SADGAMAYA -Adolescent Health Care Programme by Kerala Homoeopathy

Adolescent Health Care and Behavioral Management Programme -A programme by Department of Homoeopathy, Govt. of Kerala

The Department of Homeopathy, Govt. of Kerala is now helping the students of adolescent age group by Sadgamaya project, which was previously known as Jyothirgamaya.

The word Sadgamaya means reality, which is taken from the ancient Upanishad. Now this project will be functioning in three levels such as district hospitals, taluk hospitals and the dispensaries in the state (Previously it functioned only in district level). On every Saturday, students from the nearby schools will be given homeopathic treatment as well as psychological counseling in each dispensary, and on necessary occasions, cases will be referred to District or Taluk hospitals for special counseling by the child psychologists and special education B.Ed teachers.

Aims Sadgamaya project:

1. To ensure health of teenagers
2. To identify behavioral and personality disorders
3. To develop the personality
4. To identify the problems during teenage
5. To remove wrong notions among the children
6. To improve their school performance
7. To make their future life productive
8. To improvise their human qualities
9. To identifying their hidden talents
10. To strengthen student-teacher- parent bonding
11. To give Sex education as per their age
12. To give Homeopathic treatment
13. To give expert counselling and rehabilitation

Target Group
Importance will be given for the identification of following conditions:

Health problems, Behavioral problems, Personality disorders, Habits and addictions, Sexual abuses, Learning disability, ADHD, Oppositional defiant disorders, Autism, Anxiety disorders, Conduct disorders, Kleptomania, Depression, Pediatric somatoform disorders, etc.

Team Sadgamaya includes:

• Departmental authorities
• Medical Officers and paramedical staff
• Parents
• Teachers
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Special education B.Ed teachers
• Public support (NGOs, clubs, philanthropists)

Report by Dr Muhammed Rafeeque
Medical Officer, GHD, Melarcode.

Web : http://www.homoeopathy.kerala.gov.in/