Media Release

Mangaluru, Oct 5: The Post Graduate department of Chemistry, St Agnes Center Postgraduate Studies and Research organized a session on the topic 'Stress Management' by Dr Kavyashree, head of the department, PG Department of Clinical Psychology, St Agnes Center Postgraduate Studies and Research, here on October 1, for the students of first and second-year MSc Chemistry.

The session started with a formal welcome by Navya followed by the introduction of the guest speaker by Sreevidya.

Dr Kavyashree started the session by enlisting the objectives of World Mental Health Day which is celebrated on October 10. She mentioned about stress and various types of stress commonly found in students. She discussed the psychology of stress and various psychological effects of stress such as emotional sensitivity and cardiovascular changes. She also explained the various chronic stress effects such as diabetes, blood pressure, mental health problems, personality disorders etc as well as the various methods to reduce stress like reconstructing thoughts diaphragmatic breathing, mindfulness, taking professional help, unlearning and relearning. Dr Kavyashree insisted that students have mindfulness with a non-judging attitude, patience, trust and acceptance.

Anagha and Navaneetha gave their feedback on the session.

The programme was compered by Apoorva and vote of thanks was delivered by Aparna.