Chhattisgarh community mental healthcare tele-mentoring program (CHaMP): digitally driven initiative to reach the unreached
Abstract
Harnessing technology is one accepted method to leapfrog the barrier of inadequate trained human resources for mental health. The Chhattisgarh Community Mental Healthcare Tele-Mentoring Program (CHaMP) is a collaborative digitally driven initiative of the Government of Chhattisgarh (GOC) and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru the aim of which is to train the Primary Care Doctors (PCDs) and Rural Medical Assistants (RMA) to identify, screen and treat/refer cases of mental health disorders presenting to the primary care settings (nā=ā2150). The objective of this article is to give a brief overview of the initiative.
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Date
2021-04-16
Type
Article
Subject
Mental health
Citation
Ibrahim FA, Malathesh BC, Gajera G, Pandey P, Nirisha P L, Jyrwa S, Kumar CN, Manjunatha N, Jain S, Bairy BK, Bada Math S. Chhattisgarh community mental healthcare tele-mentoring program (CHaMP): Digitally driven initiative to reach the unreached. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022 Aug;68(5):954-957. doi: 10.1177/00207640211011191. Epub 2021 Apr 16. PMID: 33860714.
Journal / Source Title
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
DOI
10.1177/00207640211011191
PMID
33860714
Publisher
SAGE Publications