The Hindu

World Mental Health Day: Stigma and lack of awareness on mental health disorders create treatment gap in Keralam

The District Mental Health Programme has a strong presence in all districts in Keralam, delivering mental health services and follow-up care to people at primary care level. However, lack of inpatient care facilities and shortage of human resources psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers in public health facilities from taluk hospitals upwards is threatening to widen treatment gap in the State