Mental Health Care Services in Community Settings

Chapter 1: Mental Healthcare Services in the Community: Where Does India Stand?.- Chapter 2: How Janamanas Partners with Government and Women Self Help Groups to Embed Mental Health and Resilience in the Community.- Chapter 3: Integration of Mental Healthcare with General Healthcare Services for Tribals: The Decentralised Approach to Community Mental Health Programme by ASHWINI.- Chapter 4: Strategising Community Mental Health Service Provision for Underserved Areas and Resource-Poor Population: Satellite Clinics, and Care and Support Programme of Antara.- Chapter 5: Mental Health Service Provision and Enabling Agency among Clients, Caregivers: The Case of Rural Mental Health Programme of The Banyan.- Chapter 6: Altruism and Activating Neighbourhood Care for Persons with Mental Illness in the Community: Mental Health Programme of Mental Health Action Trust.- Chapter 7: Lessons Learnt on NGO Approaches to Mental Healthcare Provision in the Community.

Gayathri Balagopal is an independent researcher based in Chennai whose work experience has been in the development sector as consultant with The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health, Health Portfolio of Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust and Madras Institute of Development Studies. She is co-editor of the book, Elderly Care in India: Societal and State Responses (2017) with Professor S. Irudaya Rajan. Her research has focussed attention on health and social care among the elderly, rehabilitation of homeless women with mental health issues, employment problems confronting persons with mental health issues, community mental health programmes and social protection in India. Her research interests are in public health, mental health, gerontology and social protection.Aruna Rose Mary Kapanee is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS). She has worked at St. John's Research Institute, Bengaluru and Karuna Trust, Bengaluru earlier. Her research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals. She was one of the collaborators of the National Mental Health Survey of India 2015-16, which was published by NIMHANS. She has researched individual and family factors associated with psychological distress and well-being in young adults, rehabilitation and recovery in persons with mental illness, and community mental health programmes in India. Her research interests are in public mental health, creative and expressive arts in mental health, mental health rehabilitation and recovery, peace and conflict resolution.