ArticleCommunity mental health journal2021
Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) and Her Role in District Mental Health Program: Learnings from the COVID 19 Pandemic.
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- Opening up the 'black-box': what strategies do community mental health workers use to address the social dimensions of mental health?Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of a community health worker administered behavioral activation intervention for postpartum depression: a single arm pilot study from India.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Development of a Digital Program for Training Community Health Workers in the Detection and Referral of Schizophrenia in Rural India.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2023Article
- Stake holder perspectives on the role of accredited social health activists (ASHAs) in Indian public mental healthcare space: A qualitative study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Caste and COVID-19: Psychosocial disparities amongst rural Indian women during the coronavirus pandemic.The Journal of social issues · 2022Article
- Mental health provider perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic impact on service delivery: a focus on challenges in remote engagement, suicide risk assessment, and treatment of psychosis.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Role of accredited social health activists in treatment of persons with severe mental illness in the community.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
COVID 19 pandemic has posed challenges for public mental healthcare delivery, particularly in LAMI countries such as India. However, this unique situation has also brought in opportunities to revisit the health system and optimally utilize the available resources. In this brief report, we report one such new initiative in which existing community health workers (CHWs), known as ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activist) acted as a bridge between patients with mental illness and the District Mental Health Program (DMHP) of Ramanagara district of Karnataka State, India. They maintained continuity of care of 76 patients by delivering mental healthcare services to the patients' doorstep. This has paved the way to rethink and revisit their role in public mental healthcare delivery not only during COVID 19 times, but also beyond.
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