Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse and Addiction is a mental illness where a person gets addicted to a substance due to over-usage or misuse of the substance. There are many legal, illegal and prescriptive substances to which a person can get addicted. This problem is prevalent across the world, age groups, gender and ethnicities. The Team at Better Minds has been involved in the following sessions: 

  • Represented South Asia in ‘World Workshop on Drug Abuse and Media’, at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, United States of America
  • Visited centers working in the field of ‘Drug Addiction’ in Maryland & Washington D.C., U.S.A. on a special fellowship of United States Information Center
  • Lecture on ‘Effects Of Raj Yogi Lifestyle on Addictions’ at the Raj Yoga Meditation Center in Spain
  • Workshops on ‘Substance Abuse’ for school children, teachers and parents of institutions such as Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, New Delhi; St. Anthony’s School, New Delhi; The British School, New Delhi, etc.
  • Workshops on ‘Counseling Skills for Alcohol Abuse and De-addiction’ for the students of the National Institute of Social Defense (NISD)
  • Lecture on Changing Patterns of Drug Abuse, Special Reference to India & Rajasthan in Mount Abu
  • Lecture on ‘Non Pharmacological Management of Patterns of Substance Abuse (Addiction)’ at the  Art of Psychiatry Conference of IAPP in Srinagar
  • Lecture on ‘KNOW Addiction For NO Addiction’ at the Raj Yoga Meditation Center in Raipur
  • Presentation on ‘Alcoholism and Occupational Mental Health Problems and Effects on Productivity’ at the 9th National Conference of the Association of Industrial Psychiatry of India in New Delhi

Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse and Addiction is a mental illness where a person gets addicted to a substance due to over-usage or misuse of the substance. There are many legal, illegal and prescriptive substances to which a person can get addicted. This problem is prevalent across the world, age groups, gender and ethnicities. The Team at Better Minds has been involved in the following sessions: