Kota's student mental health crisis unmet; shortage of psychologists despite rising suicides
Kota Suicide Cases: Kota lacks trained professionals for mental well-being support even after 26 student suicides in 2023.
Press Trust of India | December 22, 2023 | 02:54 PM IST
NEW DELHI : Despite 26 cases of suicide by coaching students in 2023, the highest in a year, Kota still faces a shortage of clinical psychologists to deal with mental health issues of about 2.50 lakh coaching students preparing for various entrance exams away from their homes.
The Psychological counselling Centre, set up in September this year in the New Medical College Hospital in Kota in compliance with the state government's budget announcement, has no clinical psychologist. There is only one clinical psychologist appointed at the NMCH against the demand of at least five, and it lacks an adequate number of trained staff.
Non-availability of M Phil in clinical psychology in medical colleges of the state has further aggravated the issue as those serving in government medical colleges in the state are the degree holders from other states and are short against the demand.
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