Chandigarh, April 4 -- The department of community medicine and department of psychiatry at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH-32), Chandigarh, on Thursday launched National Mental Health Survey (NMHS-2) at Sood Bhawan to get updated data on mental health trends across the city.

This nationwide survey is being funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, and supported by the Union ministry of health and family welfare.

In Chandigarh, GMCH-32 has been given the responsibility for doing this survey. "The field staff will be visiting houses to interview residents pertaining to their mental health issues. As compared to NMHS-1, which was done in 2015-2016, NMHS-2 is being done after a ...