Mental Wellness in Communities – A conference with a difference

Sangath and Anjali Mental Health, Kolkata will organize a unique conference in September to celebrate the successes of lay health workers. For more information on the conference in Kolkata, download the brochure by clicking on the link here.

New edition of ‘Where There Is No Psychiatrist’ now available

We are pleased to announce that the second edition of ‘Where There is No Psychiatrist‘, a book co-authored by Vikram Patel, is published. You can read an Open Access version by clicking on the following link.

Sangath in Dubai

Sangath’s Vikram Patel organised a meeting ‘Scaling Up Community Health Worker-Delivered Interventions for Common Mental Disorders’ between June 23-25, 2018 at the Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery, Dubai. Click here to see a group photo from the

W.H.O. report on NCDs

The World Health Organisation recently launched a report titled ‘Report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases’. Sangath’s founding member Vikram Patel was one of the Commissioners who helped author the report. Click here to download/read the report.

Sangath launches ‘COMPASS’

At an event held in New Delhi, Sangath staff launched a parent-mediated program for Autism titled ‘COMPASS’.

Register: ‘Mental Wellness in Communities’ conference in Kolkata

At this first-of-its-kind conference, 200 professionals and practitioners in the field of mental health, along with NGOs, government representatives and others, will come together to learn from the experiences of Barefoot Counsellors (lay mental health workers) across the country. These

Sangath hosts public meetings on Mental Healthcare Act

Sangath, in association with the Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy, organised public meetings in Goa in May to help citizens know about their rights under the Indian Mental Healthcare. Act.

Sangath’s initiative at Goa’s Chowgule College

Sangath organised a Health & Wellness Camp at the Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science in Margao, Goa. Click here to watch a short video on the week-long event:

Gomant Vidya Niketan Recognises Sangath’s work

Margao’s Gomant Vidya Niketan awarded Sangath with its Kashinath Damodar Naik Award for Social and Humanitarian work for 2018. Click here to see pictures from the award ceremony where Sangath’s current chairperson Ashwin Tombat among other Sangathians was present.

Vikram Patel at W.H.O.

Sangath’s founder member Vikram Patel served as a Commissioner at a W.H.O. high-level commission on Non-Communicable Diseases held in early 2018. http://www.who.int/ncds/governance/high-level-commission/mission/commissioners/en/