MENTAL WELL-BEING

A survey conducted by IndiaToday amongst college students reported that 25% of the students were diagnosed with a mental disorder and 20% of them even had suicidal thoughts. Further into the concern -the report found that 9% of these students had reported a suicide attempt and 20% self injury.

These statistics paint a scary picture, and are an alarming concern for the youth across the nation, and even worldwide. The need of the hour is to break the silence and seek help, wherever necessary. IMI Bhubaneswar is pleased to announce its partnership with YourDOST, one of India's largest online mental health and emotional wellness coaches. Through this partnership, IMI Bhubaneswar is all set to offer holistic emotional wellness support across their campus and create a happier and safer environment.

 

YourDOST is an emotional wellness platform where one can anonymously seek 24x7 support from 900+ experts - professional psychologists, life coaches, and career coaches - for issues related to relationships, work, anxiety, depression, grief, self-improvement, sexual wellness, and much more. For the ease of their clients, YourDOST experts speak 20 different languages and are available in various mediums (chat, audio, and video). The platform also provides access to a pool of exclusive self-help resources, knowledge-based interactive webinars, workshops, group discussions, and much more.

 

The students of IMI Bhubaneswar witnessed the launch of YourDOST in the campus on 17th Oct and began their journey to unleash a better version of themselves. Through this launch, the institute promises to support students by facilitating holistic wellness that will help them manage their feelings better, re-discover themselves, tackle stress and anxiety issues and even develop intrapersonal & interpersonal skills.