Psychiatric social workers deployed at IMH in Eragadda to strengthen patient counselling
The Institute of Mental Health in Hyderabad has partnered with the Helping Hand Foundation to deploy psychiatric social workers to improve patient counseling. The program aims to facilitate better family engagement and social reintegration for patients, particularly those ready for discharge.
Why it matters
This collaboration addresses the critical issue of 'social abandonment' in mental health facilities, where stable patients remain institutionalized due to a lack of family support.
Patients at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Eragadda in Hyderabad will now receive enhanced counselling and rehabilitation support with the deployment of a team of trained psychiatric social workers under a collaboration between the State-run tertiary mental healthcare centre and the Helping Hand Foundation (HHF).
The article is a straightforward report on a public-private partnership in the healthcare sector.
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