Lok Sabha Question No. 1289 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-09
Subject: Shortage of Mental Health Professionals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY, SANJAY JAISWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1289 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH FEBRUARY, 2018

## SHORTAGE OF MENTAL H EALTH PROFESSIONALS

## 1289. SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware that  there  is  an  acute  shortage  of  Mental Health Professionals in India and the mental disorder/disease is on the rise in thecountry;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is true that the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) has been mandated to maintain data of National He th profile;
- (d)  if  so,  whether  the  CBHI  has collected  data  on  mental  disorder and suggested  positive measures to manage the disease and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the details of centres of excellence established by the Government under National Mental Health Programme, State/ UT - wise?

## ANSW ER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) & (b): The estimated requirement and availability of mental health professionals in country is as under:

| Manpower                   |   Requirement | Availability   |
|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|
| Psychiatrist               |         13500 | 3827*          |
| Clinical Psychologists     |         20250 | 898            |
| Psychiatric Social Workers |         37000 | 850            |
| Psychiatric Nurses         |          3000 | 1500           |

Contd……..

(c) & (d) : As a part of its mandate, the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) has regularly bringing out its Annual Publication 'National Health Profile (NHP)' since 2005 which covers  major  information  on  demography,  socio - economic  and  health  indicators including morbidity and mortality trends, human resources for health, health infrastructure, health and all other related information through various sources. CBHI does not directly collect mental disorders/mental illnesses. However, the NHP contains a table sourced from Registrar General of India which provides State/UT wise information about mental retardation and me illness in India. The information contained in NHP 2017 regarding disabled population d mental retardation and me ntal illness is placed at Annexure -I .

(e) : The  List  of  Institutes  supported  under  the  National  Mental  Health  Programme  f establishment of Centres of Excellence in the field of Mental Health, State/ UT - wise is placed at Annexure -II.

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Annexure - I State/UT wise proportion of Disabled Population by Type of Disability in India - 2011 (Census) ICD - 10 Code - S00-99 & T00-40

| S.No.   | State/UT          | Mental Retardation   | Mental illness   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 132380               | 43169            |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1264                 | 631              |
| 3       | Assam             | 26374                | 18819            |
| 4       | Bihar             | 89251                | 37521            |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 33171                | 20832            |
| 6       | Goa               | 1817                 | 1675             |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 66393                | 42037            |
| 8       | Haryana           | 30070                | 16191            |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 8986                 | 5166             |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 16724                | 15669            |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 37458                | 20157            |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 93974                | 20913            |
| 13      | Kerala            | 65709                | 66915            |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 77803                | 39513            |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 160209               | 58753            |
| 16      | Manipur           | 4846                 | 1459             |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 2332                 | 2340             |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 1585                 | 1050             |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 1250                 | 995              |
| 20      | Odisha            | 72399                | 42837            |
| 21      | Punjab            | 45070                | 21925            |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 81389                | 41047            |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 516                  | 513              |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 100847               | 32964            |
| 25      | Tripura           | 4307                 | 2909             |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh     | 181342               | 76603            |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 11450                | 6443             |
| 28      | West Bengal       | 136523               | 71515            |
| 29      | A&N Island        | 294                  | 364              |
| 30      | Chandigarh        | 1090                 | 756              |
| 31      | D&N Haveli        | 180                  | 115              |
| 32      | Daman & Diu       | 176                  | 89               |
| 33      | Delhi             | 16338                | 10046            |
| 34      | Lakshadweep       | 112                  | 96               |
| 35      | Puducherry        | 2335                 | 853              |
| Total   | Total             | 15,05,964            | 7,22,880         |

List of Institutes supported under the National Mental Health Programme establishment of Centres of Excellence in the field of Mental Health

for

Calcutta  National  Medical  College,

|   S.No. | State/UT         | Institute                                                                           |
|---------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Hospital for Mental Care, Visakhapatnam                                             |
|       2 | Chandigarh       | Department of Psychiatry, Govt. Medical College,                                    |
|       3 | Delhi            | Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Shahdra, Delhi                    |
|       4 | Delhi            | Dr. R M L Hospital, New Delhi                                                       |
|       5 | Haryana          | State Mental Health Institute, Pandit Bhagwat University of Health Sciences, Rohtak |
|       6 | Goa              | Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour,                                        |
|       7 | Gujarat          | Hospital for Mental Health, Ahmedabad , Gujarat                                     |
|       8 | Himachal Pradesh | Dr. Rajendra Prasad Govt. Medical College, Tanda                                    |
|       9 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Psychiatric Diseases Hospital, Government Medical Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir         |
|      10 | Karnataka        | Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Dharwad, Karnataka                     |
|      11 | Kerala           | Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Kozhikode                             |
|      12 | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior Mansik Arogyashala, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                 |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh   | MGM Medical College, Indore                                                         |
|      14 | Maharashtra      | Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health, Pune                                        |
|      15 | Odisha           | Mental Health Institute, Cuttack                                                    |
|      16 | Punjab           | Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar, Punjab                                        |
|      17 | Rajasthan        | S P Medical College, Bikaner                                                        |
|      18 | Rajasthan        | SMS Medical College, Jaipur                                                         |
|      19 | Telangana        | Institute of Mental Health, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh                               |
|      20 | Uttar Pradesh    | Institute of Mental Health & Hospital, Agra, Uttar                                  |
|      21 | Uttar Pradesh    | King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar                                      |
|      22 | West Bengal      | Institute of Psychiatry -Kolkata, West Bengal                                       |
|      23 | West Bengal      | Dept. of Psychiatry, Calcutta National Medical Kolkata                              |