7 crore Indians with mental disorder: Where is the care?
SEVEN PER cent of Indians, or around 7 crore people, suffer from mental
disorder in one or the other form, but the healthcare facilities are
woefully inadequate. Describing the situation as serious rights issue, the
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken up the matter with the
Medical Council of India (MCI).
A report by National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
(NIMHANS), Bangalore says around 2 crore people need treatment for "serious
mental disorder".
While 30-35 lakh of them need hospitalisation, the number of beds available
for such patients is only 29,000.
"Morbidity on account of mental illness is set to overtake cardiovascular
diseases as the single largest health risk in India by 2010," wrote National
Human Rights Commission (NHRC) secretary general Akhil Kumar Jain, quoting
the NIMHANS study in the preface of the medical institute's report - Mental
Health Care And Human Rights.
The report was released at a seminar organized to mark the NHRC foundation
day on Sunday The NHRC has termed the treatment gap - where 50-90 per cent
people are unable to access health services as a "serious human rights
issue".
Calling for urgent steps to augment infrastructure, the NHRC said it has
taken up the issue with the MCI and NIMHANS. The stigma attached to such a
condition and the discrimination that it brings is also a matter of concern,
the rights panel has said.
"In the modern age we are now living with increasing stress owing to various
factors. In the times to come, the stresses and strains will be further
accentuated, thereby making mental health a very significant issue," said
Jain.
Going into the reasons for prevalence of mental disorders, NHRC chairperson
Justice S. Rajendra Babu said, "The changing economic world order with the
impact of globalisation, peer pressure, professional tensions, diminishing
family values or institutions are resulting in tremendous mental stress or
disorders over a period of time".
Expressing worry at the "huge gap in manpower", the NHRC said "psychiatrists
are mostly concentrated in urban areas and that, too, in four or five
metros. In the rural areas, the situation is a cause for serious concern.
Same holds true for clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses and community
social worker working in these areas".
(Harish V. Nair/New Delhi/Hindustan Times)
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