National mental health programme- introduction, definition, objectives, strategies and factors contribute towards the NMHP.

1. SVERI’S COLLEGE OF PHARMACY,
PANDHARPUR
•Social and preventiive pharmacy –
National mental health programme
• Presented by – 1.Bhosale Pratiksha Ramchandra
• 2.Hajare Shital tatya
• 3.Jadhav Rutuja satish
• Guidance by : Ms. Holkar M. S.

2. INTRODUCTION
•The govt of India launch the National mental
health programme in 1982.
•The programme was re- stategized in 2003 to
include two scheme which are-
•1.Modernization of state mental hospitals
•2.upgradation of psychiatric wings of medical
colleges.
•Mental health care act 2017 was passed on 7 th

3. DEFINATION
• Mental health (WHO)- Mental health is a state of well
being in which an individual realize his/her own
abilities can cope with the normal stresses of life,can
work productively and is able to make a contribution
to his/her community.
• Mental illness- A mental illness is a medical condition
that disrupts person’s thinking, feeling,mood,ability,to
release to others and daily functioning.mental illness
are medical condition that often result in diminished
capacity for copying with the ordinary demands of life.

4. MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS MAY ARISE DUE TO
STRESS LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION AND
ANXIETY RELATIONSHIP PROBLEM DEATH OF A
LOVED ONE SUICIDAL THOUGHT PREDICTION
AND VARIOUS MOOD DISORDERS.
PSYCHATRICS, PSYCHOLOGISTS,SOCIAL WORKER
OR FAMILY PHYSICIAN CAN MANAGE MENTAL
ILLNESS WITH TREATMENT SUCH AS THERAPY,
COUNSELLING OR MEDICATION.

5. OBJECTIVES OF N.M.H.P
• To provide mental health care facilities to every class of
specified population.
• Use the knowledge of mental health in the care of the
general Health and social development.
• To increase the community participation in the development
of mental health services and encourage the effort towards
self help in the community
• To select essential elements for mental health care
• To distribute all the available resources of mental health
services on equal bases.

6. AIM OF N.M.H.P
• Prevent and treatment of mental neurological disorder
and these associated disability
• Use of mental health technology to improve general
health services
• Application of mental health principal in total national
development to improve quality of life

7. STRATEGIES OF N.M.H.P
•Integration mental health with primary health care
through the NMHP
•Provision of tertiary care instructions for treatment
of mental disorder.
•District mental health programme
•Psychiatric unit and psychiatric hospitals

8. • Since 95 percent of psychiatric cases can be treated
with or without hospitalization close to their homes
the current trend is full integration of psychiatric
services with other health services
• The community mental health health program include
all community facilities Pertinent in any way to
prevention ,treatment and rehabitation.

9. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE
DRAFTING OF THE N M H P FOR INDIA
• Starting of community mental health the unit by NIMHANS Bangalore
In 1975 SAKALWALA PROJECT -focus on developing services and
model
• WHO multi country project : strategies for extending mental health
services into the community 1976 to 1981
• RAIPUR RANI PROJECT : focus on testing and evaluating models
• Indian council of medical research department of science and
technology icam our collaborative project 1980 :- to evaluate the
feasibility of training of PHC staff to provide mental health care as
part of their routine work.