Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences

Open Access
UGC CARE (Group 1)
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 1

A novel approach to address the novel threat

  • Author:
  • Mythili Hazarika1,, Bornali Das1, Shyamanta Das1, Suresh Bada Math2, Samrat Singh Bhandari3, S Lakshmanan4, Kailash Karthik5, Pomi Baruah4, Najeeb Hazarika6, Hardeep Singh Bambrah6, Kanika Suri7
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 1 to 2

1Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

2National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

3Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

4National Health Mission (NHM), Assam, Guwahati, Assam, India

5Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup Rural District, Assam, India

6Piramal Swasthya, Guwahati, Assam, India

7Piramal Swasthya, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

*Correspondence: Dr. Mythili Hazarika, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032, Assam, India, hazarika.mythili@gmail.com

Online published on 26 October, 2020.

Abstract

The editorial highlights the mental health initiative of the Government of Assam, India through the Monon: Assam Cares programme to deal with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Through this initiative, trained mental health professionals proactively reached to people with COVID-19 to provide psychological aid.

Keywords

Mental Health Professionals, Teleconsultations, Psychosocial Factors