ITANAGAR, Oct 10: World Mental Health Day was celebrated by Oju Welfare Association (OWA) in collaboration with The Birds and Bees Talk - TBBT (Plan India), with an objective, to create awareness among the adolescent, to work towards finding better ways to diagnose mental health issues, and right treatment at the right time, availing health care facilities, and to promote mental health well-being. The theme for 2022 is  "Make Mental Health and well-being for all a Global Priority".
The programme was inaugurated with a welcome speech by Ashim Kawash, State Manager, TBBT. He briefly addressed the importance, history, and significance of mental health and the result of global advocacy for mental health since the early 1990s. In the  participative session Habung Antung,  Psychologist and Member of the All Arunachal Pradesh Psychological Association (AAPPA), educated the participants about depression and its type,  how to overcome depression and available support mechanisms. Psychologist, Yuma Narah also spoke about mental health and its determinants, triggers and signs, promotion and prevention, mental health support group therapy and peer groups and its principles.
The programme also witnessed several colorful dance and song by the children of OWA and an electrifying beatboxing performance by DJ Kenny.
The Khonsa Battalion of the Assam Rifles alongwith the government hospital and the Tirap District Administration observed the World Mental Health Day at Khonsa with an aim to raise awareness on mental health issues. Rowang Aboh, Psychologist and counselor at General Hospital Khonsa spoke on various pressing issues related to youth in the region covering topics of drugs, depression and anxiety disorders etc.
Dy SP of Tirap, Togum Gongo spoke on various harmful effects and punishments related to consumption of drugs and how it affects the life and careers of the young generation.

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