Mental Health

Now a day, mental health is one of the major social health issues in Sundarban due to lack of transportation, access to information and services, disaster prone, migration, unemployment, etc. Angikar is involved in the Mental Health through identification of PWMIs (People living with mental illness) in communities with the involvement of ASHA workers, ANMs, Anganwadi Workers and organizes community awareness sessions, training to household caregivers and Mental Health Camps in collaboration with DMHP ( District Mental Health Program) and linkages for the access of social security schemes for the mental illness people in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal.