NIMHANS to spearhead national tele-counselling programme
The Hindu
IIITB to give technical support
The National Instituteof Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) will spearhead a National Tele-Mental Health Programme across the country, the Union Budget announced on Tuesday. Another city institution - Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru (IIITB) - will provide technical support for the project.
With the COVID-19 pandemic accentuating mental health problems in people of all age groups, the programme aims to “better the access to quality mental health counselling and care services”. The programme will include a network of 23 tele-mental health centres of excellence, with NIMHANS being the nodal centre and IIITB providing technology support, the Budget speech said.
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