Opportunities and barriers in service delivery through mobile phones (mHealth) for Severe Mental Illnesses in Rajasthan, India: A multi-site study.

Widespread use of mobile technology holds a lot of promise for mental health service delivery in regions where mental health resources are scarce and the treatment gap is large. The felt needs of the clients, and the patterns and barriers of mobile usage must be understood before some intervention can be planned. The study presented in this paper was designed to fill this gap in the region of Rajasthan, India.

Pathway to psychiatric care in a tertiary mental health facility in Jaipur, India.

Purpose: This study was planned to evaluate the pathway to care of mentally ill patients attending a tertiary mental health facility in Jaipur to highlight the difficulties of mentally ill and their relatives in accessing appropriate care.

Methods: Seventy-six patients, who attended the Out Patient Department of Psychiatry of a tertiary care hospital in Jaipur, India for the first time, were enrolled in this study. The family members of the patients were interviewed to evaluate the pathway to care using the Encounter form developed by the WHO.