MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

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• A Commitment to Well-being: GI Group Holding India enters into a strategic partnership with Amaha

  This collaboration aims to enhance workplace wellness and elevate employee satisfaction across GI Group Holding's operations in India

  

• Mental health startup Cerebral to lay off about 15 per cent of workforce

  ​​A report earlier in the day that the company, which provides mental health services through its telehealth platform, would be laying off 285 people in its third round of job cuts in less than a year.

  

• World Health Organization calls for more funding to aid war-torn Ukraine

  WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said the country now needed more funds to ensure that mental health services and rehabilitation could be dispensed, while ensuring community access to health services.

  

• Centre picks J'khand for mental health services to leprosy patients

  In 2021-22, 4025 cases of the disease were detected, while the figure was 3450 cases in 2020-21, according to the NLEP data. Treatment completion rate of the state was 95.40 per cent in 2021-22.

  

• Medix partners with Mpower to enhance mental health services in India

  As part of this strategic partnership, Medix India will bundle Mpower’s mental health services into its various care programs, offering its customers and partners which include leading insurers, corporate employers and other stakeholders, access to Mpower clinics and virtual mental health services

  

• Widespread outage shuts down 988 mental health hotline

  Those trying to reach the line for help with suicide, depression or other mental health crises are greeted with a message that says the line is "experiencing a service outage." People can still reach a mental health counselor through the lifeline by texting "988" or opening a chat at 988lifeline.org.

  

• 24/7 tele-platform launched for mental health services

  The national tele-mental health programme (Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States, or Tele-MANAS) includes a network of cells, mental health centres of excellence, and regional coordination centres. In all, 51 Tele-MANAS cells will provide basic support, counselling and mental health services, as well as links with mental health professionals, eSanjeevani, Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres, and emergency psychiatric facilities.

  

• Lack of mental health services during pandemic linked to food insufficiency

  "Hunger, exhaustion, and stress-related to not getting enough food to eat may lead to depression and anxiety," said lead author, Jason Nagata, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco.

  

• Covid pandemic triggers anxiety disorder in people, say experts

  Last week, Telemedicine app Practo announced in a release that it witnessed a significant rise in mental health-related queries which grew 665% since last year (October 2019 to September 2020) and by 180% in the last six months.

  

• Mental health services disrupted during pandemic, as needs grow - WHO

  Services for mentally ill and substance abuse patients have been disrupted worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the disease is expected to cause further distress for many, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

  

• ‘Smart’ system to combat mental health disorders

  The multi-faceted primary health care intervention known as ’Smart’ mental health involves a community based anti-stigma campaign and a mobile device-based decision support system to improve management of adults at high risk of common mental health disorders.