MENTAL HEALTH

Balancing the States of Mind

Speakers: Prof. Ramesh Bijlani, Sri Aurobindo Ashram; Prof. Ishawar Basavaraddi, Director, Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga

 

Moderator: Dr. S. K. Khandelwal

 

Despite rapid and exponential advances in the field of neurosciences to understand mental symptoms and disorders, we are still far away in understanding the cause of various mental phenomena causing distress in the society. Drug industry has been dishing out new drugs at a very rapid rate, yet the limitation of efficacy of psychotropic is now being seriously debated in scientific literature. These drugs have very limited role in life style disorders, and have practically no role in preventive and promotive aspects of mental health. It is now being increasingly validated scientifically that stress can be tackled through simple, practical, and traditional and spiritual techniques to integrate biological, psychosocial and spiritual health to enhance mental health