Psychiatry

Outpatient Services

• Daily General Psychiatry OPD
• Separate cubicles for interview and examination for each patient
• Separate rooms for psychological assessment and interventions.
• Rehabilitation services
• Check up and treatment of all psychiatric disorders
• Pharmacological treatment
• Psychotherapeutic management
• Psychological Testing.
• Paramedical mental health service providers viz. Clinical Psychologist & Psychiatric social worker
• Learning Disability assessment and Remediation

Inpatient Services

• Total No. Of Beds – 30
• Separate wards for male and female patients.
• Indoor facilities are fully equipped for management of Psychiatric Emergencies.
• Pharmacological management.
• Psychotherapeutic Interventions.
• Psychological Testing.
• Trained Nursing Staff.
• Paramedical mental health service providers viz. Clinical Psychologist & Psychiatric

Infrastructure

• Well established department with cabins for faculties, residents, paramedical staff, clerical staff, departmental library etc.
• OPD with well-equipped examination rooms, demonstration room, separate space for a psychologist, psychiatric social worker.
• Separate wards for males and females equipped with nursing station, pantry and clinical demonstration room
• Departmental Library
  * Well equipped departmental library for staff and students
  * All necessary textbooks as well as reference books available
  * Various National and International journals available for reference
• Brief Pulse ECT machine with EEG & ECG monitor

Departmental Activities

School Visits

School visits consist of learning disability screening and educating parents and teachers about the disability and awareness classes about school related problems. Awareness classes about various addictions and to avoid such addictions.

Vocational Rehabilitation

Arranging sufficient job opportunities for our symptomatically better patients for a livelihood, we keep in contact with such companies and firms for this purpose.

Post Flood Medical Camps and Psychological Rehabilitation

• General medical camp in the island Kurumba Thuruth
• General medical survey and assessment of psychological needs post flood at VP Thuruth
• Community reintegration post disaster with support from Thalassery Brennen School at Vavakkad

Community studies and surveys

Department started a post flood survey and study in chosen areas

• ValiyaPazhampalluthuruth (Puthenvelikkara, Chendamangalam Panchayats)
• Cheriyathekkanam (Kunnukara Panchayath)
• Chalakka (Kunnukara Panchayath)

Social services and Charities

Poor patient fund

Department owns a poor patient fund with the help of our well-wishers and friends. We give financial assistance for our poor patients to purchase their medicine.

Programs Conducted

• Drawing skill enhancement program for children
• Workshop for teachers and counsellors
• Awareness classes for parents and teachers
• Learning disability screening programs at various schools
• Awareness classes related with suicide prevention

Days Celebrated

• Autism awareness day
• Schizophrenia day
• No tobacco day
• Suicide prevention day
• Mental health day