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info@missionvivekananda.org.in
Phone Number
+91 8589991227
Our Location
Agali ,Palakkad-678581
Community Mental Health Program was one of the first community health initiatives of Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission in Attappady. The project was started in 2009, with the aim of addressing the high mental health burden in the community, poor treatment compliance, lack of awareness and issues of stigma. When the project was started, the neared mental health services were available in Government Medical Colleges in Thrissur and Kozhikode, bothe approximately 100 kilometers away.
A mental health survey was conducted initially. The survey identified around 283 cases of severe mental illness in Attappady’s tribal villages, with schizophrenia being most common.
The current approach of the programme:
Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission in association with Primary Health Center Sholayur has organized an awareness class for ASHA workers on 14th September 2022, at PHC Sholayur. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Vinayan gave an introduction for the session and Health Inspector Mr. Kali Swami gave an overview of the awareness program. The Session was taken by Ms. Aghila T U, Psychiatric Social Worker on the topic “Mental Disorder Early Identification and the Role of ASHA Workers in Supporting the Patients”. 29 ASHA workers attended the session.
CMHP team conducted a community level awareness session on 24th December 2022, for teenagers and youth of Vadakottathara Hamlet. The session was taken by CMHP Coordinator Mrs. Saranya Mohan K and Health Project Head Mr. Anandhu K S. The topic was “Participation of Youth in Community Mental Health Care” and the number of participation was 21.
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