Bengaluru: Requiring a nationwide objective to make psychological health centers accessible to all, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said India needs to battle against the stigma surrounding mental health.

“The most significant obstacle that clients of psychological and neurological problems face is preconception and denial. Our society needs to fight this culture of preconception,” the President stated while addressing the 22nd convocation of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS).

“As a country we should talk about psychological health concerns and not treat them as guilty secrets that are pressed under the carpet,” Kovind asserted.File image of President Ram Nath Kovind. PTI” Psychological health is especially a problem amongst

the young in the prime of their life, amongst the senior, and those in city locations. In India, all three sectors are growing, “he reiterated.At least 10 per cent of Indians have one or more mental issues, which is bigger than the whole population of Japan, the President specified.” There are almost 5,000 psychiatrists and less than 2,000 medical psychologists in our nation, these numbers are extremely little,”he lamented.According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO)study in 2014, India is amongst the prominent countries fighting anxiety and anxiety.Over 5 crore Indians are fighting anxiety each day, with an accessibility of just about 0.3 psychiatrists and 0.07 psychologists for ever 100,000 people in the country, according to WHO.”By 2022, India requires to guarantee that those struggling with serious psychological health conditions are diagnosed and have access to treatment centers

. Let us take this up as a nationwide objective,” Kovind insisted.Calling NIMHANS a” national possession”, the president said the organization has had a good record of treating about 700,000 clients each year, including many from abroad.Set up in 1925, NIMHANS is the peak centre for mental health and neuroscience education in the nation, running autonomously under the ministry of health and household welfare.Karnataka governor Vajubhai RVala, Union Minister of Parliamentary

Affairs Ananth Kumar, Union Minister of Health and Family Affairs JP Nadda were among the others present at the event.Published Date: Dec 30, 2017 03:39 pm|Upgraded Date: Dec 30, 2017 03:39 pm Likewise See MoS Anantha Kumar Hegde