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AWARENESSAND RELATIONSHIPOF
MENTALAND PSYCHOSOCIALHEALTH
WITH URBAN DESIGN and PLANNING
KASMITA BASING
EMAILid: kasm ita.basing@ gm ail.com
Date:19.07.2020

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1. What is Psychosocial?
2. What is Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)?
3. Why this is important above all subject areas and topics?
4. Components of Psychosocial Health
5. Stigma Around Mental Health
6. Challenges (Why these issues come up?)
10. Mental Health and Urban Design and Planning [Key Facts]
7. Key Rules/ Key MANTRA
8. What One Must AVOID?
9. River Tributary Concept
CONTENTS

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11. Key Design and Planning Elements Promoting Good Mental and Psychosocial Health
12. What is a Happy Space and a City?
13. Examples of Happy Spaces
14. Awareness on Global and National Agencies working on Mental and Psychosocial Health
15. Key Firms, Institutes and Organizations working on Mental health and Urban Design & Planning
20. Recommendations
16. Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations during COVID-19
17. Awareness on Social Media Pages and Handles
19. Helpline and Other Support
CONTENTS
18. Meditation Centers in India

4. What is
“PSYCHOSOCIAL”?
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5. What is “Mental
Health and
Psychosocial
Health” (MHPSS)?
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6. Why this is
IMPORTANT above all
other subject areas
and topics?
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7. Com ponents of
Psychosocial
Health
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8. Types of STIGMA
around Mental
Health Care
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13. Challenges
(Why these issues
com e up?)

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 Pending submissions due to work load or other personal issues
 Unhealthy sleep patterns
 Low educational or professional performance
 Not able to manage emotions (relationship breakup, personal
relationship trouble like any type of violence)
 Not able to develop coping mechanisms
 Personality Attributes (like low self-esteem, being shy or
introverted, social health or anxiety
 Substance Abuse
 Traumatic Events

15. Key RULES/MANTRA
-Be Kind to yourself
and Others
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-Be Busy
-Be Emphatetic
-Keep reminding yourself the River Tributary or
the Tree Root diagram to feel positive
-Go with the Flow
-Do Meditation. It helps us to control our
emotions like anger, hate, tension, anxiety)
-Release Emotions or Simply
Share it with Someone

16. What One Must AVOID?
- Avoid Sulking. Nobody is
Perfect in this world.
-Stop Comparing Yourself
with others
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-Do not be harsh on people.
Use words wisely [‘W ORDS’
do make an Impact]
-Never Threat or Harass
Anyone (mentally and
emotionally)
-Never Demotivate Anyone.
This can lead to Fatal
Injuries.
-Never Bully Anyone
-Avoid or Ignore Toxic People (People who are
constanty involved into humiliating, demotivating,
taunting, mocking others)

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River
Tributary/
Tree Root
Concept

20. Mental Health and Urban Design &
Planning
Som e Key Facts
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 Planners and Designers know depressingly little about a city’s impacts on our mental health
 Poor urban design can lead to people being less physically active
 Specific aspects of urban life might be “depressogenic” (leading to poor mental health). People who
reside in cities are more likely to develop depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia than those living in the
countryside.
 Issues related to the physical environment of cities – such as heat, noise, light, social isolation etc. may
double the risk of schizophrenia and increase the risks of anxiety disorders (by 21%), mood disorders
(by 39%)and depression (40%). The qualities of our surroundings have a profound effect on our
physical, spiritual, and emotional health.
 Mental health is not just an individual issue, it affects the whole city. Economic costs associated with
mental illness amount to 4% of national GDP. Mental illness increases a city’s costs of health and social

21. “Mental-health issues can’t
be solved by psychologists
alone—city design can help,
too”
- By Layla McCay
Director of the Centre for Urban Design and Mental
Health
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22. Key Design and Planning Elem ents
Prom oting Good Mental Health
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1) Green Spaces
2) Active Spaces
3) Social Spaces
4) Safe Spaces

23. What is a Happy Space and a City?
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Happy Space
 Decluttered and Minimalistic Idea-based design
 Biophilic design supporting psychological and physiological outcomes
 Space with plenty natural light
 Space with Proper Ventilation
Happy City
 Equitable City
 Access to beauty such as park, public art, architectural buildings etc.

24. Exam ples of Happy Healthy Spaces
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30. Exam ples of Happy Healthy Spaces
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31. Aw areness on Global & National
Agencies on Mental Health and
Psychosocial Support
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- United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- International Mental Health Collaborating Network (IMHCN)
- World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH)
- Mental Health Innovation Network (MHIN)
- National Institute of Mental health and neurosciences-NIMHANS, India
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW),India

32. Key Institutes and Think Tanks w orking
on Mental Health and Urban Design &
Planning
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1. The Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health (UD/MH)~ Designing Mental Health into Cities
(https://www.urbandesignmentalhealth.com)
2. Bloomberg CITYLAB
3. TechChange.Org (App for Urban Design and Mental Health)
4. Infrastructure Intelligence
5. World Urban Campaign

33. Mental Health and Psychosocial
Considerations During this
COVID- 1
9 outbreak (WHO Guidelines)
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 Catch-Up calls with friends and family
 Healthy food
 Daily Physical Exercise and Meditation
 Regular Sleep Pattern
 Avoid Constant streaming of Covid-19 related news
 Mental health counselling helpline numbers to be kept handy

34. Aw areness on Social Media
Pages or Handles
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APPS
1) Headspace
2) Calm
3) WYSA
4)mfine_care
Motivational Speakers Links
1) Pulse TMS (https://pulsetms.com/blog/motivational-speakers-mental-health/)
2) The Motivational Speakers Agency (https://motivationalspeakersagency.co.uk/mental-health-
speakers)
3) The Lavin Agency (https://www.thelavinagency.com/news/top-mental-health-speakers)
4) Jeff Yalden Foundation (https://jeffyalden.com/mentalhealthspeaker/)
5) Jay Shetty

35. Meditation Centres in India
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1. Ananda (Himalayas)
2. Tushita , Dharamshala, HP
3. Vipassana International Academy, Igatpuri
4. Dhamma Bodhi, Bodh Gaya, Bihar
5. Isha Yoga and Meditation, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
6. Art of Living Ashram, Bangalore, Karnataka
7. Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry

36. Helpline and Support
● Its’s OK to Talk! (http://itsoktotalk.in/) (list attached in the next slide)
● W hite Swan Foundation (https://www.whiteswanfoundation.org/)
● National Institute of Mental health and neurosciences-NIMHANS
(https://nimhans.ac.in/)
● TARSHI.NET-helpline for various concerns: emotional/relationship
issues, substance abuse, young people, women in crisis
(http://www.tarshi.net/index.asp?pid=31)
● The Healthiest State Initiative
(http://www.iowahealthieststate.com/resources/individuals/makeit
ok/mental-health-resources-covid-19-coronavirus/)
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37. Other Support
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38. Recom m endations
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• To raise our consciousness and feel for fellow human-beings
• To be kind
• Talking more about the mental health challenges and issues and breaking the stigma around it. It is
okay to not to be Okay!
• Do not hesitate to seek counselling or release the anxiety by sharing thoughts and internal issues.
• Institutes and organizations need to install mental health counselling units and provide counselling for
students and employees
• Revisioning of urban design and planning principles and guidelines and integration of happy elements
into building and design bye-laws, guidelines and plans.

39. Want big im pact?
- Be Kind , Be He lp ful, Be a
Hum a n a nd Ke e p Sm iling !
THANK
YOU!
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