Mental Health counselling for Adolescents in India

ACTIVITY REPORT (JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2017)

Awareness Meetings

Awareness raising meetings with adolescents were held at the community and school level. These meetings primarily focused on their day-to-day issues that have to be faced by them effectively with more strength and courage. The counsellor made efforts to identify the problems of the adolescents by noting their shared responses during the awareness meetings.

The awareness meetings conducted in community are listed below:

                   AREA                           NO. OF MEETINGS HELD            TOTAL ADOLESCENTS COVERED

~ Community                                                   36                                                                   993

~ School                                                          12                                                                   384

TOTAL                                                            46                                                                  1377

Number of cases handled

A total of 111 cases were handled over the quarter. Of these, 12 cases approached the centre, while 99 cases were handled by AWAG’s counsellor at the school level.

TOTAL CASES = 74 GIRLS & 37 BOYS

These adolescents were provided with both counselling and medical help. Detailed assessment, intervention and follow up sessions were held as per requirement.

Summary of findings of the Cases

 To summarize the total of 111 adolescent cases that were intervened with... 

• 105 cases (95%) fall under counselling category and 6 cases (5%) fall under psychiatric category.
• Out of the 105 counselling cases, 91 cases (87%) face academic problems, 11 cases (10%) face emotional / behavioural/ personal problems and 3 cases (3%) are affected by family issues.
• Adolescents at the secondary stage (age group ranging from 16-22 years) seem to face more problems. Majority of them are going to school followed by school dropouts. Most dropouts are from Std.8 and 10.
• Out of the 6 psychiatric cases, 2 cases were ruled out as Mild Depression Disorder, I case as Schizophrenia, another 2 cases as Tension Headache and 1 case as Bipolar Disorder. These psychiatric cases were given individual as well as parental counselling sessions.