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NIMHANS launches online course to train faculty as student well-being ambassadors
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Teachers as well-being ambassadors: the NIMHANS course behind Karnataka's student mental health policy for higher education
A training course supports the State's student mental health policy.
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NIMHANS has launched an online course to train faculty members as student well-being ambassadors.
The initiative is among the steps towards implementing Karnataka's student mental health policy for higher education.
మూలాలు: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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- NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences) is based in Bengaluru.
- It has launched an online course to train faculty members as student well-being ambassadors.
- The course supports implementation of Karnataka's student mental health policy for higher education.
- Health is a State subject (State List, Seventh Schedule); education is on the Concurrent List.
- The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 recognises a right to access mental healthcare and services.
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- NIMHANS, Bengaluru, is an Institute of National Importance and a premier institute for mental health and neurosciences.
- The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 decriminalised attempted suicide in practice by presuming severe stress in such cases.
- Education is a Concurrent List subject, while public health is a State List subject.
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GS2/GS4: Student distress in higher education is a policy concern touching health, education and social justice. Karnataka's student mental health policy, supported by NIMHANS-trained faculty ambassadors, shows peer and teacher-led early detection; its success depends on counsellor availability, destigmatisation, institutional accountability and integration with the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and Tele-MANAS.
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