Regional Dental College, Guwahati

Regional Dental College, Guwahati recognises mental health and emotional well-being as important components of the overall health, academic development and professional growth of students.

The institution is committed to fostering a safe, respectful, inclusive and supportive environment that encourages mental-health awareness, healthy coping, resilience and timely help-seeking.

Policy Objectives

The institution shall endeavour to:

• Promote mental health, emotional well-being and a positive campus environment.
• Reduce stigma associated with mental-health concerns and encourage appropriate help-seeking.
• Provide or facilitate appropriate counselling, guidance and referral support, as feasible and appropriate.
• Promote awareness regarding stress management, resilience, life skills and suicide prevention.
• Encourage a supportive academic, clinical and residential environment free from ragging, bullying, harassment and discrimination.
• Encourage participation of faculty, staff and students in mental-health and well-being initiatives.

The college has constituted appropriate committees and will continue to undertake programmes, activities and collaborations from time to time for implementation of this policy.

This Policy shall serve as a broad institutional framework for mental-health and student-well-being initiatives and may be reviewed and modified from time to time in accordance with applicable national, state and regulatory guidelines.