AmidChhattisgarhwitnessing young suicides in past few years along with emerging trend of addiction of various kinds, a study by SIMHANS mentions that 11.7 percent of Population of the state suffers from mental illness.
The increase in incidents of road rage, crime, rapes are not the signs of mental well being, and insisted to inculcate mental Health Education in the school curriculum of children.
It was also suggested that the doctors themselves need to be sensitive to ask key questions to their patients and medical courses should have an exam on medical mental health for all streams.