civil services chronicle Published this article page no 22 Awareness generation Large public engagement campaign to increase helpseeking supported by state governments and endorsed by influential people. Mainstream media and social media giants can be roped in to create and spread awareness. Communitybased interventions to reduce the pressure on the overworked primary and secondary mental health task force. Communitybased interventions such as Atmiyatas communitybased volunteers in Maharashtra and Gujarat SCARFs mental health mobile vans in Tamil Nadu and VISHRAM in vidarbha that used community health workers for the first line of treatment (depression fell by 22% and prevalence of suicidal thoughts fell by 51%) can be scaled. Policy interventions o Implementing the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 (MHCA) that promises mental health care to all and introduce a suicide prevention policy. Many countries including China have been able to significantly reduce suicides after they implemented a suicide prevention policy. Initiative taken for mental health during COVID 19 civil services chronicle buy.
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