Symposium Title: Parenting In The Era Of Information Overload

Presenting author’s contact details: Shivanad B Hiremath Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry KIMS,Hubli, Karnataka Mobile: 7760072812, bhshiv@gmail.com Author and co-authors’ details: Prabeesh Nair Senior Resident Department of Psychiatry KIMS,Hubli, Karnataka Mobile: 8296405029 drprabeeshnair@gmail.com Niranjan Ittannavar Psychiatrist Central Prison Vijayapur, Karnataka Mobile: 7019691434 Niranjan1334@gmail.com Saudhamini Bhat Senior Resident Department of Psychiatry KIMS,Hubli, Karnataka Mobile: 9980043250 drsaudhaminibhat@gmail.com Chaithra S Hiremath Consultant Psychiatrist Aantharya Neuro-Psychiatric centre Hosur, Hubli, Karnataka Mobile: 7760483036, chaitravhm@gmail.com Abstract: Parenting is an incredibly challenging as well as rewarding job, which has a strong influence on the child’s mental health along with the overall growth and development of the children. From the first-time humans walked on the earth till now through the various ages, parenting has constantly evolved to adapt itself to time and society. The recent years has seen more involvement of the Indian parents in their children’s growth due to growing awareness and information explosion. And the Covid-19 pandemic catalyzed the speed even more, nudging the parents’ even greater role in emotional, social and educational development of their children. Transitioning the spread of information majorly from printed materials to digital media has led to exponential rise in the creation of sources of information as well as it’s dissipation. This has made digital media an integral part of our personal, social, academic and professional lives. Both the information as well as connectivity it provides has been immense. In fact, during the lockdowns digital media has been the only source for that same. Due to the sheer volume of information created on digital platforms, lots of these go unscrutinized thus many times misinformation starts creeping in various sources. Also, the allure of the digital media can shift our healthy dependence on digital media to the unhealthy range. Thus, for a new parent it presents two-fold problem. One-fold where the learning new parent has to both filter out the misinformation from sources as well as assimilate the vast information on parenting well, so that the quality of parenting isn’t compromised. The second fold is to determine the right amount of involvement of digital media in the parents’ and children’s lives, so that neither the too much involvement negatively affect the physical, mental and social health nor the suboptimal involvement deprive them of necessary knowledge, skills set and social well- being to keep up with the world, let alone progress in life. In this symposium, the speakers will be discussing about the advantages and disadvantages of parenting in digital age, aspects of online/ e-learning, home schooling as alternative solution, achieving balance between healthy parenting and digital evolution. Individual topics and speaker details: 1.Introduction, historical evolution and need for the discussion: Shivanand B Hiremath; 2.Influence of digital media on parenting: Prabeesh Nair; 3.Parental role in digital learning: Niranjan Ittannavar; 4.Homeschooling as a alternative solution: Saudhamini Bhat; 5.Healthy parenting in the digital age: Chaithra S Hiremath. Lost: Never to be Found ? Understanding and Addressing Grief 1.Dr Sona Kakar MD Consultant Psychiatrist. Talk Time Clinic Hyderabad drsonakakar@gmail.com; 2.Dr Ajit Bhide MD. Emeritus Consultant in Psychiatry St. Martha’s Hospital Bengaluru drajitbhide@gmail.com Grief is one of the most painful experiences in relation to mankind. It is universal and inevitable if there is a loss. Ironically every single moment we are losing something, be it time, money, our dreams or relationships. Grief can be normal but might take pathological dimensions, As psychiatrists dealing with patients who have lost a loved one, we need to be well informed about this human experience consequent to loss. In order to help a patient in grief, we have to understand this complex and painful phenomenon. We need also to look at ways to help the patient minimize his trauma and resolve the grief. This symposium seeks to understand the emotion of grief, its relation to loss, differentiate it from other emotions with the help of case discussions and literature and look at ways to address it in clinical practice. Resistant Depression Under the Scanner 1.Dr Sona Kakar MD Consultant Psychiatrist. Talk Time Clinic Hyderabad drsonakakar@gmail.com; 2.Dr Vipul Singh MD Government Medical College. Kannauj drvipulsingh@yahoo.co.in. Depression is one of the common clinical presentations in our practice. In a few patients we may notice Resistant Depression which creates distress and hopelessness in the patient and helplessness in the treating psychiatrist. This often requires a close observation of the symptoms and the use of adjunctive therapies and treatments. In this symposium we would like to closely scrutinize evolving strategies in the management of Resistant Depression and will cover both biological and Psychotherapeutic interventions which have shown promise through research.