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2-Week-Old
With each passing week, your newborn becomes more comfortable with his surroundings. But his vision
is still blurred. In fact, a newborn's range of vision is only about 30 centimetres or so, which helps explain
why your face is the most interesting thing to him right now. While the rest of the world is a blur, he can
clearly see who's holding him. So try keeping your face close to your baby's while you talk or sing to him.
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3-Week-Old
Many babies love listening to the sound of human voices, especially high-pitched ones. You're probably
using sing-song baby talk to communicate with her without even thinking about it — watch how she turns
her head in your direction when you coo over her. Soft music and the sounds of a musical toy will also
keep her engaged but steer clear of very loud environments. Too much noise will either cause her to tune
out sounds altogether or start wailing.

Department of
Psychiatric Social Work

The RESEARCH:
Department started as a part of Department of Research projects are undertaken in the areas
Psychiatry in the year 1963. Quick View related to Social and Psychological aspects of
:Dept of PsychiatricSocial Work: mental health and mental illness. Staff members
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undertake either independent or collaborative
. Objectives
research projects sponsored by Government of
. Human resource development
India, Welfare Ministry, Health Ministry, ICMR,
. Clinical services
WHO, CAPART etc. Every year 12 M.Phil,
. Research
research dissertations are submitted to the
. Contributions
University, in addition, to one or two Ph.D thesis.
. Future Plans

. Faculty Profile These researches focus on areas like -

. Publications

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 Marital and Family Systems, Epigenetic
models, efficacy of family therapy models,
Download: families of mental patients, group
. Psychosocial Care for Children in Difficult intervention.
Circumstances
. Disaster Management: Psychosocial Support and  School mental health and Community
Mental Health Services mental health.
. Mediums on Psychosocial Care for Children

It became the independent department in 1976. Two

year Post Graduate Diploma  Social work aspects of Child and
inPsychiatricSocial Workwas introduced in the year Adolescent problems.
1968. In 1978, the Course was redesignated as M.Phil
(PsychiatricSocial Work). Subsequently Ph.D.  Life skills education and prevention of
Programme was introduced. problem.
OBJECTIVES:
 Social supports, coping.
 Formulating Psychiatric SocialWork models and
programmes of services, demonstration and
research in both urban and rural areas.
 Resource mobilization for Rehabilitation.

 Promoting the growth and development of the

discipline ofPsychiatric Social Work.  Deaddiction, Mental retardation.

 Developing the Department into an advanced  Psychiatric Social work in Neurology/

service, Postgraduate training and research centre
forPsychiatric Social Work and allied areas.
 Enquiring into the psychosocial aspects of the Brain- Neurosurgery settings.
Mind-Behaviour axis and to evolve suitable
psychosocial intervention strategies for application in  Issues related to welfare and
day to day problems. development.

 Carrying out experiments with a view to develop CONTRIBUTIONS:

new patterns of teaching in Post Graduate
Departments of Social Work / Schools A minimum number of 30 and and 300 trainees
of Social Work. are being trained at the department. The
department has also been involved in the
training of social workers from several countries
 Attaining self-sufficiency in Post-Graduate Education like Nepal, Bangladesh, Srilanka, USA, UK,
in PsychiatricSocial Work in India. Canada, Tanzania, Yemen and Burma.

 Developing courses and curriculum FUTURE PLANS:

in Psychiatric Social Work at M.Phil, M.S.W. and
Ph.D. levels.
 Consolidation of the developments that
have occurred in different areas
of psychiatric social workand their
 Providing and assisting in the activities of Research documentation.
Evaluation, Training, Consultation and guidance
related to Psychiatric SocialWork.
 Incorporating the essential elements
of psychiatric socialwork services in
 Undertaking activities related to publication of the programs of welfare agencies for
Research Papers, Books, Documents, Manuals, children, youth, women and the aged.
Monographs and other education materials.
 Amalgamation
 Enriching the collaboration and co-operation with the of psychiatricsocial work programs with
Schools ofSocial Work / Post Graduate programs of labour welfare and personnel
Departments of Social Work in India and abroad. management in industrial settings.

