GCU holds week-long mental health workshops.

LAHORE -- The newly-established Women Development Centre (WDC) at the Government College University (GCU) Lahore held a mental health workshops for female students of different universities.

Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi chaired the closing ceremony of the week-long workshops on Friday, which were addressed by eminent psychologists, who called on students not to be shy in seeking professional or medical help if they suffer any kind of trauma, anxiety or stress.

Addressing a workshop on stress management, GCU Clinical Psychology Unit In-charge Dr Mahwesh Arooj Naz explained that stress is not only a mental state but it also causes physical symptoms, and sometimes it makes people prone to lifelong diseases. She said it is completely normal to experience both negative and positive emotions, but it is necessary to take stressful situations not as a threat but as an opportunity to achieve a better outcome. She also taught different techniques to avoid stress which included meditation, deep breathing and mindfulness.

GCU Campus Counsellor Dr. Ayesha Majeed said that dealing with intense emotions such as fear, anxiety, anger, etc., it is recommended to calm down by looking for an exit from a situation, taking some...