Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India.
Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Psychiatr Q. 2021 Mar;92(1):389-395. doi: 10.1007/s11126-020-09807-5.
Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANMs) and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) are well suited to cater to the mental health needs of the communities. Integrating primary mental health care into the general healthcare is one of the important objectives of the District Mental Health Program (DMHP) to reduce the treatment gap. As a part of an ICMR funded trial to evaluate the effectiveness of NIMHANS-ECHO blended training program, the ASHAs and ANMs were trained to identify and refer cases from the community. We aim to describe a series of cases identified by those workers from the community, highlighting their importance in our health care system.
助理护士助产士(ANMs)和认证社会卫生活动家(ASHAs)非常适合满足社区的心理健康需求。将初级精神卫生保健纳入一般医疗保健是地区精神卫生方案(DMHP)的重要目标之一,目的是减少治疗差距。作为 ICMR 资助的一项试验的一部分,该试验旨在评估 NIMHANS-ECHO 混合培训计划的有效性,对 ASHAs 和 ANMs 进行了培训,以识别和转介来自社区的病例。我们旨在描述这些工作人员从社区中发现的一系列病例,强调它们在我们的医疗保健系统中的重要性。