Building homes, health, and dignity
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Building homes, health, and dignity

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: What if the key to creating an inclusive society lies in addressing mental health, disability, and homelessness together? This funding will expand its Home Again programme across Tamil Nadu and Kerala, promoting community-based mental health care. Over three decades, it has evolved into a globally recognised model of care, with Home Again acknowledged by the WHO and The Lancet Commission for redefining long-term mental health care. “We need to move beyond asylums and embrace community-driven models that address mental health as a human rights issue,” she said. N Ram, director of The Hindu Publishing Group, praised The Banyan’s journey from grassroots activism to a comprehensive mental health model that embodies south India’s ethos of care.

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Homeless persons treated, rehabilitated in Karnataka’s first public-private partnership for mental health
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Homeless persons treated, rehabilitated in Karnataka’s first public-private partnership for mental health

The Hindu  

Recently, a 65-year-old woman was found wandering in Frazer Town by social workers from a non-governmental organisation during their field work. The State Health Department, in association with Aaladamara Foundation, a city-based NGO dedicated to providing holistic mental healthcare to homeless individuals with severe mental illness, launched the initiative in C.V. Raman Hospital in October this year. The mental health …

Recasting care models for mental illness and homelessness
5 months, 1 week ago

Recasting care models for mental illness and homelessness

The Hindu  

Socio-normative representations of homeless persons living with a mental illness have ubiquitously ascribed them to the role of refuge seekers. Noteworthy among a few efforts in India that have supported several HPMI reenter communities is the collaboration between the National Health Mission, the Tamil Nadu Department of Health, the Institute of Mental Health, The Banyan, the Azim Premji Foundation and …

Tamil Nadu to release policy on rehab of mentally ill, homeless soon
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu to release policy on rehab of mentally ill, homeless soon

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: A policy on homeless and mentally ill people, aimed at strengthening their rescue and rehabilitation, is ready and will soon be released, as per Shilpa Prabhakar, director of National Health Mission, Tamil Nadu. Speaking at ‘Hope, Home and Health’, the fourth international conference on mental health, homelessness, and inclusive development organised by The Banyan and The Banyan Academy of …

International meet on mental health to begin in Chennai on July 23
5 months, 3 weeks ago

International meet on mental health to begin in Chennai on July 23

The Hindu  

The Banyan and Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health will hold its fourth international conference on mental health, homelessness, and inclusive development from July 23. The three-day conference will have local and global thought leaders and discuss holistic person-centred approaches and innovations in adaptations within inclusive ecosystems for persons with long-term care needs. The Banyan’s emergency care and recovery …

Andhra Pradesh’s homeless grapples with mental health issues
1 year, 2 months ago

Andhra Pradesh’s homeless grapples with mental health issues

The Hindu  

Raju, 14, lost his beloved aunt, the matriarch of their family of five, in November 2007. The incidence of homeless people suffering from mental illness is 50-60%,” says psychiatrist Indla Ramasubba Reddy, one of the trustees of Manobandhu Foundation in Vijayawada. The Andhra Pradesh Commissioner of Medical, Health and Family Welfare, J. Nivas says while there is a State Authority …

‘Housing is important in rehabilitating mentally ill people’
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Housing is important in rehabilitating mentally ill people’

The Hindu  

The importance of shifting the approach from institutional care towards providing housing to mentally ill persons for better recovery and rehabilitation was stressed by the panelists who spoke at the Sundram Fasteners Lecture Series on ‘Preventing homelessness among persons with severe mental health issues.’ Speaking on the second day of the lecture series on Sunday, Deborah K. Padgett, Professor of …

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