Gamlin lays foundation of National Institute of Mental Health & Rehabitilation in MP

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New Delhi : Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Shakuntala D Gamlin, on March 3, 2019, laid the foundation of ‘National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation’ at village Sherpur along Bhopal-Sehore highway, District Sehore, Madhya Pradesh.

This institute will be first of its kind in the country. The Central Government has approved an outlay of Rs 180 crore for this project for an initial period of three years. The land for this institute measuring about 25 acre was allocated free of cost by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in October 2018.

The institute will promote mental health rehabilitation using an integrated multi-disciplinary approach to undertake capacity building and develop trained professionals in the area of mental health rehabilitation and help the Government in formulating policy and programmes/models for rehabilitation of persons with mental illness. It will run various courses starting from certificate course to M.Phil in the area of vocational counselling, care giving, psychiatric nursing, community based rehabilitation, clinical psychology and psychiatric social work etc.

The construction work of the building will be undertaken by CPWD, Bhopal, and is expected to be completed within a period of two years. During the construction phase, the institute will run some of the courses and provide certain services from a temporary accommodation, according to a PIB release.