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Ninth Virtual Training Session entitled "Our Mental Health in Times of COVID-19"
Ninth Virtual Training Session entitled "Our Mental Health in Times of COVID-19"


COVID-19 Mental Health Helpline of Institute of Applied Psychology volunteers attended a webinar entitled “Our Mental Health in Times of COVID-19” by Dr Farha Abbasi Assistant Professor Department of   Psychiatry, Michigan State University, USA. Dr Farha emphasised on mental health of front line workers especially psychiatrists and psychologists. She trained the volunteers of IAP on how to maintain work life balance. She further talked about the ill effects of excessive use of social media and its negative psychological impact. She discussed gratitude and religious coping techniques as being most effective during uncontrollable stressors especially when no one know the timeline when the stressor is likely to end. Many volunteers of the helpline, trainee students and faculty of Applied Psychology participated in the webinar. Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Psychiatry and University of the Punjab have establish an official partnership on 15th January 2020 to promote education and training in psychiatric and psychosocial issues of students of Institute of Applied Psychology at the University of the Punjab.
MSU Department of Psychiatry has started providing professional training in psychosocial skills, psychiatric diagnostic concepts and psychotherapy techniques for volunteers and students of IAP to provide exposure and improve skills.