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.
Pradad
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
Bhagat
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Padankatti
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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