Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;52(Suppl 1):S389-95. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.69276.
The paucity of treatment facilities and psychiatrists in the Government sector has widened the treatment gap in mental health. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played a significant role in the last few decades in not only helping bridge this gap, but also by creating low cost replicable models of care. NGOs are active in a wide array of areas such as child mental health, schizophrenia and psychotic conditions, drug and alcohol abuse, dementia etc. Their activities have included treatment, rehabilitation, community care, research, training and capacity building, awareness and lobbying. This chapter outlines the activities of NGOs in India. This is a revised version of the chapter in the book on mental health to be brought out by Government of India.
政府部门治疗设施和精神科医生的匮乏，导致精神卫生治疗方面的差距扩大。在过去几十年中，非政府组织（NGO）发挥了重要作用，不仅帮助缩小了这一差距，还创建了低成本可复制的护理模式。非政府组织在儿童心理健康、精神分裂症和精神病、药物和酒精滥用、痴呆症等广泛领域开展活动。其活动包括治疗、康复、社区护理、研究、培训和能力建设、宣传和游说。本章概述了印度非政府组织的活动。这是印度政府即将出版的一本关于精神健康的书中的一章的修订版。
