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Action For Mental Illness( ACMI)
ACMI is an advocacy initiative to impact the rights, quality and
availability of support services to mentally ill persons and their
families. There are 40-50 million people in India who are the victims of
some form of Mental Illness such as Schizophrenia, Depression, Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety and Bi-Polar Mood Disorder. A majotity of them
are in the community under the care of their family members. Few are lost
to history and a few more confined to the streets.
OUR
MISSION
ACMI's mission invokes a dedicated involvement to improve the social
environment for the mentally ill persons and their family care givers by
deploying advocacy measures to influence political and social perceptions,
national policy, legislations, legal impact and budgetary allocations. With
equal importance, family care givers will be empowered with informational
inputs to provide an improved quality of care while building skills to
manage the complex task of family care.
OUR
VISION
ACMI believes in a future where persons with mental illness and other
psychiatric disorders live in a society that recognizes mental health on
par with physical health, and extends the same support and understanding.
The stigma that is currently attached to the mentally ill should be
removed, just as the stigma towards people with TB was eliminated. India can
lead the world in creating a new social balance where equitable and fair
treatment is available to the marginalized and voiceless Indians suffering
from mental illness.
OUR
STRATEGY
- Community and Social
Advocacy
- Political Advocacy
- Legal Advocacy
- Media Advocacy
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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF
PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
· Right of access to treatment
and rehabilitation
· Right to supervised care,
safety and dignity of life
· Right to benefits under the law
of the land, and, to participation in civic
life
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Community and Social Advocacy
- The Three ‘E’
model of Family Caregivers Package known by brand names of KSHEMA and
UTHAMA SAHAYA is currently in progress in rural and urban Karnataka.
- KSHEMA OUTREACH to rural
families in Karnataka through TELEMAP (Tele Mental Advocacy Program)
is now functioning in three districts in Karnataka.
- Promoting awareness in
the civil society among lawyers, policy makers etc.
Legal Advocacy
- Mental Health litigation
from the perspective of client patients and their family members in
Karnataka High Court and also in the Supreme Court of India.
- Legislative Amendments to
Mental Health Act 1987.
- Legal Literacy to
patients, families and NGOs
- Workshop on Law and
Mental Illness
- Sensitization of students
from NLSUI, Bangalore
and their involvement in various research projects pertaining to Law
and MI.
Political Advocacy
- Member of Sub-Committee
on Mental Health in Govt. of Karnataka
- Awareness campaign for
District officials through telemedicine on MI, Family care issues and
the latest Court orders.
- Legislative amendments
with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI.
Media Advocacy
Links etc. on the latest articles
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Our achievements in
Karnataka and India
· Project Uthama Sahaya launched in Karnataka.
· Karnataka gets Mental Health Plan and budget.
· Facilitation of ID cards for the mentally challenged
citizens to access benefits like bus pass, railway concession etc. under
the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995.
· Provision made for payment of Maintenance Allowance for
the mentally challenged citizens on par with the physically disabled
persons.
· Participation in the Amicus Curae Report for convertion of
KIMS, Dharwad into open wards.
· Income Tax relief
for the persons affected by mental illness and the family care givers.
.....and we make many more things happen.....
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