World Mental Health Day 2026: Bridging the Gap Between First Contact & Treatment

World Mental Health Day 2026: How Digital Health is Changing the Mental Health Care Journey

World Mental Health Day 2026: How Digital Health is Changing the Mental Health Care Journey

On 10 October 2022, India switched on Tele-MANAS, a free 24x7 mental health helpline. Since then, it has handled about 33 lakh calls. For a service that did not exist before 2022, that is worth pausing over.

Now set it beside another number. The treatment gap for depression in India is reported at 85.2%, and survey figures cited in recent research put the gap for most conditions above 60%.

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