First district mental health program in india




















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BMC Public Health. At Primary Health Centre level 4. At the District Hospital level 5. Mental Hospital and teaching Psychiatric Units. Training programmes of all workers in the mental health team at the identified Nodal Institute in the State. Public education in the mental health to increase awareness and reduce stigma.

For early detection and treatment, the OPD and indoor services are provided. Providing valuable data and experience at the level of community to the state and Centre for future planning, improvement in service and research. Funds are provided by the Govt. It provides for creation of state Mental Health Authority also to carry out the said functions. The National Human Rights Commission also monitors the conditions in the mental hospitals along with the government of India and the states are currently acting on the recommendation of the joint studies conducted to ensure quality in delivery of mental care.

District mental health programme in an enlarged and more effective form covering the entire country. Upgrading department of psychiatry in medical colleges and enhancing the psychiatry content of the medical curriculum at the undergraduate as well as postgraduate level. Appointment of medical officers at state headquarters in order to make their monitoring role more effective; 5.

The recent evidence for the importance of mental health has been so striking that the WHO decided to give it a priority during year , the beginning of 21st century. There is no initiative from the mental health professional to take active part in this programme. Most of them are not aware of the programme. There is shortage of professional manpower and training programmes are not able to meet the demand in providing all medical private practitioners and medical officers.

Appropriate mental health can be provided at the sub centre and village level by minimum training of the health workers that will help in providing comprehensive health care at the most peripheral level. To encourage the application of mental health knowledge in general healthcare and in social development; 3. To promote community participation in the mental health service development; and 4.

To enhance human resource in mental health sub- specialties. Strategies: 1. Integration mental health with primary health care through the NMHP 2. Provision of tertiary care institutions for treatment of mental disorders 3. Eradicating stigmatization of mentally ill patients and protecting their rights through regulatory institutions like the Central Mental Health Authority, and State Mental Health Authority.

The main objectives of DMHP were; 1. To provide sustainable basic mental health services in community and integration of these with other services. Early detection and treatment in community itself to ensure ease of care givers. To take pressure off mental hospitals. To reduce stigma, to rehabilitate patients within the community. To detect as well as manage and refer cases of epilepsy.

Scheme B. The program emphasized more on curative components rather than the preventive and promotive components; 2. Role of support of families in the treatment of the patient was not given due importance; Short term goals were given priority over the long term planning; 4. The administrative structure of the program was not clearly outlined; National Mental Health Survey of India National Health Portal.

National mental health program of India: a review of the history and the current scenario. PriyaThakur Jan. SwatiMishra Jan. AbhishekGhoshi1 Dec. Trishna Debbarma Dec. Show More.

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