Saturday, October 20, 2018
#AasraTalk (Interactive) on #EnsuringMentalHealthAndWellness for Graduate students of #PIllaiCollege for #WorldMentalHealthDay by #JohnsonThomas
#Aasra tied up with #NMIMSCollege #IET for the #MPSTME #HackNCode Event #MentalHealthWeek #JohnsonThomas
SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed-to-be University) Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering
Bhakhti Vedhanth Samarth Marg, Near Cooper Hospital, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai – 400 056
Email: iet.mpstme.info@gmail.com
HACK N CODE 2.0
IET MPSTME On Campus
ABOUT THE EVENT:
HACK N CODE 2.0 was organized by IET MPSTME On Campus on 7thOctober 2018, starting from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. It was a great opportunity for students from various fields like IT, Computer Science, Data Science or the ones who solely possess phenomenal coding skills and need a platform to showcase their talent. More than 160 students from all over Maharashtra participated in this event. They applied their coding skills to tackle real-life problems, hence learning the application of coding in practical life.
This was another flagship event of IET MPSTME On Campus and one of the biggest in the pool of events done before. Sheer hard work and dedicated efforts were put in by the OC (Organizing Committee) leading to a tremendously successful event. This year, IET MPSTME On Campus organized a Speed Hackathon in collaboration with HackerEarth and AASRA, the foundation aiming towards Suicide Prevention & Mental Welfare for All. The hackathon was conducted on the portals provided by HackerEarth while the problem statement was formulated in collaboration with AASRA Foundation, which is one of the biggest NGOs in Mumbai.
Participants were given a problem statement and they had a time limit of 12 hours to develop and devise the best possible solution using their coding skills and available programming tools. The competition commenced at 9 A.M. and the participants began passionately. Even those who were attending a hackathon for the first time were enthusiastic to participate and experience the journey of enhancing creativity and implementing a solution. Many participants of HACK N CODE’s first iteration had participated again this year after having an amazing experience and warmth from the OC.
The mentors and teachers ensured that the participants would have no doubts unsolved. With their assistance, the experience was a smooth process for the participants.
VISITING FACULTY:
Prof. Supriya Agarwal
Assistant Professor
SVKM’s NMIMS
MPSTME, Mumbai.
SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed-to-be University) Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering
Bhakhti Vedhanth Samarth Marg, Near Cooper Hospital, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai – 400 056
Email: iet.mpstme.info@gmail.com
Prof. Kamal Mistry
Assistant Professor
SVKM’s NMIMS
MPSTME, Mumbai
Prof. Ameyaa Biwalkar
Assistant Professor
SVKM’s NMIMS
MPSTME, Mumbai
Prof. Prathamesh Churi
Assistant Professor
SVKM’s NMIMS
MPSTME, Mumbai
Prof. Krishna Samdani
Assistant Professor
SVKM’s NMIMS
MPSTME, Mumbai
Prof. Archana Lakhe
Assistant Professor
SVKM’s NMIMS
MPSTME, Mumbai
PARTICIPANT DETAILS:
There were a total of 292 participants who had registered for HACK N CODE 2.0. Out of these, 77 were members of the IET, and 215 from MPSTME and other colleges.
On the event day, there were a total of 238 attendees. Out of this, 68 were members of the organizing committee and the rest (170) participants.
SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed-to-be University) Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering
Bhakhti Vedhanth Samarth Marg, Near Cooper Hospital, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai – 400 056
Email: iet.mpstme.info@gmail.com
HACK N CODE2.0 was attended by students from 16 reputed colleges, from in and around Mumbai. There were participants from other institutes, as far as Sangli. This goes to show, that the HACK N CODE 2.0 was a greatly anticipated event this year. A number of participants returned after participating in the first edition of the event, only leading to show the consistency of output. The statistics show that the following event is now respected and well known, not only to students in Mumbai but in other engineering colleges around the state as well. A majority of participants expressed their interest in attending again next year, and in our other events.
The participants were from various colleges of Mumbai, as follows:
DATE/TIME/VENUE:
HACK N CODE 2.0 was conducted on the 7th of October, 2018, from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M., in room numbers: 404, 408, 409, 411 at the School of Business Management, NMIMS University.
EVENT TIMELINE:
TIME
TOPIC
DESCRIPTION
7:30 A.M.
Registration
Participants queued up as the registration desks were opened. They were allotted team numbers and given their kits and ID Cards.
SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed-to-be University) Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering
Bhakhti Vedhanth Samarth Marg, Near Cooper Hospital, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai – 400 056
Email: iet.mpstme.info@gmail.com
8:00 A.M. - 8:15 A.M.
Room Assignment
Rooms were assigned to room coordinators and participants were seated in their respective rooms.
8:15 A.M.- 8:35 A.M.
