The importance of Psychiatry
IFP Bureau6 Apr 2023
IFP Editorial: Doctors slowly began to opt for Psychiatry in MD and still we are short of doctors to match the ever-rising cases of mental health problems.
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IFP Editorial: Doctors slowly began to opt for Psychiatry in MD and still we are short of doctors to match the ever-rising cases of mental health problems.
RIMS professor Dr RK Lenin Singh said that frequency of nurse-patient interaction is much higher than doctor-patient interaction; therefore, nurses carry out the daunting task of upholding the treatment standard of a facility
IFP Editorial: The Rs 25 crore budget in the state proposal for a mental hospital is too little given the unfolding scenario of mental health in present times.
The Manipur government had sent a proposal for construction of a mental hospital to the tune of Rs 25 crore, said director of state Health Services, Dr K Rajo Singh.
IFP Editorial: Faced with new realities of working from home, temporary unemployment, online education or home-schooling of children, and lack of physical contact with other family members, friends and colleagues, mental health of individuals is taking a toll.
The social welfare director said the state government has already initiated to open a mental hospital in Manipur.
On World Mental Health Day, Indian Psychiatric Society, Manipur State Branch president Dr S Manikanta said that here is a need to have psychiatric wards in every private hospital with a capacity of 50 beds.
There is no sign of progress despite the Manipur High Court order to set up a mental hospital in Manipur following an Imphal Free Press exclusive report entitled ‘Manipur tops rest of country in mental illness rate’ published on November 17, 2019.