Lok Sabha Question No. 876 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Access to Mental Healthcare
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

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

LOK SABHA U NSTARRED QUESTION NO. 876 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## ACCESS TO MENTAL HEA LTHCARE

## 876. SHRI SUKHBIR SI NGH JAUNAPURIA:

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

- (a) whether a study has been reported that 50 percent of people face difficulties in getting acces tomental healthcare;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the salient features of the report;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide ad itional mental healthcare facilities for the benefit of the poor and underprivileged, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether any proposal has been received from the Government of Rajasthan in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR . BHARATI PRAVIN PAW AR )

(a) &(b): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has not received any such study Howev the Government conducted the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) of India through the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru in 2 016 as per which the prevalence of mental disorders in adults over the age of 18 years is about 10. treatment gap for mental disorders ranged between 70% to 92% for different disorders.

(c):  For  providing  affordable  and  accessible  mental  healthcare facilities  to  the  population, including the poor and underprivileged, the Government is implementing the National Men Health Programme (NMHP) in the country.  The District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) component  of  the  NMHP  has  been  sanctioned  for  imp lementation  in  692  districts  for  which support is provided to States/UTs through the National Health Mission.  Facilities made av under DMHP at the Community Health Centre(CHC) and Primary Health Centre(PHC) levels, inter - alia,  include  outpatient  se rvices,  assessment,  counselling/  psycho - social  interventions, continuing care and support to persons with severe mental disorders, drugs, outreach se ambulance services etc. In addition to above services there is a provision of 10 bedded i - patient facility  at  the  District  level.      Under  the  Tertiary  care  component  of  NMHP,  25  Cent Excellence have been sanctioned to increase the intake of students in PG departments in me health  specialities  as  well  as  to  provide  tertiary  level  treatment facili i s.    In  addition,  the Government has also supported 19 Government medical colleges/institutions to strengthen PG Departments in mental health specialities.

(d): Based on the PIP proposals received from the State Government of Rajasthan, all 33 districts of the State have been supported under the NCD Flexible pool of National Health Mission implementation of the District Mental Health Programme. Further, with a view to augment availability of qualified manpower in the field of mental heal th, the following Institutions have been supported in the State of Rajasthan under the Manpower Development Schemes of NMHP:

- I. Scheme-A (Establishment of Centre of Excellence)
- i. Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner
- ii. Swai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur
- II. Schem e- B (Strengthening/Establishment of PG departments in mental health specialties
- i. Ravindra Nath Tagore College, Udaipur
- ii. S.P. Medical College, Bikaner