Nepal Institute of Mental Health

Our Story 

Nepal Institute of Mental Health was formally founded in April 2022 in Nepal. It was established through the collaboration of Nepali-origin mental health professionals working across the globe and public health specialists, psychologists, and psychiatrists serving in the health care system of Nepal. It was born out of a series of foundation building meetings that started back in Spetember 2021. One of the earliest NIOMH engagement in community care activities was in December 2021, by providing mental health care of abandoned and subsequently rescued homeless individuals residing at Manav Sewa Ashram, most of whom suffered from severe mental illnesses. 

NIOMH is founded on the principles and practices of implementing comprehensive approaches to sustainable developmental objectives. This public mental health initiative concentrates on a number of critical areas, including the provision of integrated services for primary and specialist mental health and primary care, the development of capacity, the conduct of mental health research, the advocacy of rights-based mental health care, and the generation of awareness. It aims to make a strong impact in reducing the mental health care gap in Nepal. The overarching mission of the program is to provide quality mental health care accessible to all and by involving all. The program strives to include members from several disciplines,  most prominent of which will be professionals from public health and mental health, as well as non-mental health specialist health workers and people with lived experience of mental health.

Our Vision

We envision a universally accessible, socially inclusive with sustainable mental health eco-system communities in Nepal. 

Our Mission

●      To build a national level mental health center with inpatient and outpatient services 

●      To implement quality mental health services, training, and research and develop sustainable mental health care in a regional eco-system