MHAT Project 2012 -2013
MHAT (Mental Health Action Trust) Kerala, India. MHAT provides free community based mental health care to economically deprived people. The free medication, psycho-social interventions and rehabilation offered by MHAT helps hundreds of poor families with mentally I'll members to rebuild their lives. Led by psychiatrist Dr Manoj Kumar, MHAT has been doing exemplary work in an area of healthcare that receives very little funding and attention.
Mental Health Action Trust (MHAT) is a not-for-profit organization that cares for economically backward, severely mentally ill people including the wandering mentally ill. Working out of Kozhikode, a small, dedicated team of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers run clinics in three districts of Kerala, India, providing free and high quality psychiatric care for those who cannot afford treatment or cannot access care in the established system. Operating through independent community clinics and those of the Palliative Care network, Mental Health Acton Trust (MHAT) reaches out to patients through a unique volunteer network. Patients are located, identified and screened using medical and financial parameters, as MHAT works only for poorest of the poor or those who cannot afford treatment otherwise.
Established in January 2011, the MHAT team is led by Dr Manoj Kumar (MD; DPM; MRCPsych, formerly Consultant Psychiatrist in Leeds, UK). Today, it operates in Malappuram, Wayanad and Kozhikode districts of Kerala, serving over 1200 patients and families. Uninterrupted and comprehensive psychiatric care, including psycho-social intervention and rehabilitation services have paved the way back to normalcy for hundreds of mentally ill persons. This humanitarian project is funded entirely by the good will and munificence of philanthropic individuals and organisations. These funds are utilized for medication, clinic running costs and rehabilitation.
Small-Steps Charity Funding:
Mental Health Action Trust (MHAT) is a not-for-profit organization that cares for economically backward, severely mentally ill people including the wandering mentally ill. Working out of Kozhikode, a small, dedicated team of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers run clinics in three districts of Kerala, India, providing free and high quality psychiatric care for those who cannot afford treatment or cannot access care in the established system. Operating through independent community clinics and those of the Palliative Care network, Mental Health Acton Trust (MHAT) reaches out to patients through a unique volunteer network. Patients are located, identified and screened using medical and financial parameters, as MHAT works only for poorest of the poor or those who cannot afford treatment otherwise.
Established in January 2011, the MHAT team is led by Dr Manoj Kumar (MD; DPM; MRCPsych, formerly Consultant Psychiatrist in Leeds, UK). Today, it operates in Malappuram, Wayanad and Kozhikode districts of Kerala, serving over 1200 patients and families. Uninterrupted and comprehensive psychiatric care, including psycho-social intervention and rehabilitation services have paved the way back to normalcy for hundreds of mentally ill persons. This humanitarian project is funded entirely by the good will and munificence of philanthropic individuals and organisations. These funds are utilized for medication, clinic running costs and rehabilitation.
Small-Steps Charity Funding:
- £1392.64 was transferred to Mental Health Action Trust on 31st May 2012. The money was utilised for buying a new vehicle for community travel.
- £3729 was transferred to Mental Health Action Trust on 28th Jan 2013. The money helped MHAT to start work on founding a new institute for Community Mental Health that brought together training and research activities in community mental health.
