Psychiatry - 2023
October 9 to 13, 2023 (World Mental Health Week)
DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT
- On 09.10.2023, inauguration of stalls and exhibition done. Poster competition was conducted and students actively participated. The session was judged and winners were decided by Dr.S.Arun, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry and Dr. Muthamilselvi, Principal, SMVNC.
- On 10.10.2023, Quiz competition was conducted and quiz master was Dr. Souganyadevi.V, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, SMVMCH. Two teams were selected as winner and runner.
- On 11.10.2023, Elocution competitions were conducted in both Tamil and English. Winners and runners were selected respectively by judges Dr. Venkatarangan. K.S, Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, SMVMCH.
- On 12.10.2023, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital and Department of Mental Health Nursing, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, have celebrated Mental Health Day with theme “Mental Health is a Universal Human Right” at Hospital Basement Auditorium.
Over 150 MBBS undergraduate students, nursing students, paramedical students and faculties from various departments attended the event. Event started with prayer song and lighting the kuthuvilakku.
Welcome address and the theme of mental health day was unfolded by Dr. S. Arun, Professor & Head of Department of Psychiatry, SMVMCH. Following which, the guest speaker was introduced by Dr. Souganyadevi. V, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, SMVMCH.
Guest lecture was given by Dr. S.R. Nirmal about mental health day and its importance. It was extensive and informative. The session was interactive and sir had cleared the doubts of students with so patience and elegance. Following that, prizes for winners were distributed by Dr. K. Karthikeyan, Dean Academic, Dr. Girija, DMS, SMVMCH and Dr. S.R. Nirmal.
Students performed skit with the theme being mental health day. It was entertaining and audience cheered and enjoyed every minute of it. Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. A. Ayee, Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health Nursing, SMVNC. The event ended on a positive note with National Anthem.
On 13.10.2023, Dr. S. Arun, Professor & Head of Department of Psychiatry, SMVMCH delivered a Community awareness program in the topic Adolescent Psychiatry in DD Podhigai (https://www.youtube.com/live/JOgqadou3eU?si=IRjxfHNNT2zQ-txr). Dr. Souganyadevi. V, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, SMVMCH delivered a guest lecture on stress management in SRM Easwari Engineering college, Chennai. Dr. S. Perarul, Senior resident of Department of Psychiatry, SMVMCH delivered an awareness to the student of Gandhi Hr. Sec. School, Thiruvennainallur, Tamilnadu.
World Suicide Prevention Day – 2023
Theme: Creating Hope Through Action
DATE: 15th September, 2023
VENUE: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Kalitheerthalkuppam, Puducherry.
NAME OF THE ORGANIZING DEPARTMENT: Department of Psychiatry
NAME OF THE SPONSORING AGENCY: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital.
NATURE OF DELEGATES (PG/FACULTY): Post-graduates of various departments, Second Year MBBS students, Nursing students, Consultants, Clinical Psychologist and Social Worker.
NUMBER OF DELEGATES: 100
DETAILS OF RESOURCE PERSON:
- S. SIVARAMAN
Professor and Head,
Department of Psychiatry,
Trichy SRM Medical College and Research Centre
DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT:
On 15th September, 2023, Department of Psychiatry of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital conducted “Suicide Prevention Day – Creating Hope Through Action”. It was a half day event held from 9.30am to 12.30pm at the auditorium.
The event started off with a prayer song followed by the Welcome Address given by Dr.S.Arun, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at SMVMCH. Dr.V.Souganyadevi, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, SMVMCH introduced the guest speaker and unfolded the theme.
Guest lecture was given by Dr. S. Sivaraman. Sir had delivered speech on Suicide Prevention and how to effectively help people who are in need of help. It was very helpful and enlightening.
The event ended with a vote of thanks given by Dr.S.Perarul, Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, SMVMCH.
March 30 (2023) – World Bipolar Day
On 30th March, 2023, Department of psychiatry of Sri ManakulaVinayagar Medical College and Hospital conducted Quiz Competition to celebrate “World Bipolar Day”. It was a one-day event held from 10 am to 1 pm at the College Lecture hall. Participants for the quiz competition were selected from 2nd year, 3rd year and final year MBBS students. A preliminary quiz session was conducted from which the participants got selected. They were divided into 6 teams with each team having 2 participants. Rounds included history, connections, core psychiatry related to bipolar disorder and rapid fire round. Questions about mental illness portrayed in movies were asked to both participants and the audience. Students were enthusiastic throughout the quiz session and showed active participation. Winners and runners were selected by final scores. The event ended on a positive note with students giving feedback about conducting more such interesting quiz sessions in the upcoming years as well.