Suicide Prevention Awareness Workshop for Sonbhadra Police
Zindagi Ek Prathmikta Foundation, World’s First NGO working on such a diverse scale for Suicide Prevention, organized a Counseling Workshop at Police Lines, Sonbhadra District for Police Officials and PAC Workforces, with the Workshop topic themed towards Stress Management, Address the Causes for Increasing Suicide Incidents in Police Department and motivate them to cope up with Work Pressures and Balance their Life.
Police Department has an added responsibility towards Society apart from just caring their Families and in performing their duties they face work pressures, unable to take care of their families due to limited leaves and unpredictable work schedules. In such scenario sometimes in the stress and depression, their family lives gets disturbed and even suicide cases are noticed in recent years. SSP Sonbhadra, Salmantaj Patil addressed in the workshop that police officers need to balance their work, duty and family and should isolate the stress of work with their family so that harmony and happiness in the family can be maintained. Even other senior police officials shared their experiences and motivated in the workshop.
Ms. Isha Yadav (President), Mr. Ashu Gaur (Secretary) and Ms. Komal Chauhan (Head Program Coordinator for Uttar Pradesh) also shared some of the experiences and reasons why Police Department need such type of workshops and tips to cope up with Depression, Stress and Avoid Suicidal Ideations.
