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However, human resources and expertise in the field of mental health in India is significantly low when compared to the population of the country. [3] The allocation of the national healthcare budget to mental health is also low, standing at 0.16%. [3] [4] India's mental health policy was released in 2014. [5]
Suicide is a major national public health issue in the India. 171,000 suicides were recorded in 2022, registering a 4.2% increase over 2021 and a jump of 27% compared to 2018.
Suicide in India is a national social issue. In the year 2020, India recorded 153,052 suicides, an increase of 10% from 2019's 139,123 suicides. This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to suicide rate as on 2020. The rate is calculated as number of suicides per 1 lakh (100,000) people.
Recorded annual youth suicide rates in India are 80 per 100,000 in females and 34 per 100,000 in males (compared to 10.4 per 100,000 in the general Indian population). [1] These reported figures are estimated to be six crore to eight lakh thousand crore under-estimates of the true incidence.
Analysis of National Family Health Survey Data for 2005–06 (the most recent available dataset for analysis) shows that within India's urban population – the under-five mortality rate for the poorest quartile eight states, the highest under-five mortality rate in the poorest quartile occurred in UttarPradesh (110 per 1,000 live births ...
The World Mental Health Survey Initiative is a collaborative project by World Health Organization, Harvard University, University of Michigan, and country-based researchers worldwide to coordinate the analysis and implementation of epidemiological surveys of mental and behavioral disorders and substance abuse in all WHO Regions. [1] [2]
Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is a "state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and can contribute to his or her community". [1]
This is a list of psychiatric hospitals and nursing homes in India. Assam ... National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences ... Statistics; Cookie statement;