NIMHANS holds State-level session on accountable digital use amongst college students in Karnataka

The State Health and Education Departments, in collaboration with the Karnataka State Mental Health Authority (KSMHA) and NIMHANS, held a State-level consultative assembly on October 16 to border insurance policies and programmes selling accountable digital use amongst college students.

Participants within the assembly, held within the NIMHANS campus in Bengaluru, mentioned patterns of expertise overuse amongst college students, and explored preventive and promotive measures to encourage wholesome and moral expertise use.

Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, who inaugurated the occasion, burdened that extreme display screen time adversely impacts college students’ bodily and psychological well being. He referred to as for figuring out early warning indicators of expertise overuse, and formulating possible regulatory and preventive measures.

NIMHANS Director Pratima Murthy mentioned the fast progress of expertise had heightened psychological well being considerations amongst college students. She emphasised the significance of involving dad and mom, academics, and college students in coverage growth for accountable digital engagement.

The occasion was coordinated by Manoj Kumar Sharma, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Head of the Service for Healthy Use of Technology (SHUT) Clinic.

Nitin Anand, Additional Professor of Clinical Psychology, introduced an outline of the patterns and threat elements linked to expertise overuse and its implications for college kids’ well-being.

Rajani Parthasarathy, State Deputy Director (Mental Health), referred to as for a college digital use coverage, formation of digital security and wellness committees, and necessary consciousness programmes for academics, dad and mom, and college students.

Experts from NIMHANS, the Health and Education Departments, NGOs, and different stakeholders participated in panel discussions and brainstorming periods that highlighted the necessity for age-wise tips, cyber literacy programmes, and multi-pronged consciousness initiatives.