The Union Well being Ministry has launched a 24×7 tele-mental well being service known as Tele Psychological Well being Help and Networking Throughout States (Tele-MANAS) initiative on the event of World Psychological Well being Day. The service will begin with 20 states and UTs and can subsequently be expanded to all the nation.
Tele-MANAS goals to extend entry to psychological healthcare throughout the nation, together with the hard-to-reach areas. The country-wide community will present counselling, session with a specialist, and e-prescriptions.
Good psychological well being with Tele MANAS!
PM @NarendraModi Ji’s Govt launches ‘Tele Psychological Well being Help & Networking Throughout States’ to supply all entry to inexpensive psychological well being care in each State/UT.
It can function the digital arm of the District Psychological Well being Programme. pic.twitter.com/QtrSImKyAd
— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) October 10, 2022
The service might be accessed by calling the helpline quantity 14416 and 1-800-91-4416. Callers will first attain an IVRS after which be transferred to a skilled counsellor of their areas. If wanted, they are going to be linked on-line to psychological well being specialists resembling scientific psychologists, psychiatric social employees, a psychiatric nurse, or a psychiatrist.
In case the caller wants in-person providers, they are going to be referred to a well being and wellness centre or major well being centre, or a tertiary care centre.
The nodal centre for Tele MANAS, which would be the digital arm of the Nationwide Psychological Well being Programme, will likely be Nationwide Institute of Psychological Well being and Neuroscience (NIMHANS) with technological assist from IIT-Bombay. There will likely be 5 regional coordination centres and 23 mentoring institutes resembling varied AIIMS, PGIMER, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences-Delhi.
The programme was first introduced in 2022-23 Finances whereas acknowledging the psychological well being disaster within the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Good psychological well being with Tele MANAS! PM @NarendraModi Ji’s Govt launches ‘Tele Psychological Well being Help & Networking Throughout States’ to supply all entry to inexpensive psychological well being care in each State/UT. It can function the digital arm of the District Psychological Well being Programme,” Union Well being Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted.
“PM @NarendraModi Ji’s Govt is dedicated to enhancing entry to high quality psychological healthcare providers throughout the nation & guaranteeing the psychological well-being of the folks,” Mandaviya acknowledged in one other tweet.