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT:  Strengthening community efforts to

organize rehabilitation services in
The department conducts 2 year M.Phil.
community like half-way homes, day care
(Psychiatric Social Work) Course. Not more than 15
centres and special schools.
candidates per year may be admitted for the course. Of
these, 3 seats are for foreign nationals / Deputed
candidates from State Government / Government of  Enlisting social service support from
India student service organizations and other
volunteers for the welfare of mentally
Ph.D. guidance facilities are also available in the disabled persons.
department. In addition to M.Phil and Ph.D. programme
in Psychiatric SocialWork, the staff members of the
Department collaborate in the teaching assignments of
MD, M.Phil (Clinical Psychology), M.A., MSW, M.Sc.,  Organizing periodical in-service training
DPN and such other allied programmes. programs to socialworkers in mental
The department also trains the Post Graduate students health centres as well as teacher working
undergoing M.A. / MSW programmes from other in schools of social work.
Universities in Karnataka and other States for period
ranging from 2 weeks to 6 months. Not less than 300-
400 students get exposure
toPsychiatric Social Work activities every year.  Development of models of training
in psychiatric social work.
The members of the Department have been associated
with other governmental and non-governmental
organizations under administrative / policy making
levels. They also serve as members of the Board of  Broadening the field workplacements for
studies and Board of Examiners for various Universities M.Phil trainees to include community
in the Country for Doctoral and Post-Graduate agencies in addition to the present
Programmes. postings.
CLINICAL SERVICES:

The staff members, trainees and research scholars have

been extending Psychosocial services to the patients in  Helping / guiding schools
Out-Patient and In-Patient Units, Child and Adolescent of socialwork to start M.Phil / research
Mental Health Centres, programs.
Family Psychiatric Centre,Psychiatric and
Neurological Rehabilitation, Neurological and
 Developing specialized fields
 Neurosurgery services, Deaddiction and Community likepsychiatric rehabilitation, socialwor
Mental Health Units. k with children,
familypsychiatric social work, socialw
Following services are provided - ork in community mental
health,social work with neurologically /
 Psychosocial study of the patients and their families. neurosurgically disabled,
 Home visits for diagnostic and therapeutic services. andsocial work emergency services.

 Community agencies contacts for Resource

mobilization.
 Educating the patients/family members about the  Conducting systematic research -
illnesses, treatment and rehabilitation. exploratory, descriptive, experimental and
evaluation studies -on issues related
 Marital counseling / therapy / intervention services. topsychiatric social work and
 Family counseling / therapy / intervention services. development of indigenous models.

 Group interaction / intervention services for patients

/ family members.  Development of the department into a
centre for advanced studies and research
 Liaison services with families and community. in social work, thus making it as an apex
body
 Training the para-professionals and non-
forpsychiatric social workprograms for
professionals in mental health services. welfare agencies and Universities.
 Extension services - camps and outreach
programmes.

These services are offered in various permutations and

combinations depending on the nature of the problems,
felt needs of the patients, families and communities. In
addition to the therapeutic or treatment services,
certain promotive / preventive services are also
undertaken by the members of the Department in
collaboration with voluntary agencies, Factories,
educational institutions etc.

How To Get Registartion U/s 80G ?

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We have recently (April 08) formed NGO (Voluntary Consumer Organisation) and got registered

with Sub Registrar VI A Delhi.Now we want to get it registered with Income Tax for 80 G

exemption. What are the formalities and what is time period taken for giving permission? S.

P Manchanda, New Delhi

The procedure of getting approval under section 80G of the I T Act by the society is given in Rule 11AA of

I. T. Rule . which is summarized below

1. The application for approval should be in Form No.10G and shall be made in triplicate. The form can
bedownloaded from here.
2. The application should be accompanied by the following documents, namely:-
(i) Copy of registration granted under section 12A or

copy of notification issued under section 10(23) or 10(23C);

(ii) Notes on activities of institution or fund since its inception or during the last three years, whichever is

less;

(iii) Copies of accounts of the institution or fund since its inception or during the last three years,

whichever is less.

You should also note that as per Rule 11AA the commissioner may call for more information or

documents in order to satisfy himself about the genuineness of the activities of such institution or fund

and being satisfied ,he may grant approval specifying the assessment year or years for which the

approval is valid. If commissioner rejects the application, he must give opportunity of being heard to the

applicant , as per Rule 11AA(5).

The time limit?

The commissioner has to pass the order either granting the approval or rejecting the application within

six months from the date on which such application was made , however in computing the period of six

months, any time taken by the applicant in not complying with the directions of the Commissioner under

sub-rule (3) shall be excluded.

What are the conditions to be satisfied for 80G registration?

