Recovery Oriented Mental Health Care
for the poorest of the poor
MHAT is a Charitable Trust, based in Kozhikode, Kerala, India and provides good quality, comprehensive and recovery oriented mental health care to the poorest sections of the population with severe mental disorders. It is entirely based in the community with no provision for hospital admissions and people being selected based on a process of economic screening. The service is provided in collaboration with like-minded local partners which makes it possible to offer services free to the end user.
APPOINTMENT
ACADEMIC
VOLUNTEER
START A CLINIC
DONATE
engagement
impact*
Watch a Message About Our Campaigns
volunteers
mission
To surmount the constraints of stigma, prejudice, and economic barriers to bring high-quality mental health care to the underprivileged
individuals
*SOURCE: 2007 CENSUS – AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IN KERALA – 4.3 X 4500 PATIENTS
vision
A world where the community is engaged in offering high-quality, recovery-oriented, mental health care for the poorest of the poor
MHAT VALUES
quality
A commitment to high standards in all the work we do
equality
A belief that fundamentally all beings are equal, irrespective of the roles we play or the labels we bear
respect
An approach to internal and external customers in a way that is primarily acknowledging and sensitive of their humanness.
love
An all-encompassing feeling of care that is nondiscriminatory, causeless and consistent.
working togather
A commitment to involving and maintaining connections with, patients, families, carers and communities with a view to co-create solutions and aid in decision-making to bring the highest value to all involved.
MHAT Services
CORE MISSION SERVICES
Community Psychiatry involving recovery oriented mental health care for the poorest of the poor, free for the receiver”. This is the raison-d’etre of MHAT. All other services offered by MHAT serve primarily to support this.
PSYCHOTHERAPY
MHAT offers contact based, telephonic and web based Psychotherapy and Counselling services for the urban population. Contributions received go to support our core mission
WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH
Many mental health conditions, such as depression and bipolar disorder, affect more women than men or affect women in different ways from men
ART BASED SERVICES
Art therapy can be used as a complement to traditional mental health treatment. The aim is to manage behaviors, process feelings, reduce stress and anxiety, and increase self-esteem
MANN CAFe
Mann Cafe is an initiative that aims to initiate open discussions about mental health among the members of society. Its also a fun place for exhibitions and cultural events led by supporters of MHAT.
Blogs
Your First Saarathi Therapy Session
It’s quite natural to be uncertain about therapy if you haven’t experienced a therapy session before. What is this interaction with Saarathi going to be like? This is the question that is always ringing in the mind of somebody who …
The Story of Rema and Sheela
We’d like you to meet Rema and Sheela. These are two ladies who have phenomenally turned around their lives with therapy sessions. These are real stories of Real patients with their names changes. Meet Rema Rema came to Therapy …
Reparenting
Many psychological issues stem from children growing up without their emotional needs being met. For example, not receiving security and unconditional love. This results in the child growing up to be an adult who finds it difficult to navigate life …
MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD OUR CAUSE
Treatment cost for one patient for one year comes to approximately Rs.5000 per year. This includes the cost of screening, mental status examination, diagnosis, medication, recovery oriented psychosocial interventions as well as periodic reviews throughout the year. On the other hand if you’d like to support a clinic for one month that would be approximately Rs.10,000. If you’d like to support by sharing the cost running a 5 clinics per month, the cost would be Rs. 50,000. And if you’d like to support the cost of running a clinic for an entire year, that would be Rs.100,000 per year.
Rs.5000
Rs.10,000
Rs.25,000
Rs.50,000
Rs.100,000
Other
13 QUESTIONs TO DEMYSTIFY MHAT
01
Who is MHAT?
02
03
04
What is task-sharing?
Task sharing involves redefining the dynamics of psychiatric care with experienced psychiatrists taking care of critical aspects of care and delegating the rest of the tasks to professionals with less training as well as to mental health workers.
05
How can “non -experts” effectively participate in the delivery of mental health care?
This is possible because these “non-experts” are offered context-relevant training, support and supervision on a continuous basis as they engage in the delivery of care.
06
Why was the need for an innovation in the model felt?
07
How does MHAT afford the costs involved?
08
09
How does MHAT reach its services and maintain clinical records in a dispersed setup?
10
Who supports MHAT in the community?
All of MHAT’s community services are provided in collaboration with like-minded local partners in the community such as palliative care centres and other social organizations.
11
What method and frequency of delivering the primary clinical service?
Clinics are usually held at weekly intervals with the MHAT team travelling to the clinics from its base.
12
What other services does MHAT offer?
Besides community-based clinical service, the MHAT Rotary Centre for Urban Engagement (R-Cue) at Kozhikode acts as the hub for all other activities. Besides hosting the MHAT offices, it houses the MHAT Centre for Psychotherapy, The Mann Art Café, the MHAT Information Centre, and the Art Therapy Centre. It is also the venue for various training courses, meetings and the bimonthly Talaash programme.
13
Approach of Openness
MHAT believes that apart from bio-psycho-social care, other healing approaches also play a pivotal role in helping achieve recovery. MHAT is also involved in multidisciplinary research
View the Full Calendar
“Treatment for Mental Health is far too important to be left solely to specialists. We must provide mental health treatment via whoever is available and in an inexpensive way to our communities.”
Dr Manoj Kumar, DPM, MD, FRC Psych, Founder and Clinical Director
Our Partners & Sponsors
- Lorem ipsum
- Consectetuer.
- Aliquam tincidunt
- Mauris eu risus
- Vestibulum
- Auctor dapibus
- Neque
- Nunc dignissim
- Risus id metus
- Cras ornare
- Tristique elit
- Vivamus vestibulum
- Ntulla nec ante
- Praesent placerat
- Risus quis eros
- Fusce pellentesque
- Suscipit nibh.
- Integer vitae
- Vestibulum commodo
- Felis quis
- Ut aliquam
- Sollicitudin leo
- Cras iaculis
- Ultricies nulla
Contribute to mhat Today
$5
$10
$50
$250
$500
Other