I am interested in hearing news about this lecture, though I can't attend it myself, due to other commitments and my being situated in pune city.
We work a lot with visually impaired young children, who show signs of mental disturbance due to various environmental factors: isolation, no friends for play, no play, adjustment to the disability is low in the family, disappointment, bitterness, etc. in the family, family conflicts, not giving enough care, neglect, etc. etc. One particular young and strapping boy, who should have access to friendships and play, was pushed to voice hearing and other breakdown of self. He was given invasive treatments by doctors such as shock and medication. We were shocked. Instead of understanding the symptoms as caused by the seriously deprived family environment, he was treated with anti psychotic medication. We work for the human rights of persons living with psychosocial disabilities. We are very much against over medicalisation of psychosocial problems, and the use of inhuman degrading treatments like shock. My response comes from this background, as someone who has survived acute depression, as well as the mental institutions when very young. Bhargavi Davar. On 28 July 2011 21:10, Naresh Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > The disability colloquium of Sambhavana invites you for a talk by > Prof. T.B. Singh, Professor H.O.D., Clinical psychology, IHBAS, Delhi. > He has chosen to speak on ‘Visual Disability, Rehabilitation, Society > And Their Psycho- Social implications’. Prof. Singh is an > internationally renowned scholar with more than 50 publications in > national and international journals. He is also a member of many > professional bodies of psychiatry and clinical psychology. The areas > of his research are very wide ranging from visual disability to > childhood sexual abuse, severe psychological disorders, marital > compatibility, customer care executives of call centers etc. He has > been the pioneer in standardizing the psychological tests for visually > handicapped, launching crisis intervention programs for late blind and > community based rehabilitation for rural blind. We hope that we will > be having an engaging discussion. > Date: 30/07/11. > Time: 10.15 AM. > Venue: committee room, > Ground floor, > Department of history, > Social Science Building, > North Campus, > Delhi University. > Contact: 09999308530. > Best > Naresh, > Coordinator, > Disability Colloquium, > Sambhavana. > > > -- > Naresh Kumar > Assistant Professor > Department of History > Kamala Nehru College > (University of Delhi) > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- --- what is autumn? what is called spring, whatever the season It remains the same - i, the cage and the mourning of the loss of my wings--- Ghalib Bapu Trust, 020-26837647 [email protected] Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
