Doctors Program

The treatment gap in India is over 70%. According to WHO, by 2020, about 20% of the population will suffer from mental illnesses. PHFI is committed to addressing these challenges by training healthcare professionals through evidence-based practices and new advances in the field of health. Physicians are the first point of contact for any community member and hence it becomes important that they are trained to manage common mental health disorders. This course is an effort to integrate mental health into primary healthcare and facilitate patient-centric and holistic services.

Mental health must be aligned with primary care. Social stigma contributes to persons with mental illness being neglected around the world. People still believe that mental illness can only affect a small set of the population. However, India alone accounts for nearly 15% of global mental, neurological, and substance abuse disorders. In addition, there is a shortage of mental health professionals. Given this, AHPI has collaborated with TLLLF and PHFI to train primary care physicians in common mental disorders. This is a step towards tackling the increasing number of instances and treating them on time through accurate diagnosis.

My knowledge about common mental disorders wasn't up to the mark, however, after understanding this training I feel confident to treat them. I'm a senior consultant physician dealing with common mental disorders regularly and I feel more competent in dealing with these disorders now.