- Outdoor Patients department (O.P.D.):
O.P.D. timing: 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (Monday to Saturday)
Availability of O.P.D. papers: 8.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
25 -30 new patients and 180 -200 old patients are seen per day.
- Indoor Patients department (I.P.D.):
We have facility of 18 beds for male patients in ward – 1, 9 beds for
female patients in ward – 19 and 5 beds for children in ward –
21 & 22.
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (E.C.T.):
Facility of E.C.T. is available in O.P.D. 21. for both O.P.D. and I.P.D.
patients. Around 15 to 25 patients receive E.C.T. per day.
- Electro Encephalogram (E.E.G.):
E. E. G. machine was installed in 1980.
Mobile E.E.G. was started in 2007 in view of helping emergency patients
from MICU, ICCU and trauma ward. This gives mobile service to patients without
causing
inconvenience. We do around 5 -10 E.E.G. of patients per day.
- Child Guidance Clinic (C.G.C.):
This is a specialized clinical branch forming an essential part of
mental health for kids. Pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and counselling are
offered in this clinic. Around 4 to 6 children are evaluated in C.G.C. per day.
Timing: 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (Monday to Saturday)
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Clinical Psychology:
The clinical psychologist conducts a vast majority of psychological
tests like MMPI/Rorscharch, IQ tests, BG/WMS and other ones for
psychiatry department as well as the departments like Paediatrics, Medicine, Neurolgy
etc.
This plays a crucial part of the ‘comprehensive patient care’ which
includes counselling regarding the nature, course and the treatment of the
illness to assure the compliance for the best outcome of the therapies. The psychiatric
social worker
(P.S.W.) helps the patient to get the financial assistance for treatment, self
employment and rehabilitation.
- Medicines at Concessional Rate Scheme (MCRS):
MCRS was started in 1996 for helping the psychiatry patients who were
poor & hence not affording medicines, this scheme was started. In this
scheme patients get medicines at half cost. At present ‘ Sunday Friends’ the
NGO is providing this facility.
It was started in 2005. Counseling & Behavior Therapy of patients of
dementia and their family members by the counselor is done on every Tuesday and
Friday from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.
- Electro Cardio Graph (E.C.G.):
- Group Therapy:
This is the essence of psychotherapy techniques provided by department
as follows
- AA Group: conducted by patients and the social worker to help the
alcoholics for dead diction from 10.30.a.m. to 12.00 p.m. on every Saturday.
- Relaxation Group: is for the patients of anxiety disorders conducted
on every Monday at 1.30 p.m.
- Schizophrenia Group: is for the family members of patient of
schizophrenia conducted on every Thursday at 1.30 p.m.
- Sex Group: offers psychotherapies to the patients with sexual
dysfunction. It is conducted on every Thursday at 1.30 p.m.
- Other psychotherapies: Individual psychotherapy for regular patients,
psychotherapy for the wives of alcoholics etc. is given.