Table 4.
Key human resources and roles for the District Mental Health Plan.
| Key human resource | Basic qualification | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Health district manager/Primary Health Centre Health Officer | Public health | • Overall leadership of the district health programme |
| • Ensuring adequate resources and integration of mental health programme within all health activities | ||
| • Ensuring no discrimination against people with MNDs within the health-care sector | ||
| Mental Health Program Leader | Psychiatrist or other mental health specialist with training and licensing for medication use; or general physician or other non-specialist practitioner with training in mental health diagnostics and medication use | • Overall leadership of mental health programme |
| • Diagnosis of severe MND | ||
| • Initiation of pharmacological treatments for MND | ||
| • Reviews of pharmacological treatment | ||
| • Training and supervision of health counsellors | ||
| • Setting benchmarks and monitoring progress | ||
| • Refining and revising programme activities based on evaluation | ||
| • Ensuring that people with MND receive equitable care for physical health problems | ||
| • Advocacy and participation in community activities to protect human rights and build mental health literacy | ||
| Health counsellors | College graduates appropriately trained to fulfil roles | • Screening for common MNDs |
| • Community surveillance for detection and referral of probable severe MNDs | ||
| • Psychological interventions for individuals and families | ||
| • Enabling self-help groups | ||
| • Networking with other helping agencies (e.g. special schools) | ||
| Service users/volunteers | Non-formal members of the mental health team | • Community surveillance for detection and referral of probable severe MND |
| • Provision of social support to affected individual and families | ||
| • Enabling self-help groups |
MND: mental and neurological disorder.