Adult

Mental health problems affect a significant portion of the adult population. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 20% of adults worldwide experience a mental health disorder in any given year. In India alone, the National Mental Health Survey 2016 reported that approximately 13.7% of the adult population suffers from some form of mental health disorder.

 

Untreated mental health issues in adults can have severe consequences on their lives including experiencing difficulties in personal relationships, work performance, and daily functions to contributing to physical health problems, leading to a vicious cycle of declining well-being if left unaddressed.

 

At Sangath, we are committed to making a difference in adult mental health through developing evidence based psychosocial interventions and creating innovating models of care through task sharing and innovating and implementing cutting edge digital solutions in mental health and their integration in existing health systems and platforms of care. We also believe in the power of community outreach, sensitisation and engaging various stakeholders to raise awareness about adult mental health and the issues they face.

 

FOCUS AREAS

Addictions

Anxiety & depression

Gender based violence

Maternal & perinatal health

Well-being of healthcare professionals

Neurodevelopmental disabilities

KEY ONGOING PROJECTS

IMPACT-T

To bridge the mental health treatment gap in India, IMPACT, Sangath’s research project aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the integration of telepsychiatry into primary care services. It will give insights into the acceptability of telepsychiatry and its impact on the end-users. On a broader scale, IMPACT has the potential to inform the further investigation of the intervention through a randomised controlled trial and may have an impact on the policy landscape of India and similar countries.
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KHUSHEE-MAMTA

The Mata Jai Kaur led Khushee Mamta or ‘Happy Motherhood’ program recruits and trains local women as lay (non-specialist) counsellors. The counsellors provide counselling services for expectant and new mothers with perinatal depression and anxiety.
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IMPRESS

Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide and accounts for about 40% of the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to mental and substance use disorders. Present estimates suggest that the prevalence of depression in India is 2.7%, and the treatment gap stands at 85%.
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EMPOWER

EMPOWER seeks to address these challenges by building on growing research showing that digital training and supervision are acceptable, cheaper and potentially as effective as traditional approaches.
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Check out all of our projects in this theme.

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"India has made a mark on the international mental health scene"

If India has made a mark on the international mental health scene, in innovative mental health care, robust research and community involvement; it is largely because of the work of some premier NGOs, and SANGATH is one of the foremost among these.

R.Thara, Vice Chairman & Chair, Research & DEMCARES, Schizophrenia Research Foundation, India

"Sangath's commitment to developing interventions has paved the path for similar efforts across India"

Sangath’s commitment to systematically developing interventions which are acceptable to the local community and feasible to deliver in resource poor settings has paved the path for similar efforts across India.

Ms. Moutushi Sengupta, Country Head, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, India

"I have been so impressed with the energy, intellectual insight, and passion of the Sangath team"

With each study, I have been so impressed with the energy, intellectual insight, and passion of the Sangath team.  As a statistician, it has been a special pleasure to work with the excellent data management team and for their outstanding work which makes life as a trial statistician very straightforward!  And as a woman, I am always thrilled to be part of investigator meetings with so many female scientists.

Helen Weiss, Professor of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

"Sangath’s programs enable communities to raise their voices for their public health rights"

Sangath’s programs enable communities to raise their voices for their public health rights, to create an environment where professionals and government entities synergistically work with beneficiaries for priority community needs, and helps promote knowledge generation and sharing. Through the ESSENCE program, Sangath has played a critical role in leading the partnership of organizations from four South Asian countries – India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Dr. Abdul Rahman Shahab, Senior Technical Advisor, HealthNet TPO, Afghanistan

RESOURCES

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

EMPOWER: Toward the Global Dissemination of Psychosocial Interventions

Patel, V., Naslund, J.A., Wood, S., Patel, A., Chauvin, J.J., Agrawal, R., Bhan, A., Joshi, U., Amara, M., Kohrt, B.A. and Singla, D.R., Fairburn, C.G.

Focus,

2022

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