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2007

Shant Manas Inaugration Cermony on 24th November 2007 in Madurai, India.

THE SHANT MANAS COMMITMENT

  • SERVICE TO PEOPLE
  • OPEN TO ALL
  • PROFESSIONAL APPROACH
  • INDIAN DESIGN & VALUES
  • CULTURALLY SENSITIVE
  • CONFIDENTIALITY
  • LOCAL SOLUTIONS
  • ENABLING & EMPOWERING
  • CAPACITY BUILDING
  • SUSTAINABILITY
  • PARTNERSHIP IN HEALTH CARE

ShantManas Service in Rural Areas

  • Providing free and accessible service
  • Maintaining confidentiality about the service users
  • Preventing Mental Health disorders and difficulties
  • Supporting affected persons and their families
  • Eliminating social stigma and discrimination related with mental health illness
  • Maintaining individual service user's file confidentially
  • Maintaining discharge file with discharge summary of service users

Villages Vs Number of Inhabitants

  • Thuvariman - Around 2850
  • Keela Mathur - Around 2755
  • Melamathur - Around 1250
  • Kodimangalam - Around 4250

Four villages consist of around 11105 populations. Most of the people are unorganized workers living under poverty line. These inhabitants are not able to utilize the Mental Health services available in the urban centre. Moreover, these people are not aware of the importance of mental health. Most of the affected persons are living in the age group of earning stage between age 18 - 45. So their families are suffered because of their mental illness.

Shant Manas community mental health teams consists of Service co-coordinator, Senior psychiatric consultant and Mental Health outreach worker.