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Developing a community mental health model in Nepal
The planned project is a continuation for the ongoing project ?Integrating Mental Health in Primary Health Care in a Post-conflict Setting 2012-2014? which took place in Dang district in Nepal. In the second phase of the project the aim is to improve equal access to effective treatment of mental health problems. The project will be expanded to cover the whole district (548.000 inhabitants). After this continuation phase responsibility of the project will be handed over to local authorities. The prevalence o f mental health problems is high but no mental health professionals work in the public healthcare system in the whole district. The aim is to develop the activities implemented in the first phase of the project in a way that enables the actors of the local health system to continue them independently. All government health facilities including primary care units and hospitals will be covered.The immediate objectives are to improve the capacity of the primary health care workers to detect and treat common me ntal disorders to improve access to specialised psychiatric services at district level and to raise the level of awareness of mental health and to reduce negative attitudes of the general population. Training sessions will be organised for female health ca re volunteers primary health care workers and hospital-based medical officers. Four psychosocial counsellors hired by the project will provide counselling services as well as supervise trained primary health care workers in providing support to people who suffer from common mental disorders. The effectiveness of counselling will be studied by using a randomised controlled trial (RCT) design. Specialised care will be offered to a selected group of patients with severe disorders. Information about mental heal th mental health problems and coping skills will be distributed via community mental health promotion workshops (CMHP) school mental health programmes radio programs and printed materials. Advocacy work will be focused on increasing the human resources in public mental health services in Dang.
Overview
About this project
The planned project is a continuation for the ongoing project ?Integrating Mental Health in Primary Health Care in a Post-conflict Setting 2012-2014? which took place in Dang district in Nepal. In the second phase of the project the aim is to improve equal access to effective treatment of mental health problems. The project will be expanded to cover the whole district (548.000 inhabitants). After this continuation phase responsibility of the project will be handed over to local authorities. The prevalence o f mental health problems is high but no mental health professionals work in the public healthcare system in the whole district. The aim is to develop the activities implemented in the first phase of the project in a way that enables the actors of the local health system to continue them independently. All government health facilities including primary care units and hospitals will be covered.The immediate objectives are to improve the capacity of the primary health care workers to detect and treat common me ntal disorders to improve access to specialised psychiatric services at district level and to raise the level of awareness of mental health and to reduce negative attitudes of the general population. Training sessions will be organised for female health ca re volunteers primary health care workers and hospital-based medical officers. Four psychosocial counsellors hired by the project will provide counselling services as well as supervise trained primary health care workers in providing support to people who suffer from common mental disorders. The effectiveness of counselling will be studied by using a randomised controlled trial (RCT) design. Specialised care will be offered to a selected group of patients with severe disorders. Information about mental heal th mental health problems and coping skills will be distributed via community mental health promotion workshops (CMHP) school mental health programmes radio programs and printed materials. Advocacy work will be focused on increasing the human resources in public mental health services in Dang.
Progress
34%- Plan
- Implementation
- Outcomes
Alignment