BHUBANESWAR: The issue of mental health has become increasingly important in a post-Covid world. While focus is largely centred on adults, children, too, have been at the receiving end. To deal with the situation, the state government, in association with the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), is working on a mental health policy for children and adolescents.
"Post-Covid, the states are facing a mental health crisis like never before, said Raj Laxmi Dash, co-founder of Odisha Rising Foundation, a voluntary organisation which works on mental health in the state.
