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What's lacking in India's school mental health programmes?

In the past decade, India has made strides in addressing mental health issues in many sections of its populace, except one — school children. The Hindu takes a look at the neglected sector of school mental health programmes. One of the major drawbacks of India’s mental healthcare sector is the inadequate manpower. As per the World Mental Health Atlas (2017), India had 0.29 psychiatrists per lakh population (plp) and zero child plp. Among other professionals, there were 0.8 mental health nurses plp and 0.07 psychologists plp. In total, there were only 25,312 mental health professionals in India, with only 49 child psychiatrists, as of 2017. Read the full story: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/hea... Reporting: Suchitra Karthikeyan Voiceover & Production: K. Rajashree Das Thank you for watching our video! You can subscribe to our channel here: https://bit.ly/3c8Adi6 Visit https://www.thehindu.com/ for the latest updates, analysis, opinions, and more. You can also download our apps: Android: https://bit.ly/3nboBEi iOs: https://apple.co/3EDCwt4 The Hindu is committed to keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world. We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda. You can support us by subscribing to our digital offerings here: https://bit.ly/3emywiz Follow us: Twitter:   / the_hindu   Instagram:   / the_hindu   #mentalhealth #school #schoolchildren #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthinindia