Embracing Technology for Capacity Building in Mental Health: New Path, Newer Challenges.

Autor: Malathesh BC; Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India., Ibrahim FA; Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India., Nirisha PL; Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India., Kumar CN; Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India. nkumar@nimhans.ac.in., Chand PK; Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India., Manjunatha N; Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India., Math SB; Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India., Thirthalli J; Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India., Manjappa AA; Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, India., Parthasarathy R; Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, India., Reddy S; Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India., Arora S; The ECHO Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Psychiatric quarterly [Psychiatr Q] 2021 Sep; Vol. 92 (3), pp. 843-850. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 19.
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-020-09859-7
Abstrakt: Technology driven capacity building initiatives are the way to break the barrier of shortage of mental health human resources in India. This new path, while is a welcome step, comes with its own set of challenges. In one prototypic project that is being implemented in Ramanagara District of Karnataka, a south Indian state, we encountered many such issues. They ranged from issues related to availability of dedicated space to set up the hub-studio, inconsistent internet connectivity (particularly in remote areas) and inadequate digital literacy among the grassroot community health workers who hail from villages. This article summarises these challenges and ends by looking into ways and means of overcoming them.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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