MANAS, Community Mental-Health Digital platform is launched
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15th Apr, 2021
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The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India virtually launched the “MANAS” App to promote wellbeing across the different age groups.
About Mental Health and Normalcy Augmentation System (MANAS)
- MANAS is a comprehensive national digital well-being platform and an app that is developed to augment the mental well-being of Indian citizens.
- Collaborative:It tries to integrate the health and wellness efforts of government ministries, scientific national bodies, and research institutions.
- Features: MANAS is based on life skills and core psychological processes with universal accessibility.
- It intends to build a healthier and happier community.
- It caters to the mental well-being of all age groups and would focus on the age groups of 15-35.
- The application will be made in a multi-lingual format in the future.
- It will be later on integrated with the National Health Mission, PoshanAbhiyan, e-Sanjeevani, and others.
- Initiation:It was initiated by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
- Implementation:It will be implemented jointly by NIMHANS Bengaluru, AFMC Pune, and C-DAC Bengaluru.
