry.
• He is a trainer, researcher and an avid blogger.
• He is the President of My Home India an NGO that helps integrate Rest of India to the 7 sisters and one brother (8 states of NE India ) .

Event details:

• Lecture included the antianxiety management for patients.
• Lecture also enlightened feelings which dentists experience and how to manage those.
• Lecture included some motivational talk to fight against anxiety.
• Also few tips regarding managment of anxiety in dental students were given.
• A small session of how to deal with ragging and anti-ragging information was also given.
• The session of on stage interactive games was conducted after the lecture.