{"id":52862,"date":"2025-10-10T16:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=52862"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:48:27","slug":"world-mental-health-day-dr-balbir-singh-unveils-punjab-state-mental-health-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/world-mental-health-day-dr-balbir-singh-unveils-punjab-state-mental-health-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: DR BALBIR SINGH UNVEILS PUNJAB STATE MENTAL HEALTH POLICY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Punjab&#8217;s Landmark Policy Guarantees Access to Mental Health Care for All, says Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Punjab E News:<\/span> In a landmark move to enhance the psychological wellbeing of its citizens as desired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Friday unveiled the pioneering \u201cPunjab State Mental Health Policy\u201d to mark the World Mental Health Day. This transformative initiative aimed at promoting mental well-being and ensure access to quality mental health care for all in Punjab.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOn World Mental Health Day, Punjab is taking a historic step toward ensuring that mental well-being truly becomes everyone\u2019s right,\u201d said Dr Balbir Singh, while adding that the Punjab State Mental Health Policy, together with the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna, is the proof of Punjab government\u2019s commitment to the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of every person in Punjab.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Health Minister, who was accompanied by Principal Secretary Health Kumar Rahul, emphasised that the profound stigma in our society often forces individuals to suffer in silence, allowing conditions to deteriorate. To combat this, we are decisively integrating mental health services within our primary healthcare framework, ensuring help is available at the very first point of contact, he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dr Balbir Singh further underscored the policy&#8217;s dedicated focus on vulnerable groups, with a particular emphasis on women&#8217;s mental health. \u201cWe recognise that women often bear a disproportionate burden of societal and domestic pressures, which can severely impact their psychological well-being. Our policy, therefore, mandates a gender-sensitive approach, ensuring that women have access to safe, confidential, and empathetic mental health services. Prioritising the mental wellness of women is not just a health imperative, it is foundational to building a resilient and equitable society,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Highlighting this year\u2019s theme, \u2018Access to Service: Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies\u2019 the Minister stated, \u201cOur state has resilience, having confronted severe emergencies like Operation Sindoor and the recent devastating floods. These catastrophes inflict deep psychological scars through the tragic loss of life and livelihood, making robust mental health support not just a service, but an absolute necessity.\u201d He said that this policy is specifically designed to fortify the state\u2019s response to such crisis-induced trauma.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dr Balbir Singh said that the State Mental Health Policy is grounded in principles of equity, justice, and evidence-based, integrated care, and will increase the utilisation of mental health services through increasing the number of trained mental health professionals in the state. The Policy also aims to reduce risk and incidences of suicide and promote inclusion of persons with mental health problems, he added.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab&#8217;s Landmark Policy Guarantees Access to Mental Health Care for All, says Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh Punjab E News: In a landmark move to enhance the psychological wellbeing of its citizens as desired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Friday unveiled the pioneering \u201cPunjab State [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":52865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: DR BALBIR SINGH UNVEILS PUNJAB STATE MENTAL HEALTH POLICY - 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