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Rehabilitation Psychologist & National President of Association of Rehabilitation Psychologists & Professionals India ARPP-INDIA Dr.Atla Srinivas Reddy has said that the agreement on mental health between India and US during the President Donald Trump visit to India will opens up new avenues, especially in research and better services in treating mental health issues.
He said that this is more important for India with low awareness, stigma and limited utility of mental health services. This agreement also stresses to explore Indian traditional therapies and medicines for mental health issues in the two countries.
This also leads to the importance of mental health with regard to physical health in better policy making, effective treatment approaches in healthcare and a greater communication in the society.
India and US signed two Memoranda of Understanding in the healthcare space — relating to mental health and drug safety — on Tuesday in New Delhi.
Government sources said that while there is lack of understanding and caring for mental and emotional issues as healthcare issues, in the US there exists a strong culture of researching and treating mental and emotional well being issues as health care issues. “This MoU will enable us to learn from US experience in this field. This will facilitate a greater access of Indian traditional therapies and medicines to the large US market,” they said.