Shillong, Nov 29: The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Meghalaya Mental Health and Social Care Policy, 2022.
Meghalaya is the first state in the Northeast and the third state in India to have such a policy, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma told reporters after the cabinet meeting.
“The policy is culturally rooted in our state and looks to address the stigma linked with mental health. The policy is also community-centric and will improve recognition, rehabilitation and reformation, necessary for creating awareness and building support systems”, Health Minister James Sangma tweeted.
He said that with the pandemic highlighting the need to devise an inclusive & robust institutional response, especially for vulnerable groups, ‘our govt is committed towards improving the psychological & overall social well-being of our people through this policy”.
