Through which toll free helpline mental health consultation is being provided…

Concept

Tele-MANAS (Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States) is a national tele-mental-health programme run by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It connects callers, free of cost, through a toll-free number to trained counsellors and psychiatrists for mental health consultation, and has been rolled out state-wise, including in Rajasthan.

Application

In Rajasthan, psychological experts provide mental health consultation to the public through this very Tele-MANAS toll-free helpline, which makes Tele-MANAS the correct answer to this question.

Contrast

• Tele-NIDAN is not the name of any officially operated government mental-health helpline; no counselling programme exists under this name.

• Tele-ASHA is not a mental-health consultation helpline. ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) refers to grassroots community health workers under the National Health Mission, covering a wide range of community health services; this has no connection with providing psychological counselling.

• Tele-CHITTA does not correspond to any existing or officially named government mental-health helpline.

Hence, Tele-MANAS is the toll-free helpline through which psychological experts provide mental health consultation in Rajasthan.