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Detailed explanation-1: -Minister K. Sudhakar shared the information in a Tweet and said “Glad to inaugurate India’s first-of-its-kind collaborative Brain Health Clinic at Jayanagar General Hospital, Bengaluru established by the state health dept under the Karnataka Brain Health Initiative (KaBHI) in association with NIMHANS."

Detailed explanation-2: -KaBHI is the first of its kind initiative in India with the objective to promote brain health in the community from PHCs to secondary level district hospitals and NIMHANS at the tertiary level, a release from the Minister’s office said.

Detailed explanation-3: -The adoption of National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) by the Government of India in August 1982, was in many ways a landmark event in the history of psychiatry[1] in this country.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Clinic at Jayanagar General Hospital, Bengaluru has been established by the state health dept under the Karnataka Brain Health Initiative (KaBHI) in association with NIMHANS.