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Table 2 Availability of Health facilities Available for Mental Health Care in the State

From: The burden of mental health illnesses in Kerala: a secondary analysis of reported data from 2002 to 2018

Facility Type

Number

Availability per 10,000 population

Mental hospitals

3

0.001

aMedical colleges with psychiatric department

7

0.002

General hospitals with psychiatric unit

18

0.005

Sub district hospital providing OP/IP for mental health

79

0.023

Primary health facilities providing OP for mental health

0

0

Beds available for mental health inpatient services

1962

0.569

Mobile mental health units

22

0.006

Day care centres

43

0.012

Vocational training centres

10

0.003

Sheltered workshops

6

0.002

Long stay homes

146

0.042

  1. a Information pertains to both public and private health care facilities
  2. Source: Health at a glance, DHS Kerala [34], National Mental Health Survey, Kerala report 2015–16