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DISTRICT MENTAL
HEALTH PROGRAM
PRESENTED BY: DEGAMA ARATI
[ B.SC NURSING THIRD YEAR ]
INTRODUCTION
COMPONENT
 Training of all manpower to be involved in programme.
 Public education in the mental health to increase awareness
and reduce stigma.
 OPD and IPD services for early detection and treatment.
 Providing data and experience, at the community level to the
State and Centre for future planning, improvement in service
and research.
TEAM WORKERS
 Psychiatrist
 Clinical psychologist
 Psychiatric social worker
 Psychiatry/ community nurse
 Program manager
 Program / case registry assistant
 Record keeper.
ACTIVITIES
 To implement this activity mental health professional from
nearby medical college will conduct/organize training
programs for primary healthcare personnel to provide
essentialmental healthcare in the district.
 Early identification and treatment formental illnesses in the
community.
 Referring all persons with mental healthproblems to their
respective primary health unit.
Continue
 Intensive education to thhealth unityabout availability of
treatment for mentaldisorders, universal nature of mental
illness, and regarding the need for regularfollow-up in
the primary health centre.
 Promotive and preventive activities for positive mental
health .
 Linking psychosocial care and public education with
social welfare departments.
ROLE Of NURSE
 The National Mental Health Program for India (1982)
recommended the formation of a District Mental
Health Team (DMHT) in order to decentralize mental
health therapies to treat syr care at the district level
with two qualified illness. It became co psychiatric
nurses and a psychiatrist.
CONTINUE
 The role of the psychiatric nurse in the district mental health
program is to provide care to in the patient.
 The care includes meeting their basic needs, conducting
occupational therapy, recreational therapy and individual and
group therapy, along with mental health education to families
and the public in general.
CONTINUE
 In addition to the above, qualified peop psychiatric nurses will
actively participate stays in decentralized training to
professionals and non-professionals working at taluk and
Primary Health Centers (PHCs).
 They will also supervise the task of multipurpose workers in
mental healthcare delivery.
CONTINUE
 They will assist psychiatrists in research activities in monitoring
mental healthcare at districtand PHC levels.
 Their active participation in mental health education to the
public will go a long way in creating public awareness in the care
of individuals with various mental disorders.
THANK YOU

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DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.pptx DMHP

  • 1. DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM PRESENTED BY: DEGAMA ARATI [ B.SC NURSING THIRD YEAR ]
  • 2.
  • 4.
  • 5. COMPONENT  Training of all manpower to be involved in programme.  Public education in the mental health to increase awareness and reduce stigma.  OPD and IPD services for early detection and treatment.  Providing data and experience, at the community level to the State and Centre for future planning, improvement in service and research.
  • 6. TEAM WORKERS  Psychiatrist  Clinical psychologist  Psychiatric social worker  Psychiatry/ community nurse  Program manager  Program / case registry assistant  Record keeper.
  • 7. ACTIVITIES  To implement this activity mental health professional from nearby medical college will conduct/organize training programs for primary healthcare personnel to provide essentialmental healthcare in the district.  Early identification and treatment formental illnesses in the community.  Referring all persons with mental healthproblems to their respective primary health unit.
  • 8. Continue  Intensive education to thhealth unityabout availability of treatment for mentaldisorders, universal nature of mental illness, and regarding the need for regularfollow-up in the primary health centre.  Promotive and preventive activities for positive mental health .  Linking psychosocial care and public education with social welfare departments.
  • 9. ROLE Of NURSE  The National Mental Health Program for India (1982) recommended the formation of a District Mental Health Team (DMHT) in order to decentralize mental health therapies to treat syr care at the district level with two qualified illness. It became co psychiatric nurses and a psychiatrist.
  • 10. CONTINUE  The role of the psychiatric nurse in the district mental health program is to provide care to in the patient.  The care includes meeting their basic needs, conducting occupational therapy, recreational therapy and individual and group therapy, along with mental health education to families and the public in general.
  • 11. CONTINUE  In addition to the above, qualified peop psychiatric nurses will actively participate stays in decentralized training to professionals and non-professionals working at taluk and Primary Health Centers (PHCs).  They will also supervise the task of multipurpose workers in mental healthcare delivery.
  • 12. CONTINUE  They will assist psychiatrists in research activities in monitoring mental healthcare at districtand PHC levels.  Their active participation in mental health education to the public will go a long way in creating public awareness in the care of individuals with various mental disorders.