“Collaborative effort needed for mental health care delivery”


 

As the first Indian to head the mental health directorate at the World Health Organisation, Shekhar Saxena has a task ahead that he says is both exciting, and intimidating.

“India has the inherent capacity to scale up the mental health programme in a very significant way. We have to see that all bodies that are capable of doing work in the sector come together to take this forward,” he says.

During a recent visit to India, Dr. Saxena, who has been a practitioner in India for 20 years before he joined the ranks of the global health bureaucracy, spoke exclusively to The Hindu.

“The needs of the world and India are large in terms of mental health care delivery. The potential for making a change is massive, but one has to get it right in terms of partnerships.”...............Click for More

 

Source: The Hindu


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