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In addition to meeting the demands of private treatment facilities, the ‘Team Shanti Home’ believes that it is the responsibility of every mental health team to extend their services to the lesser privileged/marginalized sections of society. The team, therefore, took a conscious decision to provide free mental health services through a community outreach program for interior parts of NCR and western U.P, The outreach services provide free Mental health camps and awareness activities including public lectures & seminars and targeted campaigns. It also includes a Satellite mental Health clinic at Kasna Jail; which provides psychosocial services at Aligarh Jail & Juvenile Home for boys at Gautam Budh Nagar in collaboration with UP Government. Regular psychosocial intervention services for Uddayan Homes Greater Noida, UP & Mayur Vihar, Delhi; School Mental Health Program in Government and private schools in Gautam Budh Nagar District with support from the Directorate of Education and Department of Social welfare, UP,
Mental Health Awareness Camps
The first mental health camp of the series was organized by Shanti Home, on 2" February 2014 in collaboration with Greater Noida-based NGO “Akhil Bhartiya Varistha Nagrik Samaj ” Subsequently it has become regular routine with help of RWAs, Voluntary associations, and NGOs in the district.
These camps are meant to highlight the importance of mental health and related issues.Psychiatry consultations and counseling were provided during the camps in addition to awareness activities such as talks by experts on Dementia, stress management, other common mental disorders, emotional and behavioral problems, etc. Time to time awareness generation campaigns on Drug deaddiction, mental health, and other related issues are organized at different locations like schools, colleges,villages and marketplaces in Greater Noida with help of audiovisual shows, exhibitions, and distribution of Pamphlet and other related material.