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SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2016 (PAGE-4) PERSONALITY HEALTHLINES Dr. Surinder Sodhi HEROIN equal death. If you do nothing to get out, you end up A civil servant dying. To be a heroin addict is to be imprisoned. In the beginning, you think heroin is your friend who has passion (they may seem to help you escape the things or feelings that bother you). But soon, you will find you get up in the morning thinking only for poetry about heroin. “Your whole day is spent finding or tak- ing heroin. You get high all afternoon. At utilized alone, research shows that for and will power is tested to fullest in com- night, you put yourself to sleep with hero- some people, integrating both types of bating this situation. Parents must know in. And you live only for that. You are in a one thing that addiction in itself is a disease and painting prison. You beat your head against a wall, treatments is the most effective approach. nonstop, but you don’t get anywhere. When people addicted to opioids first and it is cured only by following scientific In the end, your prison becomes your quit, they undergo withdrawal symptoms technique and proper medication. tomb.” (pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting), ROLE OF TEACHERS : Teachers are which may be severe. Medications can be important link in this thing. They have to Mohinder Verma (MOSA) Belgium and Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Many people do not understand why or helpful in this detoxification stage to ease keep a strict vigil on students and they must Art, Thessaloniki (Greece). Her works have been represented how other people become addicted to An officer par excellence, the quintessence of great poet- craving and other physical symptoms, remain aware of their behaviour and must at the India Art Fair, New Delhi in 2011, 2013, 2014 & 2015. drugs. It is often mistakenly assumed that ess and artist… These words are sufficient to briefly describe which often prompt a person to relapse. observe change in the performance of stu- As part of Indian Delegation she had a solo exhibition of paint- drug abusers lack moral principles or Sangeeta Gupta, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, who ings at Shenzhen, China 11th International Cultural and willpower and that they could stop using While not a treatment for addiction itself, dents. They must talk to the students and never allowed her professional duties and passion to clash at Industrial Fair 2015. drugs simply by choosing to change their detoxification is a useful first step when it must educate them regarding the dangers any stage of her life. While scaling up the ladder of success in Apart from winning all India awards for drawing, her behavior. In reality, drug addiction is a is followed by some form of evidence-based of addiction. the Income Tax Department, she simultaneously earned works occupy space on the walls of the country’s most presti- complex disease, and quitting takes more treatment. ROLE OF MEDIA : Media has to take name and fame as a painter, a poetess and a staunch support- gious residences and offices including those of the President Medications developed to treat opioid most important role in educating the youth er of emancipation of women. than good intentions or a strong will. In and Prime Minister as well as Governors of Karnataka and addiction work through the same opioid regarding the harmful effects of the herlin Be it studies during college days, expectations of parents fact, because drugs change the brain in Jammu and Kashmir. This multifaceted lady also dabbles in receptors as the addictive drug, but are addiction. They must show the communi- from a duty-bound daughter, continuing passion for writing ways that foster compulsive drug abuse, several other fields like photography and she has taken part safer and less likely to produce the harm- ty that the heroin addiction is a dead end and painting and cracking the Civil Services Exams after com- quitting is difficult, even for those who are in national exhibitions of photography in 1999 and 2001, New ful behaviors that characterize addiction. and if a person is into it deaddiction is very pletion of Master’s Degree in Political Science to become an ready to do so. Through scientific advances, Delhi. She has also published six volumes of poems and one Behavioral Therapies much possible that requires will power and Indian Revenue Service officer, Sangeeta Gupta maintained we know more about how drugs work in collection of short stories. The many effective behavioral treat- confidence with a clean intent. Media has exceptional equilibrium in every sphere and in every task. the brain than ever, and we also know that Awards bagged by Sangeeta Gupta: ments available for heroin addiction can be to make an environment against the drugs. She has not had any formal training in the field