National Mental Health Programme was launched by the government of India (NMHP) IN 1982, Keeping in view the heavy burden of mental illness in the community and inadequate infrastructure in the country to deal with it. Aim of national mental health Programme was prevention and treatment of mental neurological disorder and their associated disability, use of mental health technology to improve general health services, to improve the quality of life.

1. Preparedby – Reenu Garal
Assistantprofessor
Kular college of nursing, khanna.
National mental health
programme

2. Introduction
 The govt. of India Launch the national
mental health programme in 1982.
 Keeping in view the heavy burden of
mental illness In the community and
inadequate of mental health care
infrastructure in the country to deal with
it.

3. Magnitude of the problems
 In India studies during the last 2
decades have shown that about 2-3 %
of population suffer from seriously in
capaciting mental disorder of
epilepsy.
 About 10-15% of the population suffer
from others of emotional disorder in
physical disorder.

4. Aim of NMHP
 Prevent and treatment of mental
neurological disorder and there
associated disability.
 Use of mental health technology to
improve general health services.
 Application of mental health principles in
total national development to improve
quality of life.

5. Objective of NMHP
 To provide mental health care facility to every
class of specified population and specifically to
those who need of it.
 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

6. Strategies
 Integration of mental health with primary
health care through the NMHP.
 Provision of tertiary are institutions for
treatment of mental disorders.
 Eradicating stigmatization of mentally ill
patients and protecting their rights
through regulatory institutions like the
central Mental Health Authority and state
mental health authority.

7. Targets
 Curriculum of mental health for the health workers.
 Non-medical professionals, physician at PHC will
have a 2 week training programme in mental health
care.
 Creation of a post for psychiatrist at districts, he will
visit PHC regularly and supervise and organize
mental health training programme.
 Appointment of a programme officer for teaching and
supervision.
 Psychotropic drugs will be included in the list of
essential drugs in India.

8. Components
 Workshops : workshops are organized to
sensitize and motivate health care professional
implement NMHP.
 Treatment : specific treatment plans and
diagnostic work are implemented by personnel at
all levels .
 management of psychiatric emergencies .
 Treatment for chronic psychotic disorders
 Counseling of addicts.
 Rehabilitation
 development of rehabilitation centers both at
district level and at higher referred centers.
 Treatment of epileptics and psychotics at

9.  Prevention: community based services with
limited involvement of health care professionals.
 Mental health training : training programme for
paramedical and professional will to conducted.
Involvement of community leaders, volunteers in
mental health training programmes.
 Research : Evaluative research programmes will
be conducted to determine the outcome of
service delivers and different levels of functioning
and an outcome training programmes.

10. Revised National Mental
Health Programme (2003)
 district mental health programme is enlarged
and more effective form covering the entire
country.
 Streamlining /modernization of mental
hospitals in order to modify their present
custodial role.
 upgrading department of psychiatry in
medical colleges and enhancing the
psychiatry content of the medical curriculum
at the undergraduate as well as postgraduate
level.
 promotion of referral services.

11.  Focused IEC activities.
 Provision of essential psychotropic drugs and
family support.
 Home care support by provision of essential
manpower.
 Research and training in the field of community
mental health, substance abuse and
child/adolescent psychiatric clinics.