A community day care programme for psychiatric patients: the role of occupational therapy.
This paper examines the need for and role of occupational therapy in the organization and functioning of a community day care centre for psychiatric patients in a developing country. It highlights the debilitating effects of institutionalization associated with a previously established system of institutional care and explores the role of occupational therapy in facilitating the move away from that approach towards community-based day care centres for such patients. The paper describes the community care programme; the patients attending the programme; the methods used by occupational therapists to evaluate patients; and the effectiveness of the various individual, group and family focused methods of treatment deployed.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D009788:Occupational Therapy