Leveraging technology to improve quality of mental health care in Karnataka

Abstract

Health is multidimensional and "there is no health without mental health". We document ongoing technology-enabled initiatives for enhancing mental health care in the state of Karnataka. Multi-disciplinary teams have collaborated on a set of four projects to design and deploy digital technologies across different parts of the healthcare continuum, addressing beneficiaries (patients and care-givers), different levels of mental health care providers (doctors, social workers, etc.,) and health administrators, alike. The vision is to define and develop a digital platform for mental health care and services within the state of Karnataka and scalable across India.