community based
youth mental health
a partnership with
people's action for national integration (PANI), UP
the Youth Mental Wellbeing Programme, conducted in partnership with People's Action for National Integration ‘PANI’, a social development organization working in underdeveloped regions of Uttar Pradesh, India for more than 36 years, is a continuing initiative aimed at addressing mental distress and narrowing the gap in treatment for mental illnesses among the rural youth aged 16-24. Operating across 93 villages in Ayodhya, UP, the program seeks to reduce the treatment gap for depression and anxiety in young people by at least 50% in the program geography and a reduction of at least 20% in scores on moderate to severe anxiety and depression in affected youth.
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our programme is designed to
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​1. create & curate mental health literacy enhancement programmes to develop readiness, awareness & help seeking behaviour amongst the youth using — drama, customised participatory multi-arts programmes, lectures, workshops, experiential activities & more.
2. train & support peer workers to identify depression & anxiety, and provide psychosocial services of incremental complexity to young people in the community.
3. develop a service pathway using a stepped care model for mental health care in the community.