Dr. Shuba Charles’s books on psychiatry in English & Tamil released at India’s 1st and only “Brain Gym”, Gym meant for de-stressing the natural way
- The very idea of opening Brain Gym was created to give back to society
Chennai, January 2020: Chennai’s well known
and renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Shuba Charles’s two books about mental illness; “Schizophrenia debunked, talking away
mental illness” (briefs on the case study of a successfully treated 15-year
old Schizophrenic girl, residing in Malaysia, through ‘Talk Therapy’ using
WhatsApp Messenger), in English and “Manathellam
Mathappoo” (briefs on the real life case studies treated) in Tamil, were
released at India’s first and only “Brain Gym” by Padma Bhushan awardee Dr. B.M. Hegde, Cardiologist and Er. J.S.
Rajasingh, Kingsway Consultants, in the presence of Mr. L. Charles, Senior
Chartered Accountant. The “Brain Gym” was also inaugurated by Dr. Hegde and Er.
Rajasingh.
Today, it is still
not easy to mention words such as mental illness, depression or undergoing treatment
in a conservative society like India, be it for a senior citizen, working
parent, teenager or even a child. For instance, the book “Talking away mental
illness” is a compilation of recorded talks with a teenager, who was treated
over a period of 3 years, by ONLY counselling over the telephone and was
treated with no medication.
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(L) L. Charles,
Senior Chartered Accountant; (3rd from left) Psychiatrist, Dr. Shuba
Charles
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“The very idea of opening
Brain Gym was created to give back to society. The idea here, is to have anyone
walk in, relax, destress, just talk, undergo counselling without any prejudice.
Brain Gym will be open 24 hours a day and night with an inaugural “free for the
1st month” offer for women and for senior citizens above 75 years it
is totally free,” said Dr. Shuba Charles.
“Unfortunately, very
little is known about stress and we hope to make a difference. For example, Internal
stress is high during this time of intense growth due to physical, sexual
psychoneurological changes and External pressure for social conformity can be
great source of stress to the young immature minds,” she added.
At Brain Gym, unlike
ordinary gyms that promote physical fitness, the team assists and helps in
training of mental, psychological, social and spiritual fitness. Today’s children
have tremendous knowledge but lack the power to control their emotions and to
channelize it properly.
“It is important to note that, in the mind of children, the abundance of
free Knowledge, fake and true over Internet, add to their confusion. As the
typical response pattern to stress, these youngsters Fight / Flee / Freeze.
This normal stress response patterns should not be interpreted as neither
mental illnesses, nor treatment with antipsychotics and mood stabilizers. An
understanding cultured mind can reverse the stress and calm the youngsters
troubled minds,” she pointed out.
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