Our Interactive Open Discussion Session: “Eliminating Stigmas and Embracing Compassion: World Mental Health Day 2023 Celebration- ‘Mental Health as a Universal Human Right’” aimed to shed light on the existing disparity and shatter stigmas associated with seeking mental health support.
In this session, Dr. Nazneen Akhter, Ph.D. (USA), DLSHTM, Public Health Policy, Planning, Research, and HSS expert; Founder & Managing Director, VAALO avant-garde Ltd. along with Ms. Anu Krishna, Co-founder, Unfear Changemakers LLP, Mind Coach, NLP Trainer, Dr. Shahnaz Chowdhury, PhD (USA), Professor & Head, Dept. of Community Medicine, BUHS, Ms. Sameera Limar Afreen (Mankeo), Meditation Facilitator, Satori Meditations and Psycht. Sagar, Consultant Psychologist, Nepal graced us with their presence as an assembly of seasoned minds gathered to impart their profound insights and decades of hands-on wisdom concerning the mental health arena.
The panelists exuded a captivating aura of enlightenment through their words, leaving the audience, mostly consisting of students from different academic institutions, engaged and thoroughly grateful for the support.
