http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-01/bangalore/40306345_1_mental-health-nimhans-kannada
Mental healthcare is not only about delving into the conscious and the subconscious. In a country like India, it is also about addressing the psychiatric health of society. Dr CR Chandrashekar, who had made Nimhans his second home for 44 years, has been at the forefront in providing expert intervention for addressing social manifestations of mental health in Karnataka. He retired on Sunday, eve of Doctor's Day.In keeping with his interventions, the senior doctor has penned 150 books in Kannada and 20 in English on mental health. Ruing the sad state of mental healthcare in Karnataka, he said: "We have just 200 psychiatrists for a population of over 6 crore. In Western countries, every school has a psychologist."
Chandrashekar's reading habits drove him to psychiatry. "I found it interesting to study changing human behaviour in the Kannada novels of Triveni and books of Dr R Shivaram, known by the pseudonym Rashi." The doctor has treated up to 50 patients a day from across the state. He has received letters from patients on a daily basis describing various mental problems. "So far, I have replied to more than 40,000 letters. In many instances, I have asked people to visit Nimhans or go to the nearest district government hospital which have trained psychiatrists," he says.
Mental healthcare is not only about delving into the conscious and the subconscious. In a country like India, it is also about addressing the psychiatric health of society. Dr CR Chandrashekar, who had made Nimhans his second home for 44 years, has been at the forefront in providing expert intervention for addressing social manifestations of mental health in Karnataka. He retired on Sunday, eve of Doctor's Day.In keeping with his interventions, the senior doctor has penned 150 books in Kannada and 20 in English on mental health. Ruing the sad state of mental healthcare in Karnataka, he said: "We have just 200 psychiatrists for a population of over 6 crore. In Western countries, every school has a psychologist."
Chandrashekar's reading habits drove him to psychiatry. "I found it interesting to study changing human behaviour in the Kannada novels of Triveni and books of Dr R Shivaram, known by the pseudonym Rashi." The doctor has treated up to 50 patients a day from across the state. He has received letters from patients on a daily basis describing various mental problems. "So far, I have replied to more than 40,000 letters. In many instances, I have asked people to visit Nimhans or go to the nearest district government hospital which have trained psychiatrists," he says.
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