Nepal Institute of Mental Health (NIOMH) is a newly established non-profit organization, registered in Nepal. NIOMH is laid on the principles and practices of implementing comprehensive approaches to sustainable developmental goals. This combined public and mental health initiative will focus on several key areas such as providing specialist mental health and primary care integrated service delivery, capacity building, mental health research, awareness generation, advocacy, and promotion of rights-based mental health care, with aims to make a strong impact in reducing the mental health care gap in Nepal. The overarching mission of the program is to provide quality mental health care accessible to all and by involving all. The program strives to include members from several disciplines, most prominent of which will be professionals from public health and mental health as well as non-mental health specialist health workers and people with lived experience of mental health. The organization consists of team members from several health and public service fields including public health professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, general physicians, social workers, nurses, and community health workers wording in Nepal and globally.
Nepal Institute of Mental Health (NIOMH)