Account Setup
Room coordinators helped the participants create their accounts on HackerEarth.
8:35 A.M.- 9:00 A.M.
Rules and Regulations
Participants were briefed about the rules to be followed in the competition.
9:00 A.M.- 9:05 A.M.
Problem Statement
The start of the hackathon, the problem statement was revealed.
9:05 A.M.
Hackathon Commences
The participants rhapsodically started to find a solution to the given problem.
11:30 A.M.– 1P.M.
Arrival of Faculty
The mentors visited all the rooms and offered insights and suggestions to the participants, while in the ideation stage of their program.
1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Lunch
Participants were served lunch.
2:00 P.M.- 5:20 P.M.
Problem Solving
The participants resumed coding. They got engrossed in preparing their solutions.
5:20 P.M. - 5:40 P.M.
High Tea
The participants were served refreshments.
5:40 P.M.– 9P.M.
Problem Solving
The participants began finalizing their programs. Their doubts were solved with the help of assisting faculty. The Room In-charges made regular announcements 8P.M. onwards, reminding the participants to submit their codes. At 9P.M., the submission portal went offline.
SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed-to-be University) Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering
Bhakhti Vedhanth Samarth Marg, Near Cooper Hospital, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai – 400 056
Email: iet.mpstme.info@gmail.com
9:00P.M.
Event Concluded
Distribution of certificates and feedback collection
Feedback Form:
Scale: 1: Very Good; 5: Very Bad
Saturday, October 13, 2018
#AASRAHelpTalk #WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay #HowToMakeMentalHealthAndWellBeingAPriorityInYourDailyLife #JohnsonThomas
#AARSAHELPTALK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0hAZYuBk5Q
This video is a talk by #JohnsonThomas, Director #Aasra, On the Occasion of #WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay on 10th October,, 2018. Topic "How To Make Mental Health And Wellbeing A Priority In Your Daily Life'' This is part of the #AASRAHELPTalk series at HELP, Health Education Library for People, the world's largest free patient education library.
Sunday, October 07, 2018
#Aasra@#PillaisCollege #WorldMentalHealthDay
Thursday, September 13, 2018
#Aasra completes 20 years of #HelpingPeopleInDespair (13th Sept 1998-2018...)
Monday, September 10, 2018
#AasraSuicidePrevention #LightACandleForSuicidePrevention #WSPD2018
#AasraHELPTalk : #WhyTalkingAboutSuicideRelentlesslyIsIntegralForItsPrevention' #WSPD2018 #JohnsonThomas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARFX0BGpd2c
NHS Resolution reviews suicide-related claims to help prevent future harm
NHS Resolution is calling for improvements and better integration across the NHS and mental health services to ensure at risk patients are given more support and care having carried out a thematic review of suicide-related claims.
The report, launched to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September 2018, Learning from suicide-related claims: a thematic review of NHS Resolution data, examines some of the factors that contribute to suicide claims and the quality of investigations following these tragic incidents.
101 deaths occurring between 2010 and 2017 were examined in-detail. The NHS trusts involved in these cases were supported through NHS Resolution’s inquest scheme[1]. In addition 25 claims relating to non-fatal suicide attempts were also analysed for comparison.
To reduce the risk of suicide-related incidents and to improve the response of trusts, NHS Resolution has made nine recommendations for NHS trusts and national bodies. The recommendations highlight potential learning for those delivering mental health services in England. Where recommendations explicitly reference bodies external to NHS Resolution, we have worked with them to agree the relevant recommendation and are grateful for their support and commitment to action them.
Working in partnership with organisations including the Royal College of Psychiatrists, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, and families and staff members affected by suicide, the study draws on the unique dataset held by NHS Resolution to explore best practice and key areas such as:
the shared clinical characteristics of those ending their lives by suicide that result in a claim for compensation; and
how well families, carers and staff are supported following suicide; and
the investigation process.
Psychiatry/mental health claims represented 320 (3%) of clinical claims by number in 2017/18, and accounted for just 2% of the total value of new claims reported. However, these cases are devastating for all involved: individuals, their families and carers and often the NHS staff that are involved in their care.
Dr Alice Oates, NHS Resolution’s Clinical Fellow and author of the report says: “Sadly many of the clinical findings in this report will be familiar to those working in mental health. We found that, generally there was poor support for those with substance misuse problems, inadequate communication with patients and families, and a lack of a range of services to support individuals. The quality of risk assessments, therapeutic observation and subsequent serious incident investigations conducted by some trusts needs improvement. Finally, following a death, the support offered to both families and staff involved was variable.”
“That said, we must not lose sight of the good, innovative practice occurring across the country. By learning from good practice and from where things can be improved, I hope this report and the associated recommendations will help trusts to improve their suicide prevention work and in turn support safer patient care and better support for families and staff.”
