Dr. Suman Sinha currently works as a Consultant Psychiatrist and Mental Health Consultant to the Directorate General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Dr. Sinha is involved in the Government of India’s major revision to the National Mental Health Programme, which looks to improve community mental health services and increase the numbers of trained mental health professionals in India.
The ALA Fellowship provided a timely opportunity for Dr. Sinha to research models of mental health specialty care, to investigate the types of partnerships and collaborations existing in the Victorian Mental Health system, and to assist in the development of a sustainable field based model of mental health suitable for India.© Asia-Australia Mental Health 2009