Jharkhand News : The second day of the four-day training programme on “Queer and Trans-Affirmative Mental Healthcare” at the Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS) focused on advancing discussions from the inaugural day through expert-led sessions covering clinical, social, and rights-based dimensions of LGBTQ+ mental healthcare.
Dr. Ranjita Biswas from Kolkata delivered a session on the mental health concerns of older LGBTQ+ individuals, highlighting the importance of support systems, the decriminalization of homosexuality, gender-affirmative therapy, and community-based initiatives such as the Care Bank.
In an online session, Aritra Chatterjee from Kolkata spoke on gender dysphoria, associated mental health challenges, and key aspects of the assessment of gender dysphoria. The session provided participants with practical insights into affirming and evidence-based approaches to mental healthcare.
The training programme has brought together psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric social workers, researchers, and other mental health professionals from various departments of RINPAS.
The four-day programme aims to strengthen participants’ knowledge, clinical skills, and sensitivity towards queer and trans-affirmative mental healthcare, enabling them to provide more inclusive, respectful, and rights-based mental health services to the LGBTQ+ community.
