Dr C. Ramasubramanian

Consultant Psychiatrist, Madurai

Bio/Profiles: With therich experience of 40 years in the field of Mental Health, Dr.C.Ramasubramanianpopularly known as Dr.C.R.S hails from Madurai District having completed hismedical course (M.B.B.S., M.D., DPM.,Ph.D) in Madurai Medical College. He isawarded with Ph.D in Community Psychiatry (2012), under Madurai KamarajUniversity. His area of interests is Community Psychiatry, Psycho SocialRehabilitation and De addiction. He has been teaching the Post Graduates formore than 25 years.

He has founded M.S.Chellamuthu Trust and ResearchFoundation in 1992 for the welfare of the persons with mental disability. Todaythe Trust is 28 years old with the high credit of Psychiatric Rehabilitation.The Trust has 150 bedded treatment centre and also has 5 Psycho Social RehabilitationHomes with almost 350 bedded for both men and women, and is the largest serviceprovider down south Tamilnadu.

Community Psychiatric Rehabilitation is another petproject of Dr.C.R.S. The organization also involves in plentiful research work,unrelentlessly working for the upliftment of the mentally disabled to lead aquality life.

Dr.C.R.S was served as a State Nodal Officer for theDistrict Mental Health Programmes of Tamil Nadu. During his tenure, he hasextended the District Mental Health Programme in all the districts of TamilNadu. In recognition of his ten years of services in District Mental Health

Programme(DMHP), Tamil Nadu Police Department hasappointed him as the State Nodal Officer for the TN State Police Well-beingprogramme.

Dr.C.Ramasubramanian is recently conferred as Member ofrecently constituted Fifth Police Commission of Tamil Nadu in order to improvedelivery of Police Service through better police interaction, training andwelfare initiatives.

Due tohis high professionalism in his career, he has been selected two times as themember of Academy Council in NIMHANS, Bangalore and presently Member ofInstitute Body of NIMHANS. He is also a member in the Disability board of Tamilnadu Government and plays a very important role in drafting the policy of theTamilnadu Government in this field.

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Webinar topic:Community Based Rehabilitation - My experience

Objectives/LearningOutcomes: The MS Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation hasachieved significant outcomes in the field of mental health through its variousinitiatives. One of the main achievements has been creating awareness among thegeneral public and important

stakeholders in the community. By sensitizing schools,women’s groups, self-help groups, and religious leaders, the trust has beenable to break down the stigma associated with mental illness and encourage morepeople to seek treatment.

To address the issue of cost-effective treatment, thetrust has established Ahana Hospital, a 300-bed neuropsychiatric hospital. Thishospital provides quality care at an affordable cost, making it accessible to awider section of society.

Another major achievement of the trust has been inaddressing the lack of mental health human resources in the community. Thetrust’s interventions have also had a positive impact on patient outcomes. Dueto improved drug compliance, the symptoms of mental illness have reduced,leading to an improved quality of life for patients. This, in turn, has reducedthe burden on

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