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hai friends...how are you?

some more interesting things are here...

1. this is not for psychologists!

Brain is a physical part of our body. It contains many regions carrying out their individual functions. When they function isloatedly, there is no 'mind'. When they function interactively, then mind is formed. Mind is the functional correlate of brain. All our problems are in mind. 

 

Mind problems influence the functioning of the body. Body problems affect the neurotransmitter secretions and affect the mind. When the brain gets affected or damaged due to accidents, diseass due to micro organisms, deficiency diseases etc neuro surgeon, psychiatrist and psychologist get involved. Neuro surgeon repairs the damaged part of the brain using surgery and medicines. Psychiatrist corrects the neurotransmitter secretions (responsible for mood, thinking etc which affect our behaviours) through medicines. Psychologist corrects the behaviours through suitable interventions or therapies. 

 

Behaviour changes are slow. So,the individual may not know as generally we don't observe ourselves. For us, we are always alright and what ever we do it right. We never do wrong things. It is observable only by the people around. They can only find out behaviours which can lead to problems later. So, when the behaviours change from normal, usual, then we need to take them to psychiatrist (not to temples, priests or people who drive away ghosts) who will identify when the psychologist's help will be required and do the needful.

(look at this!...as expected, a psychologist has read this!)

2. this is for every one!

when a psychologist studies, measures behaviours and applies the suitable counselling therapy, intervention etc then it is known as treatment. Here the doctor works with the patient. My personal opinion is, this is not a correct environment...i.e making a person know that he is abnormal, he can not live happily in society with this behaviour, he is a psycho (social taboo), he needs to go to a psychiatrist etc...as this affects the mind of the individual more...as society keeps him away, view with sympathy (not with empathy), even if he takes the treatment and becomes normal the society still see him with the tag of 'psycho'.

Instead of this we should see the patient as a 'trainee'. i.e a person who needs to 'learn' (change behaviours)...i.e get educated on some issues related to life and living...which will change his behaviour...he is not identified or marked or stigmatised as a patient...as a psycho...here he is viewed as normal person needing some education....some learning...that is all.

the trainee will be trained by a 'trainer'...he will be taught how to think differently...he will be helped to change a particular behavior without his knowledge...he will not be viewed differently here...he is not a patient...he is not a person who can not live with society...he is a student...he is here to learn...he will be told that nothing wrong with him...he is absolutely normal and fine...he is just undergoing a course or training like any other student undergoes in a college...this can be called as 'behaviour management' or the study of these techniques can be called as 'behaviour technology'...

psychiatrist, psychologist, patient, treatment, hotpital is one method...it does not have a good taste or feeling...has a negative connotation for living and life...

student, trainee, trainer, office, teaching is a different perspective...a constructive one...positive one...which one we should use?...when shall we start courses in a B school on managing behaviours?...and close the hospitals??? (i can see all the clinical psychologists doing this)...close the psychology courses in arts colleges?...and move psychology from social science to management discipline (earlier it was moved from arts to science)!!! (don't worry psychologists, you will get more pay in a management institutions than in an arts colleges!...don't get angry for this also...i know that 'psychology is a service' and psychologists are not money minded!!!)....

this is what will happen if an engineer and management professional reads psychology and sociology!!!...of course, jokes apart, it is towards a constructive path!...before the psychologists get high BP and throw chappals at me i do agree that it can not be done like that. Only the treatment part can be changed to this perspective and philosophy!

Psychologists, do you agree?

3. this is for all students and parents...

when we are in school or first year of college, we should decide our favourite subject.

We should start downloading and collecting information about the subject. Download research papers on the subject.

Become members of yahoogroups related to the subject. Google the educational institutions, research organisations, other corporate organisations who are carrying out research projects on the subject...all these national and international level...should find out what are the current researches in progress...we should link ourselves to all these organisations and projects.

All these information can be properly presented on a paper...this becomes a review paper!...what we have actually done is gathered knowledge about our subject...but this has given us a credit of publishing a research paper!

during second semester we must publish this.

Third sem do a mini project on this. Fourth sem publish it as a paper.

Fifth sem go for an industrial training to an organisation related to this subject (by this time you would have already developed network of contacts). Take up a problem with all elements of a research work and deliverables during the training. Publish that as another paper in the next sem.

Seventh sem take up a mega project on the same subject. Eighth sem publish that as a paper.

Probably with all this you can even get a patent.

Now when you attend an interview, when he asks 'what is your favourite subject?' which in invariably a question in any interview, if you say 'sir, i have five papers to my credit in so and so journal, have done two mini projects, here are the reports, have done training at so and so orgn, final year project is so and so and published as a paper in so and so'...i am a member of all these organisations at different levels!'

you think you will not get a job?...when we study for getting a job we will not get it!...when study to become a good engineer and authority in our subject, we will find many running behind us for giving job and that time you can dictate your salary and perks!...You will sit like a boss and the interviewer will sit like a mouse in front of you!...so, let us aim to become an authority rather than running behind authorities for job!

this idea can still be made better with so many things added to it. Can you suggest?

4. This is also for all...professionals also should publish papers!

all of us engineers, doctors and management professionals do lots of projects in our organisation...guide projects...find solutions for problems...but are we marking them on our name?

we can publish them as technical papers or research articles in national or international journals...it gives recognition for us and our work.

unfortunately no one teaches this in the engg colleges...they only motivate us to do paper presentations so that we become good in communication skills and get a job.

has any one ever said to us at college or in our organisations that we can publish our work as research papers?...no!..because no one has done it.

At least our future generation should do this...so that you mark your foot prints in history as you walk in the profession. Slowly you will find that you become an authority in your subject and area of work without your knowledge.

 

this paves way for you to be a consultant in many R & D organisations, visiting professor in many institutions and an authority in your field of interest...while you move up in your organisation.

Do you agree with me?

ok friends...bye...keep rocking!

rams