Strategic mental health psychosocial responses in times of COVID-19 in India
The magnitude of the mental health problems and the treatment gap has been an unaddressed concern in the Indian public health system. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, India is at the brink of a mental health crisis. An overburdened health system will have to cater not just to the existing...
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| description | The magnitude of the mental health problems and the treatment gap has been an unaddressed concern in the Indian public health system. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, India is at the brink of a mental health crisis. An overburdened health system will have to cater not just to the existing mental health needs, but also to the added psychosocial adversities arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following article aims to describe the mental health needs of the nation at a time of an infectious epidemic. It further outlines the modalities and the process of service delivery using cross-sectoral, multi-tiered, transdisciplinary human resources, and technological interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-149f9c6121f0446fa7f12c255f5d925e2022-12-21T18:18:37ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Social Psychiatry0971-99622020-01-0136514315010.4103/ijsp.ijsp_250_20Strategic mental health psychosocial responses in times of COVID-19 in IndiaAchal BhagatThe magnitude of the mental health problems and the treatment gap has been an unaddressed concern in the Indian public health system. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, India is at the brink of a mental health crisis. An overburdened health system will have to cater not just to the existing mental health needs, but also to the added psychosocial adversities arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following article aims to describe the mental health needs of the nation at a time of an infectious epidemic. It further outlines the modalities and the process of service delivery using cross-sectoral, multi-tiered, transdisciplinary human resources, and technological interventions.http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2020;volume=36;issue=5;spage=143;epage=150;aulast=Bhagatcovid-19human resource developmentmental healthpsychosocial impactpsychosocial supporttechnology |
| spellingShingle | Achal Bhagat Strategic mental health psychosocial responses in times of COVID-19 in India Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry covid-19 human resource development mental health psychosocial impact psychosocial support technology |
| title | Strategic mental health psychosocial responses in times of COVID-19 in India |
| title_full | Strategic mental health psychosocial responses in times of COVID-19 in India |
| title_fullStr | Strategic mental health psychosocial responses in times of COVID-19 in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategic mental health psychosocial responses in times of COVID-19 in India |
| title_short | Strategic mental health psychosocial responses in times of COVID-19 in India |
| title_sort | strategic mental health psychosocial responses in times of covid 19 in india |
| topic | covid-19 human resource development mental health psychosocial impact psychosocial support technology |
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