The UK National Representative for the International Association for Suicide Prevention, founders of World Suicide Prevention Day, says: “This report highlights important lessons we can learn from claims for compensation following the death of a loved one by suicide. It not only offers insight, but also guidance through recommendations and examples of good practice to help implement change. Service providers, in particular, will find this a valuable resource.”
Helen Vernon, Chief Executive of NHS Resolution says: “This work reflects our renewed commitment, outlined in Delivering fair resolution and learning from harm: our strategy to 2022, to learn from inquests, share learning from harm and work in partnership with others to drive forward the patient safety agenda, in this instance with a focus on mental health.”
The full recommendations are:
1). A referral to specialist substance misuse services should be considered for all individuals presenting to either mental health or acute services with an active diagnosis of substance misuse. If referral is decided against, reasons for this should be documented clearly.
2). There needs to be a systemic and systematic approach to communication, which ensures that important information regarding an individual is shared with appropriate parties, in order to best support that individual. Trust boards should consider how communication is best enabled within their existing systems and prepare to adapt to new models of care, which should include working models to facilitate communication across services.
3). Risk assessment should not occur in isolation – it should always occur as part of a wider needs assessment of individual wellbeing. Risk assessment training should enable high quality clinical assessments, which include input from the individual being assessed, the wider multi-disciplinary team and any involved families or carers. While acknowledging that risk can be considered as ‘high’, trusts should move away from stratifying risk assessments into crude ‘cut offs’ of risk, and encourage more descriptive formulations of risk. In order to ensure that professionals are performing to a high level, this training should be regularly during clinical supervision.
4). The head of nursing in every mental health trust should ensure that all staff including:
- mental health nursing staff (including bank staff and student nurses who may be attached to the ward);
- health care assistants who may be required to complete observations; and
- medical staff who may ‘prescribe’ observation levels
undergo specific training in therapeutic observation when they are inducted into a trust or changing wards. Staff should not be assigned the job of conducting observations on a ward or as an escort until they have been assessed on that ward as being competent in this skill. Agency staff should not be expected to complete observations unless they have completed this training.
5). NHS Resolution should continue to support both local and national strategies for learning from deaths in custody. In particular, there should be ongoing work to review learning from litigation in cases involving prison healthcare, which will continue to inform the Prison Safety Programme and National Partnership Agreement action plan. External bodies such as Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have a role to play in sharing good practice nationally, and will ensure that the aforementioned programs are effective in delivering their objectives.
6). The Department of Health and Social Care should discuss work with the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB), NHS Improvement, Health Education England and others to consider creating a standardised and accredited training programme for all staff conducting SI investigations. This should focus on improving the competency of investigators and reduce variation in how investigations are conducted.
7). Family members and carers offer invaluable insight into the care their loved ones have received. Commissioners should take responsibility for ensuring that this is included in all serious incident (SI) investigations by not ‘closing’ any SI investigations unless the family or carers have been actively involved throughout the investigation process.
8). Trust boards should ensure that those involved in arranging inquests for staff have an awareness of the impact inquests and investigations can have on individuals and teams. Every trust should provide written information to staff at the outset of an investigation following a death, including information about the inquest process. In addition we recommend that the following mechanisms to support staff are considered:
The SI investigator should keep staff members up to date with the SI process, and the trust legal team should inform them of whether they will be called to coroner’s court as soon as this information is known.
There should be formal follow-up points to ‘check in’ with staff that have been involved in an SI. For example, there could be a follow-up meeting with managers three months, six months, and one year after the SI to ensure staff are supported both throughout the process and when it has finished.
Introduce a system for monitoring and alerting managers when staff have been involved in more than one SI in close succession in order to highlight the potential need for additional pastoral support.
9). NHS Resolution supports the stated wish of the Chief Coroner to address the inconsistencies of the PFD (report to prevent future death) process nationally. We recommend that this should include training for all coroners around the PFD process. Monitoring of the PFDs given, both in terms number and content should lie with both the CQC and other external bodies, with this information being shared nationally to drive improvement in health care systems.
Ends
Notes to editors
The Inquest Scheme: Since 1 April 2013, NHS Resolution has offered discretionary funding under its Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST), to provide legal representation for member trusts at inquests. If an application for funding is successful, the trust is supported by one of ten legal ‘panel’ firms. Panel firms are law firms that have high-quality legal health clinical negligence teams that are contracted by NHS Resolution to provide legal advice for healthcare claims. More information can be found on page 18 of the report.
Learning from suicide-related claims: a thematic review of NHS Resolution data has been authored by Dr Alice Oates, a Clinical Fellow at NHS Resolution.
Emotional and legal support services for those bereaved by suicide can be found on page 112 of the report
About NHS Resolution
NHS Resolution is the operating name of the NHS Litigation Authority.