As per section 80G (5) of the I T Act , conditions to be satisfied for registration u/s 80G are

i) It is established in India for a charitable purpose

ii) Its income would not be liable to inclusion in its total income under the provisions of sections 11 and 12

or clause (23AA) or clause (23C) of section 10.

(iii) the instrument under which the institution or fund is constituted does not, or the rules governing the

institution or fund do not, contain any provision for the transfer or application at any time of the whole or

any part of the income or assets of the institution or fund for any purpose other than a charitable purpose;

(iv) the institution or fund is not expressed to be for the benefit of any particular religious community or

caste;

(v) the institution or fund maintains regular accounts of its receipts and expenditure;

(vi) the institution or fund is either constituted as a public charitable trust or is registered under the

Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), or under any law corresponding to that Act in force in any

part of India or under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), or is a University established by

law, or is any other educational institution recognized by the Government or by a University established

by law, or affiliated to any University established by law or is an institution financed wholly or in part by the

Government or a local authority; and

(vii) the institution or fund is for the time being approved by the Commissioner in accordance with the

rules made in this behalf: Provided that any approval shall have effect for such assessment year or years,

not exceeding five assessment years , as may be specified in the approval

Aversion therapy is a form of psychiatric, mental health or psychological treatment in which the patient is exposed to

a stimulus while simultaneously being subjected to some form of discomfort. This conditioning is intended to cause

the patient to associate the stimulus with unpleasant sensations in order to stop the specific behavior.

Aversion therapies can take many forms, for example: placing unpleasant-tasting substances on the fingernails to

discourage nail-chewing; pairing the use of anemetic with the experience of alcohol; or pairing behavior with electric

shocks of various intensities.

Contents

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• 1 Aversion therapy for addiction

• 2 Legal and ethical challenges to the use of

aversive procedures

• 3 Aversion therapy and homosexuality

• 4 Popular culture

• 5 See also

• 6 References

[edit]Aversion therapy for addiction

The major use of aversion therapy is currently for the treatment of addiction to alcohol and other drugs. This form of

treatment has been in continuous operation since 1932. The treatment is discussed in the Principles of Addiction

Medicine, Chapter 8, published by the American Society of Addiction Medicine in 2003. Their website is

www.asam.org.

Aversion therapy works on changing positive emotional associations with the sight, smell and taste of alcohol or other

drugs. Follow up studies done at 6 and 12 months on populations matched on 17 baseline variables shows that

aversion therapy resulted in significantly better abstinence rates. There was no increase in leaving the hospital

against medical advice in patients seeking aversion therapy compared to patients in non-aversion programs.

The results of Antabuse combined with behavioral marital therapy for treating alcoholism has growing research

support [1][2]
Traditional Aversion therapy, which employed either chemical aversion (Watson and Reyner, 1920) or electrical

aversion (Maguire and Vallance, 1964) has now, since Cautela, been replaced by aversion in the imagination, a

technique which is known as covert sensitization (Cautela, 1967).

Covert sensitisation is a powerful and effective form of treatment and it has been used successfully in the treatment

of alcoholism, compulsive gambling and juvenile delinquency. This treatment approach can also be used in the

treatment of cigarette smokers, and there are favorable results here especially when being compared to other

techniques.

Kraft & Kraft (2005) assessed the value of covert sensitization in six case studies—a fingernail biter, a cannabis

smoker, an obese lady, a cigarette smoker, an individual with a chocolate addiction and an alcoholic. The study

showed that covert sensitization was a rapid and cost effective form of treatment. All the individuals in the study

eliminated their maladaptive behavior pattern, and this was maintained at the follow up.

[edit]Legal and ethical challenges to the use of aversive procedures

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the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is
resolved. (March 2009)

The use of aversive procedures by applied behavior analysis, behavior modification, and behavior therapy is always

under scrutiny. These issues are discussed in regards to the ethics of such practices (see Professional practice of

behavior analysis) However, it is important for regulatory bodies to discuss the use

of aversivesand punishment techniques. For example, in Massachusetts in the U.S. Judge Rotenberg Educational

Center has led to several bills (e.g., H109) to be developed limiting the use of aversives to licensed psychologists

and/or board certified behavior analysts. Other states have begun to push for licensing of behavior analysts to ensure

regulatory control over such processes. While in some cases the means is justified by the end effect, behavior
analysts need to remember that their overaching goal is to do no harm.[3]

