Tele Psychological Well being Help and Networking Throughout States (Tele MANAS) is now out there as a complete cellular platform – Tele MANAS App – developed for the general public. Supplied below the National Tele Mental Health Programme of India the app has a library of data together with tips about self-care, recognizing misery indicators and managing early indicators of stress, anxiousness, and emotional struggles.
This cellular app will even assist customers join without spending a dime and entry confidential psychological well being assist by educated psychological well being professionals throughout India, 24×7 for quick counselling. The Tele MANAS toll-free helpline numbers 14416 or 1-800-891-4416 supply multi-language assist in 20 languages and to date, the programme has dealt with approx. 14.5 lakh calls since launch.
One other characteristic added to the programme this 12 months is the video consultations facility which might be undertaken by the psychological well being professionals who’re taking audio name escalations to get additional details about the caller as a part of historical past taking and clarification. This may additionally allow a quick bodily examination or a Psychological State Examination (MSE) for the caller to substantiate any findings. “Nonetheless, it will likely be necessary to take the prior consent from the caller earlier than doing video consultations,’’ mentioned data launched by the Well being Ministry.
The video consultations might be initially launched within the states of Karnataka, J&Okay and Tamil Nadu and later scaled as much as the entire nation. Tele MANAS, began in 2022, seeks to perform as a complete, built-in, and inclusive 24×7 tele-mental well being facility.
In the meantime the Ministry has requested States to organise native occasions at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs – AAMs throughout India to succeed in a wider viewers and supply psychological well being providers on the grassroots stage. These will embrace yoga/wellness classes and consciousness generations among the many area people.
“The neighborhood well being officers are inspired to have a good time and doc the efforts in the direction of elevating psychological well being consciousness at facility stage and use social media to focus on the identical. Additionally, the Ministry has sought participation from all different Ministries to implement worker engagement actions designed to assist psychological well being within the office. Steered initiatives embrace organising gratitude partitions, counsellor classes and selling optimistic communication.
Printed – October 11, 2024 01:49 am IST