regarding mental health act and policy

2. INTRODUCTION
The attitude towards mental illness
and the treatment of mentally ill have
undergone considerable changes through
the years where before Mentally ill were
often beaten, starved, burned and
tortured in order to make the body
unsuitable place for demons.

3. The organization of mental health services
demands a wide variety of interventions,
regarding from public awareness, early
identification, treatment for illness, family
education, long term care, rehabilitation, and
ensure human rights of the ill persons.
To create more awareness on mental health
among rural people, National mental health policy
was started in 1982 in Maharashtra by the
Government of India.

4. 1970 community surveys of mental disorders carried
out in different parts of the country had shown that all
types of mental disorders were widely prevalent in
India.
▪ Gross neglect of mental disorders in developing
countries.
▪ Sigma, misconceptions
▪ Inadequate budgets for health care including mental
health
▪ Acute shortage of trained mental health personnel
▪ In 1980, the Government of India felt the necessity of
evolving a plan of action aimed at the mental health
component of the NMHP

5. NMHP – DEFINITION According to WHO,
“Mental Health Policies describe the
values, objectives & strategies of the
Government to reduce the Mental Health
burden & to improve mental health

7. National Mental Health Policy 2014
In April 2011, The GOI constituted a policy
group to recommend a Mental health policy for the
country.
After due deliberation and intense discussion, the
group has submitted recommended policy.
In 2014, The ministry of health and family
welfare, GOI suggested policy has been duly
considered.
This policy incorporates an Integrated, Participatory
rights and Evidence based approach.

8. :Vision:
• To Promote mental health, Prevent mental illness,
Enable recovery from mental illness.
• To promote Destigmation and Desegregation.
• To ensure socio-economic inclusion of person
affected by mental illness by providing
Providing Accessible, Affordable and Quality mental
health and Social care to all persons through life span.

9. GOALS
 To reduce Distress, Disability, exclusion morbidity
and premature mortality associated with mental
health problems across life span of the person.
 To Enhance understanding of mental health in the
country.
 To strengthen the leadership in the mental health
sector at the National, State and District levels.

10. Objectives :
• To provide universal access to mental health care.
• To increase access to and utilization of
comprehensive mental health services by person
with mental health problems.
• The policy also emphasizes that there are certain
sections of the population who are more vulnerable
to mental health issues,
like people suffering from mental health among the
poor,homeless, people in custodial institutions,
orphans, children, and the elderly, including sex
workers or victims of human trafficking.

11. • To reduce the Prevalence and impact of risk
factors associated with mental health problems.
• To reduce risk and incidence of suicide and
attempt to suicide.
• To ensure the respect for Rights and
Protection from harm of person with mental
health problems

12. • To reduce stigma associated with mental health
problems.
• To enhance Availability and equitable distribution
of skilled Human resource for mental health.
• To enhance financial allocation and its improve
utilization for mental health promotion and care.

13. • To identity and address the Social, Biological,
Psychological determinants of mental health
problems.

14. The strategic areas identified for action are as follows
 Effective governance and delivery mechanism
for Mental health.
• Develop relevant policies, programs laws, regulation and adequate budgetary
provision to implement evidence based mental health action.
• Motivate and engage stakeholders, civil society leaders, care givers, family
members, persons with mental health problems in the development,
implementation and evaluation of mental health policies, laws and services
and also develop suitable mechanism at the Central, State, District and local
level to plan, monitor and evaluation NHP.

15.  Promotion of mental health.
• Redesign Angnawadi center and train Angnawadi workers and
school teachers with knowledge and skill to provide positive
environment for growth and development of children and for
providing protection against harmful behavior. ex: Disrespect

16. • The Life Skill Education (LSE) program should be
offered at school children and college going young
people.

17. • Signs and symptoms of many mental disorder
first appear during the adolescent years,
Individual attention in the school by teachers
trained in the mental health promotion is
important.
• Design appropriate curricula and pedagogy,
teacher-student relationship, provision of
suitable infrastructure.

18. • Assist adult in handling of stressful situation life circumstance
should be incorporated in workplace and residence support
program.
• Mass media program should be organized to disseminate mental
health information.
• Encourage actions to change poor living condition such as
Homelessness, overcrowding, lack of access to safe drinking
water, toilets, and sanitation and provide adequate nutrition to
prevent mental health problems and mental illness.

19. • Implement program to reduce the risk factor for women mental
health such as acts of violence against women.
• Practitioners of Ayurveda and Yoga system.

20.  Prevention of mental illness, reduction of
suicide and attempted suicide.
• Implement programs to address alcohol abuse
and other drugs of abuse.
• Restrict access to means of suicide, in particular
distribution and storage of highly toxic
pesticides.

21. • Address alcohol abuse /dependence and
depression as key factors for suicide and
attempted suicide.

22.  Universal access to mental health service.
• All multispecialty Government Hospitals should be
provide mental health services to improve access.
• Increase availability of community based rehabilitation
services like, day care center, short stay facilities and
long stay facilities.

23. • Implement programs for screening, early
identification and treatment of mental health
illness.
• Improve infrastructure and enhanced
resources to provide quality service in mental
hospitals.

24.  Improved availability of adequately
trained mental health human
resources to address the mental
health needs of the community.
• To reduce the gap between requirement and
availability of trained mental health professionals
should be trained.

25. • Shortage of mental health nurses has been observed in
the country. Psychiatric nursing courses such as masters
and diploma courses should be started to increase
supply of this trained cadre.

26.  Community participation for
mental health and development.
 Research .