Mental Health

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel and act as we cope with life. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

mental illness

Mental illnesses are serious disorders which can affect your thinking, mood, and behavior. There are many causes of mental disorders. Your genes and family history may play a role. Your life experiences, such as stress or a history of abuse, may also matter. Biological factors can also be part of the cause. Mental disorders are common, but treatments are available.

National Objectives for Mental Health Programme is to ensure availability and accessibility of minimum mental health care for all in the foreseeable future, particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of population, To encourage application of mental health knowledge in general health care and in social development and To promote community participation in the mental health services development and to stimulate efforts towards self-help in the community.

Our Services

We have a range of mental health support services that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
These services can provide treatment, information, tools and advice on how to deal with a range of mental health issues.

Rehabilitation

All patients suffering from severe and persistent mental illness require rehabilitation. The goal of psychiatric rehabilitation is to help disabled individuals to develop the emotional, social and intellectual skills needed to live, learn and work in the community with the least amount of professional support. The overall philosophy of psychiatric rehabilitation comprises two intervention strategies. The first strategy is individual-centered and aims at developing the patient's skills in interacting with a stressful environment.

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Psychiatry

In its ongoing attempts to define, understand, and categorize disorders, and determine the best treatments, the medical specialty of psychiatry is always up against the protean complexity of the human brain. Both biological factors and environmental factors contribute to symptoms of distress, and the role each plays varies from person to person. Both psychotherapy and drugs are effective for most psychiatric disorders, and often a combination of the two works best, although the effects kick in on different timetables.


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De Addiction

Alcohol and drug addiction is now recognized and classified as a disease. It is not a lack of will power, education, or a moral shortcoming. An addict is helpless and needs external support to come out of his or her addiction. The disease of alcoholism (or addiction to any substance) is primary and progressive. That means the problem lies within the alcoholic and it will get worse with time. The alcoholic develops tolerance and needs more and more drinks to achieve the same high. Alcoholism also affects the family.


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Alcohol De-Addiction

Alcohol de-addiction is best treated in specialized centres. The first stage is detoxification. When the drinking is suddenly stopped, the alcoholic experiences uncomfortable physical symptoms (known as withdrawal symptoms).

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Training Programs

We are providing training and orientation programs for nursing students, psychology students, social work students and other students related to mental health field.


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Suicide Prevention Activities

“Thanal”, is a centre for befriending persons in distress and in danger of suicide was instituted by Indian Medical Association, Kozhikode Branch in the year 2001.


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Chethana Center for Neuropsychiatry

Providence College Road
Malaparamba, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673 009

Tel : 0495-2334300/2378825/2969825
Email: chethanacnpr@gmail.com

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Thanal Suicide Prevention Centre

A CENTRE FOR BEFRIENDING PERSONS IN DISTRESS AND IN DANGER OF SUICIDE
“Thanal”, is a centre for befriending persons in distress and in danger of suicide was instituted by Indian Medical Association, Kozhikode Branch in the year 2001. Thanal is functioning at Kozhikode city trained to identify persons with suicidal tendencies and be of help to them

Address
Reg.No.16 / IV / 2002
Near Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode
PHONE: (0495) 2725555, 3279307, 2546111

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Our objectives

1. Comprehensive, effective and efficient services, including outpatient, inpatients, community outreach services, special services looking into child and adolescents, elderly, co-morbidity with substance use, clinical research activities etc.
2. Integrated psychiatric services in mainstream general health care and continuous services from health clinics to a hospital and vice versa.
3. Promotion of Mental Health Services for the general population and specific target groups.
4. Multi-sectoral collaboration & opportunity for community participation.
5. Training for all levels of human resources.
6. Monitoring of standards by key performance indicators, credentialing and privileging special procedures. e.g. electroconvulsive therapy.
7. Research (service-oriented, clinical trials, quality assurance) and evidence based medicine (GCP Guidelines, Institutional ethics committee etc.).
8. Services which comply with legislation (Mental Health Act 2017), respecting human rights of people with mental illness.

About Us

MRC Psych
PhD in Faculty of Medicine
Diplomate of National Board of Examinations (Psychiatry)
MD in Psychiatry
Diploma in Psychological Medicine
MBBS

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