WHO WE ARE :
This was started with a single Psychiatrist in 1977 and now we are two Psychiatrists, one special educator ( learning disorders), two Clinical psychologists and one Psychiatric Social Worker.
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This was started with a single Psychiatrist in 1977 and now we are two Psychiatrists, one special educator ( learning disorders), two Clinical psychologists and one Psychiatric Social Worker.
This is a Psychiatric Clinic. There is difference between a psychiatrist and a Clinical Psychologist. Many are not aware of this. The Psychiatrist is a medical person
A person who approaches us for the first time may be the person with the problem or a close relative or friend. If the person does not come in person we will be able to analyse
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Traditionally mental illness had its influence from religion, philosophy, psychology and Medicine. There had been popular beliefs that mental illness was due to curse or inflicted by a vindictive spirit or an evil that haunts.
There is a wrong thought in the public that persons with mental illness cannot be depended with any work. Recently a minister too remarked that we cannot give any job to schizophrenic patients.
Can a mentally ill person get married? Can she or he beget a child? Mental Illness is of course not one category. There are many subdivisions. There are mild forms which do not have any major genetic load to inherit.