Abstract
Abstract Dr Thara Rangaswamy is a trained psychiatrist and the co-Founder and Vice-Chairman, of a non-governmental organization, the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) based in Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India, which provides care for outpatients, inpatients, rehabilitation services, and care homes. As an internationally reputed research centre, SCARF also provides extensive community outreach programmes. After having led SCARF as its Director for over 23 years, she stepped down to become the Chair of Research and Vice-Chairman. Dr Thara has lobbied hard for the inclusion of mental disability in the Disabilities Act in India. She was also responsible for the development of a tool called IDEAS which is used officially to measure disability in schizophrenia. Dr Thara has pioneered the use of mobile tele-psychiatry which is now serving more than 1,500 patients in Tamil Nadu.
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