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.
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.
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