Volume : 6, Issue : 3, March - 2017

CREATING AWARENESS AND COUNSELLING OF CARETAKERS FOR PREVENTION OF SELF-HARM AND SUICIDAL TENDENCIES AMONGST ADOLESCENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS

Dr. Pankaj Singh, Dr. Pradeep Pazare, Dr. Nilofer Mujawar, Dr. Swati Phulpagar

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">This paper has as objective to creating awareness and counselling of caretakers for prevention of self-harm and suicidal tendencies among children with psychiatric Illness. Sample for the study includes 134 school going Children (boys 58 and 76 girls) between the age group 12 to 16 years, from different schools from Nagpur .School going children (boys and girls) that referred by doctors for academic, self-harm, suicidal tendencies and behavior problem. They were administered the Beck Youth Inventories&trade; - Second Edition (BYI-2), was administered to determine why the school going children self-harm and suicidal tendencies behavior problem, the sample group. The data were analyzed with the help of compared &ldquo;t&rdquo; test, an analysis of variance showed significant at 0.05 level. Present study help delineate the distinct pathways through which the influence of coping management strategies as suicidal thinking and suicidal tendencies is transmitted. More specifically the study find that cognitive behaviour therapy, cognitive mapping, proper coping strategies (counselling &amp; guidance) ,emotional stability, naturally adopted by male and female were protective in reducing risk of suicidal thinking and suicidal tendencies over a six months follow &ndash;up period., and parents support improvement can be obtained through communication, and caregiver support to strengthen child competency and teach them new skills that will enhance safety.<o:p></o:p></span></p>