ReviewBJPsych international2024
Mental health services in rural India: a big challenge still to be met.
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- AI-powered cognitive remediation for schizophrenia: a psychologist's lens on evidence and scalability in India.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Integrating Lived Experience Perspectives in AI-based Mental Health Research: A Practice-based Reflective Account.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Perinatal mental health and its social determinants: qualitative findings from rural Telangana.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- A practitioner-informed framework for yoga-based emotional regulation among rural adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- "We just keep pushing through": a mixed-method study on musculoskeletal discomfort and mental well-being among nurses in resource-limited settings.BMC nursing · 2025Article
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Abstract
There has been a decline in the rural population of India from nearly 82% to about 65% over the past six decades. The National Mental Health Survey of India (2015-2016) reported a lower prevalence of mental disorders in rural areas compared with urban ones. Mental health services in the country are skewed towards the urban areas, and more families are pushed below the poverty line while getting treatment for a member with mental illness. India has expanded its District Mental Health Programme over the past two decades, and it now covers nearly all the districts in the country. Despite that, significant numbers of people with mental disorders, ranging from 70-90%, do not receive adequate treatment. This paper discusses the rural-urban divide in the mental health services, examining the problem and need, and the initiatives taken by the government of India in this direction.
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