Symposium summary on "Community Psychiatry and DMHP-An update"

Kamaldeep Sadh; C Naveen Kumar; Malathesh B C; Santhosh Kumar; Rakesh Chander; Guru S Gowda; Vinay B Gowda; Shashidhara H N; Narayana Manjunatha; Rajani Parthasarathy; Girish N Rao; Suresh Bada Math; Prabha S Chandra

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2018.11.014

Symposium summary on "Community Psychiatry and DMHP-An update"

Asian J Psychiatr. 2019 Jan:39:29-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.11.014. Epub 2018 Nov 26.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: kamaldeepsadh@gmail.com.
² Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: cnkumar1974@gmail.com.
³ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: bc.malathesh@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: drsanthos@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: kchander1810@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: drgsgowda@gmail.com.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: bvinay93@gmail.com.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: shashidharahn@yahoo.com.
⁹ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: manjunatha.adc@gmail.com.
¹⁰ Government of Karnataka, India. Electronic address: dd6mhkar@gmail.com.
¹¹ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: girishnrao@yahoo.com.
¹² Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: nimhans@gmail.com.
¹³ Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India. Electronic address: prabhasch@gmail.com.

PMID: 30508774
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.11.014

Abstract

This summary provides details of a one-day symposium, titled 'Community Psychiatry and District Mental Health Program (DMHP)- An update' that was organized jointly by the Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru in collaboration with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka on September 3rd 2018. This symposium was supported by Dr. Ramachandra N Moorthy, foundation for Mental Health and Neurological Sciences, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.

Keywords: District Mental Health Program (DMHP); Technology; Update.

Publication types

Congress

MeSH terms

Community Psychiatry / methods*
Humans
India
Mental Disorders / therapy*
Program Evaluation / methods*