Preserve and Strenghthen Family to promote Mental health
1. Ajit Avasthi Professor, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, Chandigarh PRESIDENT, INDIAN PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY Preserve and strengthen family to promote mental health
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7. Integration of family in mental health delivery system 1745: the first mental asylum Till 1946: the approach of the Government was to establish custodial centers 1933: the first GHPU 1957: Dr. Vidya Sagar, involved the family members of the mentally ill in the management 1974: WHO brought out a technical report which paved the way for community-mental health program