The psychiatric counseling to people in quarantine centers is proving helpful in mitigating their problems, authorities said on Wednesday.
A statement said with the deputation of two psychiatric Medical Officers to the Control Room, the specialists are busy in counseling and listening to young and old, men and women quarantined in different centres as well as at home.
The psychiatric counseling to people in quarantine centers is proving helpful in mitigating their problems, authorities said on Wednesday.
A statement said with the deputation of two psychiatric Medical Officers to the Control Room, the specialists are busy in counseling and listening to young and old, men and women quarantined in different centres as well as at home.
“In a typical case of depression, a young female when declared positive developed palpitation, restlessness, chest discomfort, behavioral changes and aggressiveness, and in time psychiatric consultation has improved her condition and now she has been declared negative which resulted in improvement of other symptoms also,” said the statement.
It said advising or providing psychiatric counseling to the public in general and persons undergoing administrative as well as hospital quarantine in particular seems now to be a long drawn process even once the corona pandemic was gone.
Exhorting the Nodal Officers of various quarantine, wellness centers, social workers and all corona warriors, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Pandurang Pole encouraged and expressed satisfaction for providing such counseling to the even least affected persons.
