Creating awareness for mental wellbeing of people stressed

LAHORE:Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood said that a number of human beings are victims of various psychological diseases and for their treatment, psychologists and students must come forward to create awareness for mental wellbeing of the people.

He expressed these views while addressing the opening session of a three-day international conference on ‘Mental Health & Rehabilitation: Innovation & Implementation’ organised by Punjab University Centre for Clinical Psychology at Al Raazi Hall here on Wednesday.

On this occasion, Director CCP Prof Dr Saima Dawood, former directors, researchers, psychologists, faculty members and students were present. In his address, Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood said that the services of psychologists can be taken to stop the growing intolerance, anger and violence in the society. He appreciated the efforts of PU CCP for organising the conference. He said that such events give students an opportunity to learn from the experiences of experts along with being aware of new trends and research.

Prof Dr Saima Dawood said that in the three-day conference, seven symposiums, five keynote addresses and two panel discussions of mental health practitioners, including Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists and 11 scientific sessions with 120 oral and poster presentations would be arranged.

The keynote addresses were given by Dr Jenifer Murphy from University of London’s Department of Psychology, Prof Dr Uday K Sinha from the Department of Clinical Psychology in Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India, Dr Nimisha Muttah from Department of Disability Studies in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka and Prof Dr Ghazala Rehman, HCPC Registered Practitioner Clinical Psychologist, Visiting Researcher in University of Surrey, UK.