World Mental Health Day 2021 - Sessions

Title of the workshop

Date & Time

Main points

Partners

Speakers

Audience

Students Experience on Adopting with Health Conditions

Language: Arabic
Link: Zoom

22 March
12:30PM - 01:30PM

• Informal session with student to give them a space to share their experiences with their health challenges, how they did manage and adopt.

• What are the challenges they have and lessons they would like to share with their peers.

• Health Challenges

1. 1. Inspirations stories

   2. Experiences and Lessons 

Suhaila AlKaabi & Wafaa AlHadhrami

Female students

Awareness session: Adapting COVID situation (Mental & Physical Wellness)

Language: English
Link: Zoom

23 March
12:30PM - 01:30PM

• The overall effect of the Covid-19 pandemic

• Definition of stress/anxiety and how it can affect our lives and well being

• How to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic

Health Point

Kolbrun Kristjansdottir
Nursing Director at Healthpoint

All Students & Faculty

Awareness session: Health and Safety in Workplace

Language: English
Link: Zoom

24 March
12:30PM - 01:30PM

"Due to this pandemic many of us throughout the world have faced new working challenges leading many employees to work from home were a suitable workstation is not in place, As result of this many people are complaining of body pains particularly in the neck and back region. With my years of experience as a Physiotherapist I am privileged to share with you advise on how to set up your workstation in a healthy manner wither at home or work”.

Health Point

Marwa Al Hosani
Physiotherapy supervisor at Healthpoint

All Students & Faculty

Adapting to health challenges during online learning

Language: Arabic
Link: Zoom

25 March
11:00AM - 12:00PM

• What are the effects on physical & Mental Health

• Medical advices to overcome those challenges effects of distance learning

Wellness Center

Dr. Fatma, Dr. Alaa & Nurse Ebtisam

All students

Why are you always hungry?

Language: Arabic
Link: Zoom

25 March
12:30PM - 01:30PM

Objective:

To know the meaning of persistent hunger, its causes, the impact of hormones, and nutritional advice to avoid hunger.

The session will talk about?

• Is feeling hungry normal?

• Is constant hunger a problem?

• What is the effect of body hormones?

• What is Ghrelin (the hunger hormone) and what is its effect, and the factors that increase it?

• What is leptin? its job? And its effect?

• What is the food that helps release leptin and Leptin resistance?

• What are the causes of permanent hunger?

SEHA

Dr. Nada Zuhair

All students