Meghalaya announces draft mental health and social care policy

Shillong: On the occasion of World Mental Health Day on October 10, the Meghalaya government announced the state’s “first-ever draft state mental health and social care policy”.

The policy aims to promote overall mental health and well-being and facilitate appropriate access and care pathways for common and severe mental health concerns.

The draft policy is being made available to the general public for their information and can be accessed at https://meghealth.gov.in/documents.html and http://nhmmeghalaya.nic.in/programmes/NMHP/nmhp.html for a period of 15 days.