ALMAT May 15. KAZINFORM /Elena Ilyinskaya/ - The ways of providing psychological assistance to the population in the context of the global crisis discussed today in Almaty during the republican scientific and practical conference "Theoretical and methodological foundations of psychological support for the activities of the subjects of the educational process", held on the basis of the Research Institute of Psychology at KazNPU named after. Abai, reports a Kazinform correspondent.
The conference attended by well-known psychologists, scientists from universities in Almaty, Pavlodar, Aktau, Semey, Karaganda, representatives of the Society for the Development of Analytical Psychology in the Republic of Kazakhstan, groups under the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and others.
As was noted at the conference, today, when the global economical crisis is gaining momentum, psychological support is urgently needed for adults as the most economically active part of the population. However, it is also important to support young students; KazNPU named after Abay the first among the universities of Almaty opened a Psychological Help Office for students with a helpline.
“Bad mood, dissatisfaction with others, fear, depression are the consequences of the crisis. They have become inevitable features of a person, so psychological help becomes a necessit Consultation with a psychologist will help to identify the basis of a negative state and carry out its correction. Thus, the help of psychologists becomes a tool that anyone can use to restore their mental harmony in a crisis,” said the director of the Research Institute at KazNPU named after Abay, doctor of psychological sciences, academician Zhamilya Namazbayeva.
As she said, scientific work carried out at the research institute in priority areas of psychological science and practice. A special place occupied by trainings aimed at personal growth, human resource management, as well as on family issues and communication problems.