‘Women’s mental health needs focus’

Hyderabad: There is a need for women to speak out about their mental health, several speakers said at an event here on Wednesday.

Hyderabad City Security Council (HCSC) in coordination with Hyderabad city police organised ‘She Triumphs Through Respect, Equality and Empowerment (STREE) Summit-2023’ to celebrate the success of women at Telangana Police Integrated Command Centre in Banjara Hills.

Hyderabad police commissioner CV Anand said that the event brings together programmes to spread awareness through various fora such as Cyber Security Forum, Women Forum, Traffic forum, Anti-narcotic Forum and Security Forum for the benefit of women.

AIG Hospitals chairman Dr D Nageshwar Reddy said that 60 per cent of their staff at AIG were women.

“There is evidence that women’s brain works in a multi-tasking and rationale way. Today, girls are outshining boys in many fields. Women’s mental health and wellness needs attention. It is a fact that women are more skilful than men at work. Women should come forward and talk about their mental health to reduce stigma attached to it. STREE can do a remarkable job to help women in issues of mental health,” Hyderabad police said, quoting Dr Nageshwar Reddy.

Hyderabad police commissioner also stressed about the physical health and importance of healthy food and the connection between the gut health and mind.

During the event, a report on ‘Family Environment, Social Media Usage and Well-Being of Adolescent Girls: An Analysis from Psycho-Semantic Perspective’ by Osmania University was also released.