Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2014 Apr;56(2):143-9. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.130487.
It is a well-known fact that there is a huge gap between mental health service availability and needs of people in the community. Community Mental Health Program (CMHP) appears as a solution for it. Paripurnata (a non-governmental organization) has been running a CMHP at Habra, West Bengal, India since 2000. Since 2005 a psychiatric out-patient department is functioning and community work is focused on capacity building of different stakeholders. Several awareness camps, community preparedness workshops have been organized. However, the work is yet to be consolidated with initiatives from the community. It has to be facilitated more with an objective analysis of the situation. The need of the hour is to assess the previous work. So an evaluation study was planned.
The primary aim of the following study is to assess the impact of the CMHP on the local population and secondary aim is to evaluate that what extent the CMHP have been able to prepare them to take responsibility of the CMHP as a whole.
Using systematic random sampling method 1486 respondents were selected and data collect using a questionnaire. In-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant's observation and secondary data sources were also used. Inferences drown based on above all data sources.
Two-third of the studied population and more so in the target area expressed that the community can take responsibility of running their own CMHPs. Though, the larger population of them is still not acquainted with the activities of the CMHP, the program deserves support to sustain.
众所周知，社区居民的心理健康服务需求与可得资源之间存在巨大差距。社区心理健康计划（CMHP）似乎是解决这一问题的方案。Paripurnata（一个非政府组织）自 2000 年以来一直在印度西孟加拉邦的哈布拉开展 CMHP。自 2005 年以来，一个精神病门诊一直在运作，社区工作重点是增强不同利益相关者的能力。已经组织了几次宣传营和社区准备研讨会。然而，这项工作尚未得到社区倡议的巩固。需要更客观地分析情况，以便加以推动。当下之急是评估以往的工作。因此，计划进行一项评估研究。
本研究的主要目的是评估 CMHP 对当地居民的影响，次要目的是评估 CMHP 在多大程度上使他们能够承担起整个 CMHP 的责任。
采用系统随机抽样方法，选择了 1486 名受访者，并使用问卷收集数据。还使用了深入访谈、焦点小组讨论、参与者观察和二手数据来源。根据上述所有数据源得出推论。
三分之二的研究人群，尤其是目标地区的人群表示，社区可以承担起运行自己的 CMHPs 的责任。尽管如此，他们中的更多人仍不了解 CMHP 的活动，但该计划值得支持以维持。