of fine drug addiction can be successfully treated Delhi Gaurav Award 2015 in Professional Category for Art delivered in outpatient and residential set- ROLE OF POLICE: Police is the most arts but can still boast of more artistic achievements than most to help people stop abusing drugs and lead & Culture by Indian Brave Hearts supported by Union Min- tings. Approaches such as contingency important as being the law enforcers. They of her generation of professional painters. With every pass- productive lives. istry of Social Justice & Empowerment; 6th Rajiv Gandhi management and cognitive-behavioral must keep the full record of the criminals ing year, she is not only excelling in the Income Tax Depart- What is Drug Addiction? Excellence Award (2015); India Excellence Award for Poetry who deal in drugs mostly they have to coor- Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing therapy have been shown to effectively ment, where she is considered as an expert on widening of tax 2015; Priyadarshini Award 2015 as an International Cultural brain disease that causes compulsive drug treat heroin addiction, especially when dinate with different states in curbing this base, but also making additions to the long list of honors in Entrepreneur by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium the field of writing and painting. seeking and use, despite harmful conse- applied in concert with medications. Con- thing. They must remain proactive and Entrepreneur (MSME) India. 35th Women Entrepreneurship tingency management uses a voucher- keep a watch on the situation. Police has to For Sangeeta Gupta abstract art is a means to reach the Award 2015 by “Bharat Nirman”; Global Women Achievers quences to the addicted individual and to non-objective experiences that help shape the inner life. It is those around him or her. Although the ini- based system in which patients earn educate the local public regardind this Award 2015 by IGBC; Poet of the Year Award (2014) by 3rd “points” based on negative drug tests, menace. a witness to the fact that man’s spiritual needs do not disap- Delhi International Film Festival 2014; Awarded and honored tial decision to take drugs is voluntary for which they can exchange for items that ROLE OF GOVT : Govt has to make pear even in times engulfed by gross materialism. She strives as an Artist by 3rd Delhi International Film Festival 2014. most people, the brain changes that occur encourage healthy living. Cognitive- new and strict laws against the drug poli- to express the poetic vision in her works. Keeping in view her She is also the recipient of 6th National Women Excel- over time challenge an addicted person’s strong passion for painting and writing, one can only make lence Award (2013); Rashtrakavi Maithilisharan Gupt Sam- self-control and hamper his or her ability behavioral therapy is designed to help cies. NDPS ACT is not that strict and it guess about her performance on professional duties front. But man (2013) for contribution to Hindi poetry; Women Achiev- to resist intense impulses to take drugs. In modify the patient’s expectations and requires ammendmants from time to time. the fact is that she has earned distinctions and achieved the ers Award (2013) by Indian Council for UN relations on the this article we specifically concentrate on behaviors related to drug use and to Conviction rate has to increase and person targets assigned to her wherever she was posted till date. eve of International Women’s Day; Vishwa Hindi Pracheta heroin abuse. increase skills in coping with various life once caught in drug usage/ handling / Presently, she is Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, J&K Alankaran (2013); Udbhav Shikhar Samman (2012) for What are the treatments for hero- stressors. transportation cases must not get relax- and during her short stint in the State the department has pro- achievements in the field of art and literature; Hindprabha in addiction? Every sector of community has its ation from the court, and govt. must ensure duced remarkable results. Award (1999) for Indian Women Achievers by Uttar Pradesh A variety of effective treatments are specific role in handling this menace they got punished vigrously. The govt in Her journey for excellence in painting and writing start- Mahila Manch; 77th Annual Award for Painting (2005) by available for heroin addiction, including as :- collaboration with different NGOs do the ed in the year 1995 when she held her first solo show at Birla All India Fine Arts & Craft Society, New Delhi and 69th both behavioral and pharmacological ROLE OF PARENTS : It is very cru- rallies and educational lectures and let the Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, which was inaugurated Annual Award for Drawing (1998). (medications). Both approaches help to cial in handling the kids. They have to nur- people know about the dreaded causes of by none other than Mother Teresa.