Mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in Wayanad: Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences model

Mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in Wayanad: Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences model

Mental health of people of tribal origin in Wayanad is a great cause of concern since there is limited accessibility of mental health services. Our pilot visits to the interior tribal colonies of Wayanad reveal many cases of untreated psychosis and high rates of substance abuse, especially alcohol a...

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Main Authors: Anvar Sadath, Shibu Kumar, Kurian Jose, G Ragesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
Subjects:
community mental health
mobile mental health team
tribal mental health
Online Access:http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2019;volume=35;issue=4;spage=224;epage=226;aulast=Sadath
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spelling doaj-b5cbcfc7f964408c82cea6a95bc7f5a52020-11-25T02:38:25ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Social Psychiatry0971-99622019-01-0135422422610.4103/ijsp.ijsp_104_18Mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in Wayanad: Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences modelAnvar SadathShibu KumarKurian JoseG RageshMental health of people of tribal origin in Wayanad is a great cause of concern since there is limited accessibility of mental health services. Our pilot visits to the interior tribal colonies of Wayanad reveal many cases of untreated psychosis and high rates of substance abuse, especially alcohol and tobacco. To improve their mental health access and utilization, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Kozhikode, recently initiated a novel community mental health program in selected tribal colonies at Wayanad. This pilot program contains a situational analysis, training of grass root-level workers, awareness program, and mental health and psychosocial support services through a multidisciplinary mobile team.http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2019;volume=35;issue=4;spage=224;epage=226;aulast=Sadathcommunity mental healthmobile mental health teamtribal mental health
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Shibu Kumar
Kurian Jose
G Ragesh
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Shibu Kumar
Kurian Jose
G Ragesh
Mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in Wayanad: Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences model
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
community mental health
mobile mental health team
tribal mental health
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Shibu Kumar
Kurian Jose
G Ragesh
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title Mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in Wayanad: Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences model
title_short Mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in Wayanad: Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences model
title_full Mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in Wayanad: Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences model
title_fullStr Mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in Wayanad: Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences model
title_full_unstemmed Mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in Wayanad: Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences model
title_sort mental health and psychosocial support program for people of tribal origin in wayanad: institute of mental health and neurosciences model
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
issn 0971-9962
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Mental health of people of tribal origin in Wayanad is a great cause of concern since there is limited accessibility of mental health services. Our pilot visits to the interior tribal colonies of Wayanad reveal many cases of untreated psychosis and high rates of substance abuse, especially alcohol and tobacco. To improve their mental health access and utilization, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Kozhikode, recently initiated a novel community mental health program in selected tribal colonies at Wayanad. This pilot program contains a situational analysis, training of grass root-level workers, awareness program, and mental health and psychosocial support services through a multidisciplinary mobile team.
topic community mental health
mobile mental health team
tribal mental health
url http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2019;volume=35;issue=4;spage=224;epage=226;aulast=Sadath
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