Health Care : Current Reviews

Integration of mental health services into primary health care

3^rd Indo-Global Summit & Expo on Healthcare

October 05-07, 2015 New Delhi, India

Usha Rani Chadalawada

Government Siddhartha Medical College, India

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life and work productively and fruitfully. The concept of mental health has been discussed in the ancient Ayurvedic treatise on childhood diseases, disabilities in Sri Lankan medical chronicles and literature, Jathakaâ??s stories dealing with the life of Buddha and also well attested in the sermons of the Prophet Muhammed. There are principles for integrating mental health into primary health, several myths, scientifically proven successful ventures due to intervention carried out for babies who were at high risk. There are well founded preventive strategies for mental illnesses and the role of communities in rehabilitations. A number of justifications are presented in support of integrating mental health into primary care, the tasks that lie ahead of primary care services and benefits of well organized programs of primary health care.

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