Maarga Mind Care brings new recovery model to mental healthcare in India

Bengaluru, 27th April 2026: Maarga Mind Care has announced the launch of its Integrative Day Care Program, a mental healthcare model designed to support patients beyond acute treatment and into real, lasting recovery. At a time when mental health needs are rising and long-term support remains limited, this program offers continuity, structure and a more human path back to everyday life. 

In contemporary psychiatric care, the gap between acute symptom stabilization and meaningful functional recovery remains a critical challenge. At Maarga Mind Care, this gap is addressed through an Integrative Day Care Program, a structured, therapeutic ecosystem rooted in milieu therapy principles and enriched by a Cognitive-Motor-Sensory (CMS) Integration Model developed by the team at Maarga Mind Care. 

According to the National Mental Health Survey 2015–16, 10.6% of adults in India live with mental disorders, with lifetime prevalence estimated at 13.7%. More recent studies suggest that nearly 15% of India’s adult population may need clinical mental health support, yet the treatment gap remains as high as 70% – 92% across conditions. WHO has also warned that mental health conditions could cost India ₹9.62 lakh crore (US$1.03 trillion) between 2012 and 2030, underscoring the urgent need for more structured and sustained pathways of care.

Designed as an immersive and multidimensional healing environment, the program supports not only mental stability, but also confidence, self-awareness, social functioning, and a more meaningful return to daily life.

Commenting on the introduction of the program, Dr Jothi Neeraja, Founder & MD, Maarga Mind Care said, “Our Integrative Day Care Program has been designed as a structured, compassionate, and personalised mental healthcare offering that supports individuals through recovery in a more holistic way. By combining therapeutic care, routine, emotional regulation, and social engagement, the program helps rebuild confidence, regain stability, and move forward meaningfully in their daily lives.”

Dr Jyoti Kapoor, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, Maarga Mind Care said, “What makes this program stand out is its balance of structured therapeutic activity with equally intentional moments of restoration. Through this program, patient families have reported better understanding of the patient’s condition, improved communication patterns, enhanced trust in the recovery process and reduced caregiver burden due to structured and supervised engagement.”

The program is supervised by psychiatrists and clinical psychologist; and delivered by a multidisciplinary team of case managers, music, yoga and expressive art therapy facilitators and specialist nursing staff. With regular observation and coordinated reviews, support can be customized to the needs of each patient as recovery progresses.

“Mental healthcare needs to move beyond the typical interventions and create more structured pathways for recovery which can accommodate the patients and care givers preferences and necessities. Our Integrative Day Care Program is designed to provide structured and compassionate support in a way that is holistic, personalised, and grounded in continuity of care,” says Dr. Abhishek Hariharan Kandluri, Co-Founder, Executive Director & CBO, Maarga Mind Care.

The Integrative Day Care Program at Maarga Mind Care represents a paradigm shift from episodic care to continuous, integrative recovery. By combining milieu therapy with Cognitive-Motor-Sensory Integration, it creates a living therapeutic ecosystem — one that extends beyond inpatient care into real-world functioning. It affirms a crucial principle in modern psychiatry that sustained recovery is not achieved in isolation, but through continuity, structure, and meaningful engagement.

About Maarga Mind Care:

Headquartered in Bengaluru, Maarga Mind Care is a pioneering mental health institution dedicated to bridging India’s mental health treatment gap through compassionate, evidence-based, and inclusive care. Founded by Dr. Jothi Neeraja, Maarga Mind Care offers holistic, end-to-end mental healthcare through its “C2R+ – Crisis Consult to Recovery and beyond” model.

Maarga’s services include in-patient admissions, 24/7 mental health emergencies, and retrievals & out-patient services. Child and Adolescent, Adult, child, adolescent, and Geriatric psychiatry, de-addiction and rehabilitation, neuromodulation treatments (TMS and Ketamine therapy), and counseling and psychometric assessments, along with art, music, dance, yoga and drama therapies are offered. 

Led by Dr. Jothi Neeraja and Dr. Girish Chandra, Maarga Mind Care aims to expand from a 40-bed center in Bengaluru to 25 centers with 1000+750+ beds by 2030. Maarga Mind Care is the only private mental health provider empaneled with the U.S. Embassy (South India) and a trusted partner of the Canadian Embassy across India.

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