MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN

INDIA
INTRODUCTION
 RECOMMENDATIONS
BY BHORE COMMITTEE
• IN 1946

• Recommendations for 6 mental health hospitals in

Amritsar, Hyderabad, Sri Nagar, Jan Nagar, New
Delhi, AIIMH,NIMHANS.
 COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY

• 1963

• The third revolution in the field of psychiatry.

NEED FOR COMMUNITY PSYCHIARTY
SERVICES
• To break the social discrimination syndrome.
• Institutionalized psychiatric services are more
expensive.
• Insufficient man power.
 EXTEND OF PROBLEM IN INDIA
• POPULATION
1.7 Billion
• PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER
62/1000 population
• SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS
Point Prevalence – 10-20%/1000 population.
Incidence - 35/100,000 population.
• NUROSIS AND PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDRES
Point prevalence – 4-5%
• PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN CHILDREN
Point prevalence - 2-3%
• MENTAL RETARDATION
Point prevalence - 20 million children
• PSYCHIATRIC OPD ATTENDANCE IN
Govt. hospital- 6.63 million/yr
Private hospital- 4.83 million/yr
Total OPD attendance – 8.49 million/yr
 EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES IN INDIA
• No. of Government hospital in India – 40

• Total health beds in India -10,70,180.

• Psychiatric beds in India - 26,000

 MAN POWER AVAILABLE
IN INDIA
• Psychiatrist - 4000 ie,1 psychiatrist for 1000
mentally ill clients.

• Psychiatric social workers – 2000.

• Psychiatric nurses - 5000-7000.

• PG centers - Nearly 60.

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