Question

explain about the services of mental health and preventive care?

Answer 1

Ans) Primary healthcare: Providing‘essential healthcare’ which is universally accessible to individuals and families in the community and provided as close as possible to where people live and work.

- It refers to care which is based on the needs of the population. It is decentralised and requires the active participation of the community and family.

- Providing mental health services in primary healthcare involves:

• diagnosing and treating people with mental disorders;
• putting in place strategies to prevent mental disorders and ensuring that primary heathcare workers are able to apply key psychosocial and behavioural science skills,
• for example, interviewing, counselling and interpersonal skills, in their day to day work in order to improve overall health outcomes in primary healthcare.

Preventive care:

- Early identification

- Mental health screening

- Individual and small group intervention

- Consultation with teachers/ parents

- Behavior management plans with emphasis on social skills and classroom strategies.

- Progress monitoring