Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Government of India





What is mental health rehabilitation ?

• Mental Health Rehabilitation promotes
• Problem identification; and not being in a state of

denial
• Building Community resilience • Family Counselling
• Recovery



This is done through

         

Counselin g & Diagnosin g the Problem

Developing awareness about Mental HealthCare

Externalisingth e problem

Reconnecting with oneself

Promoting independenc e and autonomy

Developing Skills

Providin g access to resource s

Present Situation

 

GLOBAL

W.H.O HEALTH REPORT (2019)

• Out of every four persons, one person will have some mental problem at a given point of time, in their lives.

• Currently 450 million persons are suffering .

• Mental illness is among the leading causes of disability and ill- health in the World.

INDIAN

NIMHANS MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY 2015-16

• Prevalence amongst Adults- 10.6% and Adolescents – 7.3%.

• Greater prevalence amongst persons living in Urban Metros.

• Persons with low incomes also susceptible .

• Treatment Gap ranges from 70% to 92%.





Need For Helpline ‘Kiran’

• Limited number qualified professionals in Mental Health.

• Acute shortage of Clinical Psychologists, Rehabilitation Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Social Worker and Psychiatric Nurses.

• Absence of Universal dedicated helpline in respect of rehabilitation services for mental illness, to provide 1st stage counselling and advice.

• Adequate availability of Telecom/ Internet services facilitates provision of mental health services.

• ‘KIRAN’ will empathetically address the mental health issues of PwDs in particular, and the common population in general.

• Assist callers with identification and acceptance of the problem; provide 1st Stage Counselling, follow up Counselling and referrals as the case may be.

• Keep the callers identity confidential.

The Three Pillars

Telecommun ication infrastructur e requirement; Robust connectivity

Human resource managemen t;
Soft Skills and empathy

Publicity regarding the helpline; Expanding outreach

Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline

‘KIRAN’



Main features

• Toll Free

• Operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week

• Technical Coordinator- BSNL

• Available in 13 languages

• 25 Institutions including 8 National Institutes involved

• Backed by 660 Clinical / Rehabilitation Psychologists and 668 Psychiatrists.

• Wide Publicity through audio, video and social media



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Objectives of ‘KIRAN’

Early screening;
First stage of counselling; follow ups; Psychological support;
Distress management;
Promoting positive perspective; Psychological crisis management; Referral to mental health experts; Mental well-being.

Languages Covered

 

• Hindi
• English
• Assamese • Bengali
• Gujarati
• Kannada
• Malayalam

• Marathi • Odia
• Punjabi • Telugu • Tamil

• Urdu



Helpline Centers

National Institutes (NIs)

Regional Centers (RC)

(i) NIMHR, Sehore

(i) NIEPID, RC-Noida

(ii) PDU-NIPPD, Delhi

(iii) NIEPMD, Chennai

(ii) NIEPID, RC-Navi Mumbai

(iv) NIEPID, Secunderabad

(v) NIEPVD, Dehradun

(iii) NIEPID, RC-Kolkata

(vi) AYJ-NISHD, Mumbai

(vii) SV-NIRTAR, Cuttack

(viii) NILD, Kolkata



Helpline Centers

Composite Regional Centers (CRC)

(i) CRC-Ahmedabad

(viii) CRC-Kozhikode

(ii) CRC-Sundernagar

(ix) CRC-A&N Islands

(x) CRC-Bhopal

(iii) CRC-Guwahati

(xi) CRC-Tripura

(iv) CRC-Davanagere

(xii) CRC-Nagpur

(v) CRC-Nellore

(xiii) CRC-Gorakhpur

(vi) CRC-Rajnandgaon

(xiv) CRC-Lucknow

(vii) CRC-Srinagar

Mechanism of Support



PUBLICITY REGARDING THE HELPLINE

  Publicity to be given in Print, Audio/Visual and Social Media.

  Printed advertisements in newspapers, weeklies, etc

  Radio Jingles and Videos prepared

  Promotion through Social Media like Whatsapp, Facebook.

  Helpline no. will be flashed prominently on the website of the Department, NIs, CRCs, departmental PSUs, etc.



Collaborating Departments, Institutions and Associations

  Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD)

  National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR)

  National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD)

  Other 6 National Institutes

  14 Composite Regional Centres (CRCs)

  Regional Centres – NIEPID

  Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP)

  Indian Psychiatric Association (IPA)

  Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)



Inauguration of ‘Kiran’ (7.9.2020)



Interaction
with
Helpline 05 Providers

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Launching 24X7 Mental

Health Rehabilitation 02 Helpline

     

Brochure (Bilingual)

Resource Book (Bilingual).

 

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Poster (Bilingual)

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Thank You!

Dr. Prabodh Seth
Joint Secretary, DEPwD
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Govt. of India