ReviewThe Indian journal of medical research2023
Mental Health Programme in India: Has the tide really turned?
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- A Pan India Digitally Driven Capacity Building Program to Strengthen Primary Mental Healthcare: Summary of Its Implementation and Performance Evaluation.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Rethinking and reclaiming psychiatry.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Proposing a case for integration of screening and management of mental disorders, including substance use disorders with other non-communicable disease care: a prologue to the ICMR-MINDS project in Faridabad district of Haryana.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The Rising Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Thrombosis in India: An Epidemiological Review.Cureus · 2024Review
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- District mental health program: Then and now.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Review
- Mental health in India: evolving strategies, initiatives, and prospects.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2024Article
- The National Mental Health (?Psychiatric) Survey (2015-2016): A superb acceleration in public mental health scenario of India.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- A bird's eye view of the mental health systems in India.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Mental disorders in India form a major public health concern and the efforts to tackle these dates back to four decades, by way of the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) and its operational arm, the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP). Although the progress of NMHP (and DMHP) was relatively slower till recently, the last 4-5 years have seen rapid strides with several initiatives, including (i) expansion of DMHPs to 90 per cent of the total districts of the country, (ii) the National Mental Health Policy and (iii) strengthening the Mental Health Legislation by way of providing explicit provisions for rights of persons with mental illnesses. Among others, factors responsible for this accelerated growth include the easily accessible digital technology as well as judicial activism. Federal and State cooperation is another notable feature of this expansion. In this review, the authors summarize the available information on the evolution of implementation and research aspects related to India's NMHP over the years and provide a case for the positive turn of events witnessed in the recent years. However, the authors caution that these are still baby steps and much more remains to be done.
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