We provide the following core services to our customers:
Claims Management delivers expertise in handling both clinical and non-clinical claims to members of our indemnity schemes.
Practitioner Performance Advice (formerly the National Clinical Assessment Service) provides advice, support and interventions in relation to concerns about the individual performance of doctors, dentists and pharmacists.
Primary Care Appeals (formerly the Family Health Services Appeal Unit) offers an impartial tribunal service for the fair handling of primary care contracting disputes.
Safety and Learning service helps to make the NHS a safer place by learning from harm and sharing best practice to reduce future risk.
Visit our website for more information about us: www.resolution.nhs.uk
For media enquiries. please contact Jessica Clinkett, Communications Officer jessica.clinkett@resolution.nhs.uk or 0207 811 2636 or Nick Rigg, Corporate Communications Lead nick.rigg@resolution.nhs.uk or 0207 811 2688
Sunday, September 09, 2018
Some Information about #SuicideInIndia by #JohnsonThomas, Director #Aasra- as told to reporter Press Trust Of India Manish.S #WSPD2018
In India and globally, male suicide rates have almost always been more than females, what do you think is the prime reason for that?
Indian men have been conditioned to hide away their emotions and build up a macho image lest they be considered wimpy and unmanly. Secondly when men attempt suicide they use surer means to do it. Access to means is much more easier for them than for women.
-- Despite being a male-dominated society, men with mental health issues rarely seek help until it is too late, where do you think the society can do better on its part?
This again is a cultural problem. Men cant be seen to have problems and with regards to mental health it's even more belittling to the male ego if they are seen to be less than normal. Expectations from society and from women are too harsh as they have to be both breadwinner and problem solver
-- Whether in adolescent years or post-marriage, men have it tougher when it comes to expectations from the family. Even now when the times are changing and women are also taking up challenging roles in the society, the stigma remains, how can we create a more inclusive society that treats all, despite their gender, equally?
That's a work in progress. Education, Awareness, reverse conditioning from families and emotional and psychological support will go a long way in addressing these issues
-- What should a family and close ones do in case a male member shows suicidal tendencies?
Show caring and concern, Empathise with him and not criticise or judge him. Help him ventillate about his problems/issues/negative emotions so that he can reach a mental space where he is much more comfortable making rational and logical decisions to resolve his issues/problems
Thanks
Johnson Thomas
Director
Aasra
#WSPD2018 #SuicidePreventionTriggersWarningSignsAndPositiveInterventions
#AasraHELPTalk : Suicide Prevention : Triggers, Warning Signs And Positive Interventions
#SuicidePreventionDay10thSept2018 #SuicidePreventionMonthSept #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
#SuicidePrevention
#WSPD2018
#WSPD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDjY8vyqmfI
#aasraSuicidePrevention24x7Helpline912227546669 #BefriendersWorldwide #SamaritansUK #IASP #UN #WHO #AFSP #INFOTES #LifelineInternational #Google #Facebook #WorldMentalHealthAndWellnessAwarenessWeek #WorldMentalHealthAndWellnessAwarenessMonth #aasradotinfo
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
#WSPD2018 'Cycling Around the Globe' #Aasra #IASP
#aasraSuicidePrevention24x7Helpline912227546669 #BefriendersWorldwide #SamaritansUK #IASP #UN #WHO #AFSP #INFOTES #LifelineInternational #Google #Facebook #WorldMentalHealthAndWellnessAwarenessWeek #WorldMentalHealthAndWellnessAwarenessMonth #aasradotinfo
With 6 weeks to go we have already received pledges of over 8,000kms. Last year our participants and groups from nearly 50 countries across the globe cycled over 357,000kms.
Join us in Cycling Around the Globe to raise awareness of the risks of suicide and to fund suicide prevention activities. We know that a person dies every 40 seconds by suicide and up to 25 times as many again make a suicide attempt. There are also many more people who have been bereaved by suicide or have been close to someone who has made an attempt. This World Suicide Prevention Day event is about our global community: to encourage us to engage with each other and to join together to spread awareness of suicide prevention.
Register now and join the global movement.
https://iasp.info/wspd2018/cycle-around-the-globe-registration-and-submission-form/
We look forward to sharing 2018 World Suicide Prevention Day with you.
best regards,
Aasra & IASP Central Administrative Office
Friday, July 27, 2018
Celebrating #WorldSuicidePreventionDay2018
We look forward to sharing 2018 World Suicide Prevention Day with you.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
#Aasra partners with KDProductions to present #NOW a life affirming play that highlights issues relating to Suicide
Saturday, June 23, 2018
4 four steps to help you access the calm vital energy at your Core-QigongMeditationSecrets
Monday, April 02, 2018
Recipe for Dealing with Trouble -Martin Terwel
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