![NIMHANS and HelpAge India’s “Sarthak” NIMHANS and HelpAge India’s “Sarthak”](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjtn0SW9f32Vgm3nFwpRl5PVtaXaV5aUe119-3BlFfaklr6juIBST92J0uIeH5-n-bhl4xD51RkbA-sKeTMdxsBiQfwyknoSJWo0OdM5UR3eyiAlMMF3jhj-OnGaCPoosYu0eTkHdG9Qw7VDL-Y007dnvyHbRhCnBxUnqQRlTFblrCOZ44VQ_xFwfIQ/w320-h178-rw/senior-citizen.jpg)
- Sarthak is a community-based initiative that provides training to healthcare workers, nurses, and volunteers on geriatric mental health.
- Under this initiative, around 10,000 mental-health workers and volunteers will be trained to identify and counter issues related to mental health, faced by old age people.
- Sarthak will provide training on a category basis:
- Non-Specialist Health Workforce
- Informal Caregivers
- Institutional Caregivers
- The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS) is an educational institution that deals with issues related to mental health. It was established in 1974 in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- HelpAge India is an NGO that deals with issues of older people and was established in 1978. The current Chairperson of HelpAge India is Kiran Karnik.
Question:
Q.1 Recently a training program was launched by NIMHANS and HelpAge India for mental health workers. It is called?a. Sarthak
b. Sudharak
c. Mental-e
d. Nirman