Department of PSYCHIATRY

The branch of psychiatry has grown significantly in the past 6-7 decades. The era of exorcism and black magic and other unscientific therapies has been replaced by modern scientific methods of treating mental disorders. Psychiatry is a field of medicine which deals with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental, emotional and behavioural disorders. The department has maintained the tradition of active contribution in service, training and research activities of the institute. It has liaison with various clinical departments in the hospital, including General Medicine, Neurology, surgery, obstetrics and Gynaecology, surgery, child health, etc.

PSYCHIATRY

Services Under PSYCHIATRY DEPARTMENT

Undergraduate Medical Education:

The Department of Psychiatry is involved in teaching M.B.B.S. students – both through didactic lectures and clinical postings.

Library: The library provides study material on mental health and psychological aspects and access to both national and international journals. It also has a number of books on mental illness, psychological counselling and psychotherapy to support and cater to the study needs of faculty members, doctors, researchers, students and staff in their research, teaching and training activities. The library has internet access to vast journals, online educational sites and e-books for exploring in-depth knowledge in the field of psychiatry.

Outpatient Department (OPD)

Timing: 9:00am to 4:00pm

Patients with mental health problems (anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc.) are being treated by our qualified consultant. Facilities are available for psychological tests. (e.g., Rorschach test, TAT, Bhatia battery, IPDE, 16 PF, etc.), rating scale (e.g., HDRS, MMSE, BPRS, YMRS, AUDIT, YBOCS, PANNS), counselling and psychotherapy.

Some of the conditions that are treated are:

The Psychiatry Department also conducts Alcoholics Anonymous meetings once a week on Friday along with public information meetings once every few months. Recently, the department has also started a community psychiatry clinic once a week at Satrikh, Barabanki.

In Patient Ward (IPD)

The average occupancy in the psychiatry ward is quite good. The various procedures administered to psychiatry inpatients as a part of therapeutic intervention include the following:

• ECTs
• Electro-sleep therapy
• Relaxation & other exercises
• Narco-analysis
• Psychotherapeutic Intervention etc.

Training in psychiatry prepares the students to interview the patient, establish rapport, elicit detailed psychiatric case history, conduct mental status assessment & assessment of psychopathological symptoms & signs, diagnose & manage common psychiatric disorders, follow principles of consultation-liaison psychiatry & hence deliver preventive, promotive, creative & rehabilitative services for psychiatric patients – both in family & in community. Emphasis is also laid upon handling psychiatric emergencies and referring complications/unusual manifestations of common disorders & rare psychiatric disorders to the specialist.

The patient ward facility includes separate wards for males & females, each having 15 beds.

Emergency Services: Patients are seen any time in 24-hour emergency service. We also have 24-hour telephonic helpline services.

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG) – to use in patients with organic brain pathology

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT): Treat severe psychiatric illness and suicidal patients. Only modified ECT use in collaboration with the anaesthesia team.

BIOFEEDBACK – Relaxation therapy

LITHIUM ANALYZER

ALCOHOL BREATH ANALYZER

PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST EQUIPMENT

INTELLIGENCE TEST: VSMS, BHATIA BATTERY, SIGUIN FORM BOARD TEST

PROJECTIVE TEST: Roraschah test, TAT

PERSONALITY TESTS: IPDE, 16 PF, PEN INVENTORY

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