1. National Mental Health Program Jt. Director of Health Services (NCD)
REVIEW MEETING
Dt. 23/05/2014
Egatpuri
Jt. Director of Health Services (NCD)
Mumbai 1

2. National Mental Health Programme
The Government of India has launched the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) in 1982,
Keeping in view the heavy burden of mental illness in the community, and the absolute inadequacy of mental health care infrastructure in the country to deal with it,
4 RMH (Pune, Thane, Nagpur, Ratnagiri) &
6 DMHP - Raigad, Jalgaon, Satara, Parbhani, Buldhana,
Amravati)
6 New DMHP – Nashik,Osmanabad, Wardha, Bhandara,
Gadchiroli, A’nagar – PIP sanctioned by GOI
PIP Rs lakhs sanctioned for each new DMHP
PIP for old district are under consideration by GOI

3. Aims
Prevention and treatment of mental and neurological disorders and their associated disabilities.
Use of mental health technology to improve general health services.
Application of mental health principles in total national development to improve quality of life.

4. Objectives
To ensure availability and accessibility of minimum mental health care particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of population .
To encourage application of mental health knowledge in general health care and in social development.
To promote community participation in the mental health services development and to stimulate efforts towards self-help in the community.
To integrate Mental Health Programme with General Health Services.
To utilize existing Health infrastructure to provide Mental Health Care Services.
To train Health personnel in Mental Health Care needs.

5. Infractructre - DMHP Manpower - Psychiatrist (Program Officer)
Psychiatric Social Worker
Clinical Psychologist
Psychiatric Nurse / Trained general nurse
Record keeper
Community nurse
Case Registry Assistant
Above mentioned sanction staff have been recruited in old DMHP.
Instructions vide letter dated 17 may 2014 have been issued to the concerned Civil Surgen to recruit the above mention the staff for newly sanctioned DMHP.

6. Activities Recruitment of Manpower
Training – PHC MO, Nurses, Para Medical Workers & Other Health Staff
IEC & Community Mobilizations services
Procurring & distribution of IEC material
Awareness among community, school & colleges, work places, urban & slum
Procurement of drugs
At non DMHP District Hospital OPD & IPD acivities to be started specially for Mental Health
Monthly performance report to be submitted to State Mental Health cell

7. Thanks