Capacity Building Programme for Psychiatrists

Psychiatrists in India carry an enormous responsibility—navigating high caseloads, administrative burdens, complex clinical presentations, and systemic constraints. Many work in isolation, without peer networks, reflective spaces, or access to ongoing supervision. Burnout is common. Opportunities to step back, upskill, and meaningfully engage with evolving models of care are rare. At the same time, psychiatry in India is at a turning point. Mental health needs are rising.
New models of care—collaborative, rights-based, and community-rooted—are emerging. There is growing recognition that psychiatry must move beyond the biomedical lens to integrate psychosocial perspectives, cultural humility, and lived experience into its practice.
This shift also calls for a new kind of professional solidarity—one where psychiatrists work in partnership with psychologists, social workers, peer supporters, and community health practitioners. Multi-disciplinary and collaborative care is not a luxury—it is essential to building ethical, holistic, and sustainable mental health systems.

At the India Mental Health Alliance (IMHA), we are creating spaces for psychiatrists to reflect, reconnect, and reimagine their role in this changing landscape.
Our upcoming programmes offer peer support, mentorship, and learning beyond the classroom. They bring together psychiatrists from across the country to share challenges, explore ethical dilemmas, and build skills in areas often experienced as gaps in practice—such as trauma-informed care, collaborative leadership, supervision, and integrated mental health practice.