The Department of Psychiatry has faculty trained from various premier institutes of the country. The Department has adequate infrastructure for consultation and counseling for both outpatient and in-patient care of patients with mental illness. In- Patient facility includes general ward and acute care services with continuous monitoring. Apart from providing mental health care facilities, Department is working towards improvement in mental health awareness and educating public about mental illness. Manpower training in mental health has been given priority with inputs at undergraduate and postgraduate level and Department is working towards de-stigmatizing psychiatry and mental illness among health care providers.
The Department of Psychiatry offers both inpatient and outpatient clinical services. The services provided broadly include assessment and management of severe mental illness (schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder), common mental illness (depression, neurotic and stress related), various addictions, consultation liaison psychiatry, epilepsy and related behavioural disorders, dementia and memory related disorders, child and adolescent services. The department provides Modified Electroconvulsive therapy, Electro-Encephalogram and Narcoanalysis services. The department is successfully conducting group therapy, 3 days in a week for all inpatients and outpatients with alcohol & other drug dependence syndrome. The department provides counseling and psychotherapy services on both inpatient and outpatients using various techniques like cognitive behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy and psychodynamic therapy.
Counseling centre managed by the department provides services such as pre and post-surgery counseling, tobacco cessation services, premarital and sexual clinic, memory clinic, developmental disorder and stress management. Apart from counseling services, long term psychotherapy services for patients with mental illness are provided by both psychiatrists and psychologists.
The department has an Electroencephalography, neuropsychological and psycho diagnostics facilities. Neuropsychological testing includes IQ assessments, cognitive assessment and neuropsychological tests, while psycho diagnostics include Rorschach Ink blot tests, Thematic Apperception Test and tests for personality assessments. The hospital provides serum lithium level assessment also. Treatment provided is pharmacological using medications, Electroconvulsive therapy and non-pharmacological methods including psychotherapy. The department runs the group counseling for patients with alcohol dependence syndrome.
