Clinically providing psycho-social care for caregivers in emergency and trauma care setting: Scope for medical and psychiatric social workers.
Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in young people. TBI is associated with increased mortality, morbidity, and socioeconomic loss, especially in developing countries such as India. It is creating damage to the psychosocial well-being of caregiver and their family members significantly. Caregivers' informational, educational, psychosocial problems are still overlooked and unaddressed. Providing psychosocial interventions such as educating caregivers about TBI-related consequences, increasing social support, mobilization of resources for the needy, and dealing with psychological stress will be beneficial to reduce the caregiver burden. Medical and psychiatric social workers (MPSWs) have important role in providing psychosocial care and decreasing caregiver burden of TBI survivors. This case report highlights the role of MPSWs in the emergency and trauma care setting.
Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Neuro-Surgery Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Birudu
B
Raju
Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Neuro-Surgery Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Suresh
S
Lukose
Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Neuro-Surgery Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Prabu
P
Raj
Department of Neuro-Surgery, Neuro-Surgery Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Krishna
K
Reddy
Caregiver; psychosocial interventions; role of medical and psychiatric social workers; unmet needs