Adolescent and Youth Mental Health in India: Status and Needs

Duggal, Chetna; Bagasrawala, Lamia

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“…National-level health policy-making and planning in India has been guided by recommendations from high-level government-appointed committees with programmatic guidelines driving implementation [12,13]. Before the country's independence from colonial rule, the Bhore Committee (Health Survey and Development Committee) instituted under the British Raj, provided a comprehensive four-volume report in 1946 describing the country's needs and envisioning universal healthcare for India's future [14][15][16].…”

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“…Subsequently, from 1962 to 1986, several committees dealing with specific health system issues were instituted including the Mudaliar Committee (health survey and planning), Mukerji Committee (delinking of malaria program from family planning activities), Jungalwalla Committee (unified cadre of health personnel), Kartar Singh Committee (multipurpose health workers for national programs), Shrivastav Committee (medical education and manpower), and Bajaj Committee (health workforce) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. It is important to note that recommendations from these committees did not always make it to the agenda of those drafting policies [13].…”

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Prioritization of surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia care in India over seven decades: A systematic analysis of policy documents

Shetty,

Zadey,

Jindal

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Improving access to surgical care in India requires policy-level prioritization of surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia (SOTA) care. We quantified SOTA care prioritization in the last seven decades by analyzing India’s national policy and programmatic documents. Forty documents of national importance over seven decades (1946–2017) were screened for a set of 52 surgical and 6 non-surgical keywords. The number of mentions per keyword was used as a proxy for surgical prioritization. For thematic analysis, surgical mentions were further classified into five domains: Infrastructure, Workforce, Service Delivery, Financing, and Information Management. The total number of mentions was 4681 for the surgical keywords and 2322 for non-surgical. The number of mentions per keyword was 90.02 for surgical keywords and 387 for non-surgical. The older committee reports showed relatively higher SOTA care prioritization compared to the years after 2010. Among the domains, Service Delivery (897) had the maximum number of mentions followed by Infrastructure (545), Workforce (516), Financing (98), and Information Management (40). National Health Policy 2017, the most recent high-level policy, grossly neglected SOTA care. SOTA care is inadequately prioritized in Indian national health policies, especially in the documents after 2010. Concerted efforts are necessary to improve the focus on financing and information management. Prioritization can be improved through a stand-alone national plan for SOTA care along with integration into existing policies.

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Prioritization of surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia care in India over seven decades: A systematic analysis of policy documents

Shetty,

Zadey,

Jindal

et al. 2023

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Mental health professionals’ insights on developing and implementing a Mental Health Awareness and Destigmatisation program (MHAD) for adolescents

Manjari,

N.T.

2024

Social Work in Mental Health

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Online Mental Health Peer-support Forums for Youth: An Exploratory Study on Stakeholder Perspectives

Achar,

Mehrotra

2024

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Background: Youth in India carry a large proportion of the global burden of mental health disorders and subclinical distress. They prefer to seek mental health support from informal sources. One such source—online mental health peer-support forums (OMHPSFs)—is under-researched. This study aims to explore the perspectives of youth and mental health professionals and counselors (MHP&Cs) in terms of the scope and utility of and inclination to use OMHPSFs for maintaining youth mental well-being. Methods: An exploratory, cross-sectional, mixed-methods study was conducted. A total of 141 Indian nationals aged 18–29 years were enrolled using convenience sampling and administered a survey. In the qualitative phase, six youth and seven MHP&Cs were interviewed. Results: Ninety (63.8%) and 106 (75.2%) participants indicated a high inclination to use OMHPSFs to seek and provide support, respectively. More than three-quarters of the surveyed youth stated that OMHPSFs should be a space for emotional and informational support to deal with life challenges. A total of 127 (90.1%) participants reported that OMHPSFs would be useful to find out how others their age deal with similar life challenges. A thematic analysis of interviews revealed that anonymity, accessibility, appeal, and ease of use enhance youth inclination toward OMHPSFs. The role of MHP&Cs in training, supervision, and moderation and strategies to popularize OMHPSFs were outlined and recommended. Conclusion: Sampled youth showed a high inclination to use OMHPSFs to seek and provide mental health support to their peers. Stakeholders consider OMHPSFs as relevant in scope and utility to alleviate mental health concerns among Indian youth.

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Adolescent and Youth Mental Health in India: Status and Needs

Cited by 3 publications

References 42 publications

Prioritization of surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia care in India over seven decades: A systematic analysis of policy documents

Prioritization of surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia care in India over seven decades: A systematic analysis of policy documents

Mental health professionals’ insights on developing and implementing a Mental Health Awareness and Destigmatisation program (MHAD) for adolescents

Online Mental Health Peer-support Forums for Youth: An Exploratory Study on Stakeholder Perspectives

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