BSF organizes workshop on ‘Emotional & Psychological Wellness’

IG BSF Jammu D K Boora inaugurating a workshop for BSF personnel at Frontier Headquarter, Paloura camp, Jammu.
IG BSF Jammu D K Boora inaugurating a workshop for BSF personnel at Frontier Headquarter, Paloura camp, Jammu.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 17: Organized by BSF Jammu in coordination with a team of “Dr Bakshi’s Healthcare Private Limited for Psychiatric issues” a two-day workshop on “Emotional & Psychological Wellness” began today at Frontier Headquarter, Paloura camp for the benefit of BSF personnel.
D K Boora, IG Jammu in the presence of other senior officers inaugurated the workshop. Speaking on the occasion, Boora said that this wellness workshop will benefit BSF troops with Psychiatric issues and provide them a platform to address their problems to overcome barriers for recovery and achieve overall wellbeing.
Komal Mishra and Aman Choudhary (Psychologists from Delhi) explored various dimension of psychological issues concerning the Border men and gave lectures & presentations on stress management and psychiatric issues. Personal counselling and ice breaking sessions were held by team of psychologists with BSF troops for better understanding & assessment of their cases. Various one to one sessions were also conducted to redress the individual issues and individual solutions were provided accordingly.
The workshop was designed to engage, educate and inspire the psychiatric patients in BSF and to incorporate wellness by identifying their concerns. A large numbers of BSF officers and troops participated in the workshop and received input about the issue.