Aga Khan Health Board of India

Presents

Ek Nai Subha V2.0

Mental Health Module

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 Health

Sleep Wake up

Physical Health
Social Personal
activities + hygiene
Mental Health

Nutritional
Occupation
intake
 Mental Health: What Impacts?

Genes

What
shapes
our
Mental
health

Personal Experiences Social Circumstances

 Mental Health Challenges

Behave
Think
Feel

• Sleeping and eating

• Negative or intrusive
• Deep sadness dramatically more or
thoughts
• Anxiety less than usual
• Inability to
• Panicked • Withdrawal /
concentrate
• Hopelessness Isolation
• Problems with
• Afraid • dropping out of
memory
• Inability to previously enjoyed
• Poor decision making
express joy activities
and problem solving
• Poor self care /
• Suicide Ideation
Personal hygiene
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 Identification: Diversion from Normal
Rule: > 2 weeks
Productivity: 3 tasks in a day
Social Activities: Not going JK,
rarely meet friends
Hobbies: once a week exercise /
cooking

Normal
Sleep: 14 hours
Eating: binge eating

Example:
Sleep: 7 hours
Eating: 3 meals a day
Productivity: 8 tasks in a day
Social Activities: Attend JK, go out with
friends etc.
Hobbies: Regular exercise/ cooking
 Normal -------- Illness

Poor Mental
Normal Reacting Ill
Health

• Anxiety, anger, • Excessive anxiety,

• Normal mood • Nervousness,
pervasive sadness, easily enraged,
fluctuations irritability, sadness
hopelessness depressed mood
• Regular/Normal • Trouble sleeping
• Restless or • Unable to fall or
sleep pattern • Tired / low energy
disturbed sleep stay asleep
• Physically well – muscle tension,
• Fatigue aches and • Exhaustion
full of energy headache
pains /physical illness
• Consistent • Procrastination
• Decrease • Unable to perform
performance • Decreased social
performance duties
• Socially active activities
• Social avoidance or • Isolation
withdrawal

Self Management Professional Help

 Self Management: Must

Physical Activities Nutrient-rich Food Sleep Hygiene

• 30 mins walk/ exercise • Good diet = healthy brain • Fix your wake up and
everyday • Eat whole meal, grains, sleep time
• Free positive hormones fruits etc. • No electrotonic device
• Avoid junk / street food in before sleep
• Schedule a time for large quantity • Create sleep environment
exercise / walk

Healthy Lifestyle
 Self Management: Good to have

Pleasurable Activities Social Connection

 Professional Help

Medicines Talking Therapy

Psychiatric medication Face-to-face Counselling Online/E-counselling

Through communication - the purpose of talk therapy is to help

It typically consists of pills or capsules etc.,
people identify issues that cause emotional distress and learn
which influence the brain chemicals that
healthy coping strategies.
regulate emotions and thought patterns..
 Professional Help
Relationship
problems (family,
peers, partners)
Childhood abuse
(sexual, physical, Academic
psychological)

Trauma (past Depression,

or recent) anxiety, panic

Eating disorders,
Confidence,
compulsive behaviour,
self-esteem
self-harm
 Where can I seek help?

# Resources Contact number Availability

1 Ismaili helpline number 8879700800

2 I call – by tata institute of social 9152987821 / 02225521111 Monday to Saturday: 10:00

sciences am to 8:00 pm

3 Sneha foundation- 914- 424640050

4 Connecting 919-922001122

5 Samaritans, Mumbai 91-8422984528

6 Roshni 914 066202000

7 Arpita foundation 918023655557

8 Mpower minds, Mumbai 1800-120-820-050

 How to help others to seek help?

“I am concerned for you!

“Many people use the Sounds like you are “Try these services,
counseling services really struggling give it a try. Learning
every year and these with________. That’s
some new strategies
services are really a lot to deal with,
talking it over with a
to cope might help”
confidential.”
counselor might help”

1. Develop and normalize 2. Be Empathetic 3. Provide resources

help seeking
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