VISHRAM: VIDARBHA STRESS AND HEALTH PROGRAMME

PROJECT OVERVIEW

VISHRAM was a community-based initiative to promote mental health and manage mental health disorders in communities such as Vidarbha in partnership with local institutes and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the region.

 

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PROJECT DURATION

2011-2017

PROJECT GOAL

  • Understand the mental health needs of rural communities in Vidarbha
  • Train human resources for improving mental health awareness
  • Deliver community-based mental health interventions
  • Improve the coverage of mental health services for common mental disorders, alcohol use disorders and childhood mental health disorders

KEY IMPACT

  • Assessed mental health needs and resources for the provision of mental health care.
  • Trained health workers in various aspects of psychosocial and mental health care.
  • Delivered evidence-based psychosocial and mental health interventions.
  • Advocated to raise awareness and demand for mental health care.
  • Monitored and evaluated the impact of the programme.
  • Established collaborations with partners in Vidarbha region with the aim of scaling up.

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FUNDERS

Jamsetji Tata Trust

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“We are everyone’s ASHAs but who’s there for us?” a qualitative exploration of perceptions of work stress and coping among rural frontline workers in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ritu Shrivastava, Lochan Sharma, Mehak Jolly, Romi Ahuja, Radhika Sharma, John A Naslund, Jyotsna Agrawal, Rahul Shidhaye, Seema Mehrotra, Steve D Hollon, Vikram Patel, Deepak Tugnawat, Ananth Kumar, Anant Bhan, Ameya P Bondre

Soc Sci Med,

2023

Determinants of alcohol use among young males in two Indian states: A population-based study

Jan M. Heijdra Suasnabar, Abhijit Nadkarni, Benjamin Palafox

Wiley Online Library,

2023

Stress Alleviation Methods for community-Based Health ActiVists (SAMBHAV): Development of a digital program for stress reduction for community health workers in rural India

Ritu Shrivastava, Abhishek Singh, Azaz Khan, Shivangi Choubey, Juliana Restivo Haney, Eirini Karyotaki, Deepak Tugnawat, Anant Bhan, John A. Naslund

SSM-Mental Health,

2023

Closing the treatment gap for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries

Abhijit Nadkarni, Yashi Gandhi, Urvita Bhatia and Richard Velleman

Cambridge University Press, Global Mental Health,

2022

A qualitative exploration of perceived needs and barriers of individuals with schizophrenia, caregivers and clinicians in using mental health applications in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ameya P. Bondre, Ritu Shrivastava, Harikeerthan Raghuram, Deepak Tugnawat, Azaz Khan, Snehil Gupta, Mohit Kumar, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Matcheri Keshavan, Tanvi Lakhtakia, Prabhat Kumar Chand, Jagadisha Thirthalli, Vikram Patel, John Torous, Abhijit R. Rozatkar, John A. Naslund, Anant Bhan

SSM - Mental Health,

2022

A pilot study to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of training mental health workers in India to select case-specific intervention procedures within a dynamic modular treatment designed for a low-resource setting

Kendra S. Knudsen MA, Kimberly D. Becker PhD, Karen Guan PhD, Resham Gellatly PhD, Vikram H. Patel MD, Kanika Malik PhD, Maya M. Boustani PhD, Sonal Mathur PhD, Bruce F. Chorpita PhD

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice,

2022

PRESS MENTIONS

“We are everyone’s ASHAs but who’s there for us?” a qualitative exploration of perceptions of work stress and coping among rural frontline workers in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ritu Shrivastava, Lochan Sharma, Mehak Jolly, Romi Ahuja, Radhika Sharma, John A Naslund, Jyotsna Agrawal, Rahul Shidhaye, Seema Mehrotra, Steve D Hollon, Vikram Patel, Deepak Tugnawat, Ananth Kumar, Anant Bhan, Ameya P Bondre

Soc Sci Med,

2023

Determinants of alcohol use among young males in two Indian states: A population-based study

Jan M. Heijdra Suasnabar, Abhijit Nadkarni, Benjamin Palafox

Wiley Online Library,

2023

Stress Alleviation Methods for community-Based Health ActiVists (SAMBHAV): Development of a digital program for stress reduction for community health workers in rural India

Ritu Shrivastava, Abhishek Singh, Azaz Khan, Shivangi Choubey, Juliana Restivo Haney, Eirini Karyotaki, Deepak Tugnawat, Anant Bhan, John A. Naslund

SSM-Mental Health,

2023

Closing the treatment gap for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries

Abhijit Nadkarni, Yashi Gandhi, Urvita Bhatia and Richard Velleman

Cambridge University Press, Global Mental Health,

2022

A qualitative exploration of perceived needs and barriers of individuals with schizophrenia, caregivers and clinicians in using mental health applications in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ameya P. Bondre, Ritu Shrivastava, Harikeerthan Raghuram, Deepak Tugnawat, Azaz Khan, Snehil Gupta, Mohit Kumar, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Matcheri Keshavan, Tanvi Lakhtakia, Prabhat Kumar Chand, Jagadisha Thirthalli, Vikram Patel, John Torous, Abhijit R. Rozatkar, John A. Naslund, Anant Bhan

SSM - Mental Health,

2022

A pilot study to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of training mental health workers in India to select case-specific intervention procedures within a dynamic modular treatment designed for a low-resource setting

Kendra S. Knudsen MA, Kimberly D. Becker PhD, Karen Guan PhD, Resham Gellatly PhD, Vikram H. Patel MD, Kanika Malik PhD, Maya M. Boustani PhD, Sonal Mathur PhD, Bruce F. Chorpita PhD

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice,

2022

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