Table 1.

Magnitude of mental illness and available resources in India

Variable	Numbers
Population of India	130 crores
Number of people suffering from diagnosable psychiatric conditions (current)	10% or 13 crores
Number of people suffering from severe mental disorders (current)	0.8% or one crores
Number of beds for patients with psychiatric disorders (approximately)	60,000
Number of psychiatrists	9000
Number of psychiatric nurses (mental health nurses)	2000
Number of psychiatric social workers	1000
Number of clinical psychologists	1000

For the purposes of calculation, the values have been rounded off to the nearest highest number