Sangat Health - Mental Health with Sachdev Singh Seyan

Dr Jasvir Singh Grewal speaks to Sachdev Singh Seyan, a Senior community development officer on the topic of access to Mental Health services by ethnic minority groups. They talk about the difficulties that people from ethnic minorities have in accessing mental health services. They discuss the negative and inaccurate stereotypes that still exist of people with mental health problems in today's media. Also they discuss how the access to mental health services can be improved for instance by the use of role model patients. Sangat Health is a weekly programme that aims to address the health issues of the Punjabi and wider community.Please join us every Tuesday at 8pm on Sangat TV, Sky channel 847 or online at sangattelevision.org. If you would like to provide any feedback or if you are a healthcare professional and would like to contribute please contact the team on health@sangattelevision.org

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