A two-day international conference on ‘Stress Management: Dimensions and Suggestive Measures’ concluded at Government Degree College for Women in Anantnag on Thursday.
The conference was organised by the Department ofPsychology, GDC Anantnag in collaboration with the Institute of Public PolicyResearch and Development. The event was sponsored by Aarafh Foods and Spices, astatement here said.
Various academics, research scholars, faculty members ofvarious colleges and universities from both Kashmir and outside, clinicalpsychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers presented their papers at theconference. A large number of students attended the conference. Dr Insha Rouf,Senior Resident, Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (IMHANS) GMCSrinagar spoke about the causes of depression in the women.
Dr. Sunita Kumari, Associate Professor, Department ofPsychology, Shri Varshney College, Aligarh presented the paper on a comparativestudy of personal stress among employed and unemployed graduates.”Theunemployed graduates, according to various researches, are more prone tostress,” she said.
Author and researcher Rao Farman Ali, said, “Kashmiris aresuffering from collective stress. It gets further aggravated when thegovernment talks about things like abrogating Articles 35A and 370.”