title: Rehabilitation Needs of Chronic Female Inpatients Attending Day-care in a Tertiary Care Psychiatric Hospital.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Female patients hospitalized for a long duration in psychiatric hospitals are a special population with unique needs.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess rehabilitation needs of chronic female inpatients attending psychiatric rehabilitation services in a tertiary care psychiatric hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rehabilitation needs of nine chronic female inpatients were assessed with an interview schedule developed by expert consensus. The needs were elicited from the patients. Perspectives of nursing staff, vocational instructors, and treating psychiatrists were also sought.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most patients expressed the need for more incentives for working in day-care, variety in food and grooming items. The nursing staff felt many patients could be placed outside, and the family members should come more frequently to meet them. Vocational instructors felt that patients need more incentives, variety in food and work. Treating psychiatrists said that major barriers in discharging and placing them were nonavailability or poor involvement of family members. Services like supported housing, supported education and supported employment are necessary to cater to their complex needs.
authors.affiliation: Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waghmare
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sherine
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Thanapal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sivakumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: C Naveen
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Jagadisha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thirthalli
keywords: Chronic inpatients; day-care; female; rehabilitation needs