Mental Health Action Trust (MHAT)
MHAT is a Charitable Trust, based in Kozhikode, Kerala, which provides good quality, comprehensive mental health care to the poorest sections of the population with severe mental disorders. It is entirely based in the community with no provision for hospital admissions and people are selected based on a process of economic screening. All community services are provided in collaboration with like-minded local partners which makes it possible to offer services free at the point of delivery of care. Clinics are usually held at weekly intervals with the MHAT team travelling to the clinics from its base.
Besides the community based clinical service, the MHAT Rotary Centre for Urban Engagement (R-Cue) at Kozhikode acts as the hub for all other activities. Besides hosting the MHAT offices, it houses the MHAT Centre for Psychotherapy, The Mann Art Café, the MHAT Information Centre, and the Art Therapy Centre. It is also the venue for various training courses, meetings and the bimonthly Talaash programme.
MHAT believes that apart from bio-psycho-social care, other healing approaches also play a pivotal role in helping achieve recovery. MHAT is also involved in multidisciplinary research.
Mission
To surmount the constraints of stigma, prejudice, and economic barriers to bring high-quality mental health care to the underprivileged
Vision
A world where the community is engaged in offering high-quality, recovery-oriented, mental health care for the poorest of the poor
Values
Quality
A commitment to high standards in all the work we do
Respect
An approach to internal and external customers in a way that is primarily acknowledging and sensitive of their humanness.
Working Together
A commitment to involving and maintaining connections with, patients, families, carers and communities with a view to co-create solutions and aid in decision-making to bring the highest value to all involved.
Equality
A belief that fundamentally all beings are equal, irrespective of the roles we play or the labels we bear
Love
An all-encompassing feeling of care that is nondiscriminatory, causeless and consistent.