Lok Sabha Question No. 187 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: Mental Health Institutes
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RITA TARAI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 187 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH MAY, 2016 MENTAL HEALTH INSTIT UTES

## *187. SHRIMATI RITA TARAI:

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

- (a) whether cases of mental disorder are on the rise in the country in the r if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any study/survey has been undertaken to find out the causes of rise in mental and neurological disorders, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan/proposes to formulate any plan for upgradation  of  Mental  Health  Institutes  into  super  specialist  institute  o health  and  neurosciences  at  par  with the  National  Institute  of  Mental  Health  and Neurosciences (NIMHANS);
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT wise including Odisha; and
- (e) the follow - up action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a) to ( e):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 187 * FOR 06 TH MAY, 2016

In 2005, the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health reported that 10 - 20 million (1 - 2% of population) suffered from severe mental disorders suc as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and nearly 50 million (5% of population common  mental  disorders  such  as  depression  and  anxiet y,  yielding  an  overall estimate of 6.5 per cent of the population.

The Government has commissioned a National Mental Health Survey through the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalo with, inter - alia, the following objec tives:

- estimate the prevalence and burden of Mental, Neurological and substance use  disorders in a representative population of India,
- identify the health care seeking and services utilization patterns, an
- assess mental health care resources and facilit ies in the surveyed states for planning, and strengthening of resources and services.

The survey was initiated on 1st June, 2015 and about 27000 interviews completed at the field level as on 5 th April, 2016.

During the 12 th Five Year Plan period, Government has approved a scheme for upgradation of two Central Government mental health institutes namely Lokopr Gopinath  Bordoloi  Regional  Institute  of  Mental  Health  (LGBRIMH),  Tezpur Assam  and  Central  Institute  of  Psychiatry, Ranchi  to  provide  neurological  and neuro - surgical  facilities  on  the  pattern  of  National  Institute  of  Mental  He Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. The Government does not have any scheme for upgradation of State Government mental health institutes into super specialist institute of mental health and neurosciences at par with NIMHANS, Bangalore.

However, Government has provided financial assistance for establishment Centres of Excellence in the field of mental health at 15 Institutes belong th State  Governments/UT  Administrations  including  Odisha.  Information  relating the funds released for establishment of Centres of Excellence is annexed.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 187 FOR ANSWER ON 06.05.2016 REGARDING 'MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTES'

Details of funds released for establishment of Centres of Excellence in the field of mental health

| S.No.                     | Mental Hospital/ Institute                                                                                | Amount Released           |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1.                        | Institute of Mental Health & Hospital, Agra, Uttar Pradesh                                                | Rs. 28,81,00,000/-        |
| 2.                        | Hospital for Mental Health, Ahmedabad, Gujarat                                                            | Rs. 24,79,00,000/-        |
| 3.                        | State Mental Health Institute, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana | Rs. 26,36,38,788/-        |
| 4.                        | Institute of Psychiatry- Kolkata, West Bengal                                                             | Rs. 24,90,00,000/-        |
| 5.                        | Institute of Mental Health, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh                                                     | Rs. 5,28,00,000/-         |
| 6.                        | Psychiatric Diseases Hospital, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir                      | Rs. 28,84,00,000/-        |
| 7.                        | Department of Psychiatry, Govt. Medical College, Chandigarh                                               | Rs. 18,59,00,000/-        |
| 8.                        | Mental Health Institute, SCB Medical College, Cuttack                                                     | Rs. 27,78,00,000/-        |
| 9                         | Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Kozhikode, Kerala                                          | Rs. 28,84,00,000/-        |
| 10.                       | Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Shahdra, Delhi                                          | Rs. 5,28,00,000/-         |
| 11.                       | Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health, Pune                                                              | Rs. 30,00,00,000/-        |
| 12.                       | Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka                                 | Rs. 5,00,00,000/-         |
| 13.                       | Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour, Bambolim, Goa                                                | Rs. 4,76,75,000/-         |
| 14.                       | Gwalior Mansik Arogyashala, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                                       | Rs. 4,75,75,,000/-        |
| 15.                       | Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar, Punjab                                                              | Rs. 4,75,76,000/-         |
| Total Rs. 256,24,64,788/- | Total Rs. 256,24,64,788/-                                                                                 | Total Rs. 256,24,64,788/- |