Anirudh Kala

Anirudh Kala is a psychiatrist based in Ludhiana, India. He had been an active participant in the Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) for forty years and had raised awareness about mental health legislation and related issues among Indian psychiatrists. He is clinical director of The Mind Plus, an acute psychiatric care clinic in Ludhiana. Kala is founding president of the Indian Association of Private Psychiatry and founding president of Indo-Pak Punjab Psychiatric Society. The latter is a cross border initiative forging links between mental health professionals of Indian and Pakistani Punjab provinces.

Dr. Kala was invited in 2011 by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,Government of India to be member of an expert group tasked with formulating the first ever Mental Health Policy for the country. The group submitted the policy document to the Health Minister on 29th September, 2014.The policy was launched by the government on the World Mental Health Day on 10th October, 2014 to mixed reactions.[1]

On 1 February 2014, Kala resigned from the membership of the Indian Psychiatric Society amid a controversy over homophobic statements by the president of the society at the annual conference of the IPS.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Seervai, Shanoor (14 October 2014). "India’s New Mental Health Policy: Radical, but Tough to Implement". The Wall Street Journal (India).
  2. ↑ "Indian Psychiatric Society official statement: homosexual is not a mental illness". Orinam. 6 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Homosexuality not mental illness, disease: Indian Psychiatric Society". Firstpost. 7 February 2014.

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