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In terms of the network of mental health facilities, there are 18 outpatient mental health facilities, 3-day treatment facilities, and 17 community-based psychiatric inpatient units available in the country. The majority of the mental health service users are treated in outpatient facilities. Thirty-seven percent of patients are female.
Ministry of Defence is established as per Government of Nepal Business Allocation Rules, 2069 (2012) with the objective of managing and operating national defence affairs. [1] The Ministry is responsible for maintaining internal as well as external security in order to safeguard the national sovereignty and territorial integrity .
Dr. Roshan Pokhrel currently holds position of health secretary. The Department of Health Services serves under the ministry to facilitate and implement its work, mainly deliver health services and to maintain public hospitals. [5] Furthermore, two other departments also work under and with the ministry: Department of Ayurveda [6]
Military psychiatry encompasses counseling individuals and families on a variety of life issues, often from the standpoint of life strategy counseling, as well as counseling for mental health issues, substance abuse prevention and substance abuse treatment; and where called for, medical treatment for biologically based mental illness, among ...
Currently as the President of Nepal Ram Chandra Poudel who assumed office on 13 March 2023, [3] is the current supreme commander of Nepal Army. Before the 2006 democracy movement in Nepal forced the King to restore democracy in 2006, Article 119 of the 1990 constitution stated that the King is the Supreme Commander of the Royal Nepal Army ...
The Nepal Health Research Council is an autonomous body responsible for promoting and coordinating health research in Nepal working under the Ministry of Health and Population. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established in 1991 under the Nepal Health Research Council Act, the council works to improve Nepal's health status through scientific research while ...
Initially, the hospital was open to army personnel, retired army personnel and their family only. From 2017, the hospital also started outpatient service for civilians. [1] As of August 2023, the hospital has 635 beds and has a plan to upgrade to 900 beds to cater for civilians.
The increasing trend in suicide is a major public health concern in Nepal. [3] [4] [5] Often suicide indicates an underlying mental health problem or acute stress. [6] [7] Increased access to timely and effective mental health services is associated with a decreased risk of suicide.