Dimapur district mental health programme organised a one-day training of teachers on common mental illnesses in children on November 15 at Dimapur district hospital chapel hall. Nodal Officer, District Mental Health Program Dimapur, as resource person presented the etiology and range of childhood psychological disorders.
He stated that a teacher was an applied scientist and by scientifically identifying the cause for poor performance and remedying the cause, a teacher could help children with learning disorder. He also informed that in today’s age of technology, a new disorder of internet gaming was affecting a lot of children. Other resource person include Awheno, clinical psychologist, Nimhanu, psychiatric social worker, Kezhano, psychiatric nurse and Rubeca, community nurse and they oriented the trainees on the various mental illnesses in children. Earlier in the programme, Dr. C. Tetseo, Nodal Officer NTCP Dimapur delivered the welcome speech and the programme was chaired by Allo.
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