{"id":101875,"date":"2021-04-16T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T11:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=101875"},"modified":"2021-04-16T20:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T14:43:52","slug":"manas-app-a-mental-health-digital-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/manas-app-a-mental-health-digital-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;MANAS App&#8221; &#8211; A Mental-Health Digital platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has virtually launched the \u201cMANAS\u201d App.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About MANAS App:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MANAS <\/strong>stands for Mental Health and Normalcy Augmentation System. It is a comprehensive, scalable, and a national digital wellbeing platform. It has been developed to promote the mental well-being of Indian citizens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Agency<\/strong>: Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru, Armed Forces Medical College(AFMC), Pune, and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC) Bengaluru.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, the platform integrates the health and wellness efforts of various government ministries.<\/li>\n<li>Secondly, the application can be used for a person\u2019s overall wellbeing and is supported by teleconsultation, especially for mental health-related problems.<\/li>\n<li>Thirdly, there will also be health tracking and all data records will be maintained. It will help users during future consultations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>: The platform was endorsed as a national program by the Prime Minister\u2019s Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>About Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser(PSA):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Setup in: <\/strong>Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) was set up in 1999 by the Cabinet Secretariat. It is currently a Secretary level position.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mandate: <\/strong>It is the chief advisor to the government on matters related to scientific policy. The policies focus on critical infrastructure, economic and social sectors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>About PM-STIAC:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PM-STIAC<\/strong> is an overarching council. The Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) is the chairman of the council.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions<\/strong>: The council perform functions such as,\n<ul>\n<li>Assess the status of specific S&amp;T domains<\/li>\n<li>Comprehend challenges in S&amp;T domains<\/li>\n<li>Formulates immediate, mid, and long term interventions and<\/li>\n<li>presents a roadmap to the Prime Minister.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1711860\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has virtually launched the \u201cMANAS\u201d App. About MANAS App: MANAS stands for Mental Health and Normalcy Augmentation System. It is a comprehensive, scalable, and a national digital wellbeing platform. It has been developed to promote the mental well-being of Indian citizens. Nodal Agency:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/manas-app-a-mental-health-digital-platform\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;MANAS App&#8221; &#8211; A Mental-Health Digital platform<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,9],"tags":[1289],"class_list":["post-101875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-public","tag-soc_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}