Editorial

Mental Health Awareness aru Infrastructure India te

Etiya laga din te mental health dhire dhire India laga public kotha-kothi te ahibo laga hoise. Kintu, awareness dangor hoile bhi, India laga mental health infrastructure etiya bhi bisi kom ase aru etu desh te thaka dangor population laga demand pura nakoribo pare. National Mental Health Survey of India hisab te, lagbhag 14% India laga manu kunuba na kunuba mental disorder te bhugi ase. Itu ekla number bhi dekhai dise ki mental health service ke mazboot banabo aru mental illness logot thaka stigma ke hataabo bisi zaruri hoise.

Ekta dangor problem hoise — mental health professional laga kami. India te sirf 0.75 psychiatrists ase per 1 lakh manu, juntu WHO laga minimum requirement (3 per 1 lakh) te bhi bisi kom ase. Psychologist, psychiatric nurse, aru social worker laga number toh auru bhi kom ase. Etu kami sob pora rural aru semi-urban jagah te bisi affect kore, jahan mental health service nai thake, nai thakile bhi log paabo bisi muskil ho jai. Urban jagah te private practitioner aru kunba dangor hospital/institute ase, kintu normal manu karone treatment afford koribo etiya bhi ekta dangor problem ase.

Aru ekta serious problem hoise — mental illness logot thaka stigma. Bisi manu help mangibo dorkhan na lagaia karone society pora judgment, discrimination hoi jabo buli dar, aru mental health laga bare thaka misunderstanding. Mental health ke bhal para bujha nai, aru etu karone school, family, aru office te bhi symptoms ke ignore koridibi — juntu karone diagnosis aru treatment bisi late hoi.

Government pora National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) aru Mental Healthcare Act 2017 launch korise bhal intention logot. Etu Act mental healthcare access paabo laga right dise aru suicide ke criminal offense no koribo buli change korise — juntu ekta positive aru progressive step ase. Kintu policy laga implementation proper no hobo pare karone, etu sob plan thaka bhi kaam no kori thake. Mental health te total health budget laga 1% te bhi kom fund dise, juntu etu field ke bishi affect korise.

India ke etiya ekta multi-pronged approach lagibo. Agey tou, mental health professionals ke train aru hire koribo te investment dangor para barhaabo lage. Dusra, mental health service ke primary healthcare logot integrate korile early diagnosis aru treatment rural jagah te possible hoijabo. Tisra, awareness campaign ke expand kori, school, office aru community center use kori mental illness laga stigma hataabo lage.

Digital platform aru telemedicine bhi dangor role loibo pare urban aru rural jagah laga gap pura koribo karone. Juntu startup aru NGO mental health te kaam korise, itu khan ke government pora support aru policy incentive dise to bhal result ahibo. Mental health ke corporate wellness program aru school curriculum logot include korile choto bela pora emotional strength develop koribo paribo.

India ekta crucial mod te ase. Jodi India technology, economy aru culture te world leader banibo bisare, tai laga manu khan laga mental well-being ke ignore no koribo lage. Mentally healthy population sirf ekta social goal no, etu ekta economic zarurat bhi ase. Mental health ke ekta public priority banai, urgency, empathy aru proper resource logot handle koribo — etu optional na hoikena, ekta zaruri kaam hoise.