The questions might seem unrelated but their answer is one and the same. Researchers have revealed that it is because of the current stress reduction and personality development programmes which are nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. But there is still hope. Welcome Dr. Are Holen, a man who will show us how our lives should be. He is currently an associate professor and associate dean at the Faculty of Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Being a professional psychologist and a physician, Dr. Holen specializes in psychiatry and psychotherapy and is a consultant in the field.

Stress, tension and anxiety among students is inevitable in this current age of cut-throat competition, and India being one of the countries with appalling number of student suicides is bearing the brunt of it. We seriously need help and that is what this modern guru will do whose research areas include traumatic stress, medical education and group processes. This internationally renowned stress researcher will teach us what no book can!

Moreover, Dr Holen is an internationally acclaimed researcher in the key area of disaster psychiatry - the study of peoples' reactions to crises of varying magnitude. While disasters make news for sheer numbers, rarely are they noted for the scars they leave on the victims' minds. Dr Holen is one such pioneer - who views people as the true casualties of any calamity.

An MD and Ph.D, he is involved in meditation research and has spent some time in India, comparing and exploring different meditative traditions. He is also the founder of Acem School of Yoga, Norway's first yoga school & Acem International School of Meditation. He also holds a position as Adjunct Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of North Dakota.

Be there this Pragyan to interact with the Wizard of Psychology!!

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