The federal government’s nationwide psychological wellness helpline Tele MANAS, a toll-free solution, has actually obtained greater than 2,00,000 telephone calls from numerous components of the nation given that its launch in October in 2014.
It was begun by the Union Health and wellness Ministry to reinforce psychological wellness solution distribution in India.
There has actually been a rapid increase in the variety of telephone calls obtained by the helpline. In simply 3 months, the number got to 2 lakh from one lakh calls obtained in April 2023, the ministry claimed in a declaration.
In a tweet, Union Health and wellness Priest Mansukh Mandaviya praised the nation on attaining the accomplishment.
Toll-free helpline numbers– 14416 or 1-800-891-4416– with multi-language arrangement permit customers to choose the language of their option for availing the solutions, the ministry claimed in the declaration.
With 42 working Tele Mental Health and wellness and also Normality Enhancement System (MANAS) cells in 31 states and also Union Territories, the solution is presently dealing with greater than 1,300 telephone calls each day in 20 languages.
Greater than 1,900 counsellors have actually been educated and also they are running the initial line solutions. Most typical issues experienced are despair of state of mind, rest disruption, anxiety and also stress and anxiety, the declaration claimed.
” Around 7,000 telephone calls have actually been complied with up by callbacks by the counsellors where they have actually prospered in finishing the loophole of treatment. Customers that called for professional treatment are being efficiently connected to proper solutions such as Area Mental Health And Wellness Program (DMHP) and also various other close-by healthcare centers,” it included.
A surge of boost in telephone calls associated with examination anxiety was seen throughout the examination period, the declaration claimed.
These customers were aided by the counsellors with encouraging therapy and also self-help methods which aided them in bring out flying colours. Initiatives are likewise made to get to even more trainees/ teens in numerous instructional institutes.
Promo of the Tele MANAS solutions through various media systems such as print media, radio and also social networks are being executed.
Tele MANAS will certainly remain to supply customers with standard therapy and also psychological wellness solutions, with affiliations to existing crucial solutions and also sources consisting of assimilation with e Sanjeevani in the coming days, according to the declaration.
” Tele MANAS effort, which was introduced by Union Ministry of Health And Wellness in the Union spending plan 2022-23 as a recognition to the psychological wellness dilemma in the nation, is an unique effort to allow individuals to look for assistance for their psychological wellness problems while keeping privacy of the customers, therefore decreasing the preconception normally bordering psychological wellness problems,” the declaration claimed.
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