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MANKOVEER - Championing Mental Health In Sikkim

Presenting a comprehensive e-learning platform designed to empower individuals on their journey to better mental health. It provides users with access to a wide range of expert-led courses, interactive workshops, and resources that promote mental well-being and personal growth. Whether you're looking to Mental Health Awareness, manage stress, improve mindfulness, or understand mental health conditions, we offer a supportive and engaging environment for learners of all backgrounds.

Our Honourable CM Shri P.S. Golay, is leading a groundbreaking initiative - MANKOVEER will promote mental well-being in the state. By fostering a supportive and inclusive environment, the CM aims to empower individuals to prioritize their mental health and seek the care they need. Join us in championing mental health awareness and creating a community where everyone feels valued and supported. 

COURSE CONTENT

Mental Health Awareness

Session 1: Introduction to Mental Health | Session 2: Understanding Common Mental Health Conditions | Session 3: Communication and Listening Skills | Session 4: Promoting Mental Well-being | Session 5: Working with Individuals with Mental Health Conditions |
This module aims to equip healthcare professionals and educators with the knowledge and skills to recognize, understand, and respond to mental health concerns in their respective settings. It will cover key mental health concepts, common mental health conditions, effective communication strategies, and strategies for promoting mental well-being.

Suicide Prevention

Session 1: Risk Assessment and Intervention | Session 2: Postvention and Gatekeeper Training | Session 3: Cultural and Religious Considerations |
This module aims to equip healthcare professionals and educators with the knowledge and skills to prevent suicide. It will cover risk assessment tools, crisis intervention techniques, postvention strategies, gatekeeper training, and cultural and religious considerations in suicide prevention.

Substance Abuse Management

Session 1: Screening and Assessment | Session 2: Brief Interventions | Session 3: Motivational Interviewing Techniques | Session 4: Detoxification and Rehabilitation | Session 5: Harm Reduction Strategies |
This module aims to equip healthcare professionals and educators with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage substance abuse. It will cover screening and assessment tools, brief interventions, motivational interviewing techniques, detoxification and rehabilitation, and harm reduction strategies.

Trauma-Focused Interventions

Session 1: Understanding Trauma and Its Impact | Session 2: Trauma Screening and Assessment | Session 3: Trauma-Informed Care Principles | Session 4: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Trauma | Session 5: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Basics | Session 6: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Management |
This module aims to equip healthcare professionals and educators with the knowledge and skills to understand, assess, and treat individuals affected by trauma. It will cover the nature of trauma, screening and assessment tools, trauma-informed care principles, evidence-based interventions like CBT and EMDR, and management strategies for PTSD.

Training of Sikkim Health Care Professionals

Module 1: Clinical Risks – Formulation and Management (Level 1) | Module 2: In-Patient Mental Health – Fall Risk, Care Planning, and Post-Fall Protocol (Level 1) | Module 3: Supportive Observation and Examples in Mental Health Setting (Levels 1/2) | Module 4: Consent to Treatment (Levels 1/2) | Module 5: Guiding Principles / Patient Safeguards (Levels 1/2/3) | Module 6: Mental Health Ramps (RAMPPS) - Recognizing and Assessing Medical Problems in Psychiatric Settings (Level 1) | Module 7: Communication Skills for Mental Health Professionals (Levels 1/2/3) |
This module is designed to enhance the clinical competencies of Sikkim healthcare professionals. It covers a range of topics critical to mental health care, including risk management, patient safety, consent, and communication.

Mental Health Training for Teachers

Session 1: Mental Health Basics | Session 2: Identifying Mental Health Issues | Session 3: Screening Tools | Session 4: Communication Skills | Session 5: Classroom Management | Session 6: Self-Care for Teachers | Session 7: Referral Pathways |
This module aims to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to identify, understand, and support students' mental health needs. It will cover mental health basics, screening tools, communication strategies, classroom management, self-care, and referral pathways.

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VISION OF THE H&FWD: To foster a healthy society through the provision of quality health care services for all its citizens from womb to tomb and to reach quality health care services up to the remotest village of the state.
Shri G. T. Dhungel, Honourable Minister for Health and Family Welfare (Govt. of Sikkim).