Open AccessA novel approach to address the novel threat
Author(s) -
Mythili Hazarika,
Bornali Das,
Sambhunath Das,
Suresh Bada Math,
Samrat Singh Bhandarı,
Savithri Lakshmanan,
Kailash Karthik,
Pomi Baruah,
Najeeb Hazarika,
Hardeep Singh Bambrah,
Kanika Suri,
Mo Assam Cares programme
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open journal of psychiatry and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-2061
pISSN - 2394-2053
DOI - 10.5958/2394-2061.2021.00003.3
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , mental health , pandemic , covid-19 , political science , public relations , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , philosophy , linguistics , outbreak
The editorial highlights the mental health initiative of the Government of Assam, India through the Monon: Assam Cares programme to deal with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Through this initiative, trained mental health professionals proactively reached to people with COVID-19 to provide psychological aid.