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Origin of Indian Mental health service

Dear Dr. Wade Pickren Thank you for your interest in studying the origin of mental health services of India. Sorry, I am not expert to speak about this issue as I have not done any research on this area. But based on my own experience, I am trying to give you some insight. Others can contribute more. ****** Indian mental health services are developed in Guru griha (Ashram) where in younger students learn basic principles of stress adjustment by interacting with nature. These principles are: 1. Self-awareness 2. Autonomy 3. Creativity 4. Trust 5. Self evaluation And the nature is of two types : Physical and Psychological. Physical nature refers to natural surroundings like Khiti (land), aup (water), tej (energy), marut (air) and Byom (sky). All these are unbounded, multidimensional and more complex. Therefore, in guru griha, students are learning how to unbound the self for coping. Like, physical, the psychological nature is very complex, multiaxial, and unbounded. These are: a) Kam