Adapting the stepped care approach for providing comprehensive mental health services in rural India: Tapping the untapped potential

• Main Authors: Priyamadhaba Behera (Author), R Senthil Amudhan (Author), Rishab Gupta (Author), Anindo Majumdar (Author), Arun M Kokane (Author), Mohan Bairwa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Recent National Mental Health Survey (2015-16) reported a prevalence of 13.7% for any mental disorders excluding tobacco use disorders in India. Translating it into real numbers, nearly 150 million people need active mental health interventions, disproportionately more in rural areas. Major challeng...