16-Dec-2012
Shimona Kanwar
CHANDIGARH: The government of India has selected the Chandigarh model for its
community mental health project, to be developed in collaboration with the
University of Melbourne, Australia. Models have been selected from Gujarat,
Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh.
As per the model, each sector of the city will have a coordination committee of
the local community mental health council (LCMHC). The council will include the
representative of the sector welfare body, community based rehabilitation
worker (CBRW) of the sector and one caregiver. In most cases, the effects of
conflicts at home, stress and depression often go unnoticed by family and
physicians.
Therefore, CBRW and health volunteers will be engaged to identify the symptoms
and counsel the patient to report to a primary health centre. According to a
survey by the department of psychiatry, GMCH, the mental health gap treatment
in the city is 50% and the model can lessen it to 25% in two years.
The model has been conceptualized by Dr B S Chavan, head of the psychiatry
department at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. He
included integration of primary health centres, district hospitals and tertiary
hospitals by training ayurvedic practitioners, general practitioners, faith
healers and ASHA workers.
"There was a presentation in Delhi by the ministry of health and family
welfare, which selected the Chandigarh model. The Jharkhand model emphasized on
tribals while the Gujarat model was based on care for the homeless suffering
with mental health problems," said Dr Chavan.
At the level of primary health centre in addition to the medical officer, a
mental health professional, psychiatric social worker/nurse trained in
psychiatry will be engaged to facilitate liaison between the community and PHC
where Medical Officer (MO) will be in-charge of mental health services.
The district hospital will have a psychiatrist to address issues related to
mental illness with a provision for 10 beds to admit patients.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-16/chandigarh/35850662_1_mental-health-primary-health-gujarat-modelCentre
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