[edit]Aversion therapy and homosexuality

Since 1994, the American Psychological Association has declared that aversion therapy is a dangerous practice that

does not work.[citation needed] Since 2006, the use of aversion therapy to treat homosexuality has been in violation of the

codes of conduct and professional guidelines of the American Psychological Associationand American Psychiatric

Association. The use of aversion therapy to treat homosexuality is illegal in some countries. The standard in

psychotherapy in America andEurope is currently Gay Affirmative Psychotherapy. Guidelines for Gay Affirmative

Psychotherapy can be found by APA. [4]

Psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman[5] reported that using aversion therapy to try to change homosexual men's sexual

orientation to heterosexual was controversial. In some instances, notably a series of 1966 experiments, the process

was initially judged to have worked surprisingly well, with up to 50% of men subjected to such therapy not acting on
their homosexual urges. These results produced what Seligman described[5] as "a great burst of enthusiasm about

changing homosexuality [that] swept over the therapeutic community" after the results were reported in 1966.

However, Seligman notes[6] that the findings were later shown to be flawed: most of the men treated with aversion

therapy who stopped homosexual behavior were actually bisexual; among men with an exclusive or near-exclusive

homosexual orientation, aversion therapy was far less successful.

Mental Health Programme

Severe mental disorders that include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, organic psychosis and major depression affect nearly
20 per 1000 population. This is a population that needs continuous treatment and regular follow-up attention. Close to ten
million severely mentally ill are in our country without adequate treatment by this estimate. More than half remain without
treatment. Lack of knowledge on the treatment availability & potential benefits of seeking treatment are important causes
for the above. With a large population in our country on one hand and very few psychiatrists being available on the other
hand, less than one psychiatrist is available for every 3 lacs population. The psychiatrist/population ratio in rural areas that
account for 70% of country's population, could well be under one for every million.

To address this huge burden National Mental Health Programme was started in 1982 with the following three objectives:
• To ensure availability and accessibility of minimum mental health care for all in the near foreseeable future,
particularly to the most vulnerable sections of the population.
• To encourage mental health knowledge and skills in general health care and social development.
• To promote community participation in mental health service development and to stimulate self-help in the
community.

A model delivery of community based mental health care at the level of district was evolved and field tested in Bellary
district of Karnataka by NIMHANS between 1986-1995. This model was adapted as the District Mental Health Programme
(DMHP) and it was implemented in 27 Districts across 22 states/UTs in the IXth plan beginning in the year 1996.

During the 10th Five Year Plan, NMHP was restrategized and it became from single pronged to multi-pronged programme
for effective reach and impact on mental illnesses, main strategies were as follows:
• Expansion of DMHP to 100 districts all over the country.
• Modernization of Mental Hospitals.

• Upgradation of Psychiatry wings of Govt. Medical Colleges/General Hospitals.

• IEC Activities.
• Research & Training in Mental Health for improving service delivery.

Currently, the District Mental Health Programme is under implementation in 123 Districts throughout the country. Grants
have also been released for upgradation of Psychiatric wings of 75 Government Medical Colleges/General Hospitals and
modernization of 26 Mental Hospitals.

During the 11th Five Year Plan an allocation of Rs. 1000 crore has been made for the National Mental Health Programme. A
sum of 70 crore has been provided in 2008-09 for implementation of NMHP. During the 11th Five Year Plan, it has been
proposed to decentralize the Programme and synchronize with National Rural Health Mission for optimising the results. The
main components of NMHP that have been proposed are as under:

• To establish Centres of Excellence in Mental Health by upgrading and strengthening of identified existing mental
hospitals for addressing acute manpower shortage.

• To provide impetus for development of Manpower in Mental Health, other training centres (Govt. Medical
Colleges/General Hospitals etc.) would also be supported for starting PG courses in Mental Health or increasing
intake capacity.

• Spill over of 10th Plan schemes for modernization of state run mental hospitals and upgradation of psychiatric
wings of medical colleges/general hospitals.

• District Mental Health Programme with added components of Life Skills training and counselling in schools,
counselling service in colleges, work place stress management and suicide prevention services.
• Research-there is huge gap in research in mental health which needs to be addressed.
 • IEC-a lot of stigma is attached to mental illnesses. It needs to be stressed that the mental illness is treatable. An
intensive media campaign is planned for 11th Plan duration.

• NGOs and Public Private Partnership for implementation of the Programme. This would increase the outreach of
community mental health initiatives under DMHP.
• Monitoring Implementation & Evaluation-Effective monitoring at Central/State/District level will facilitate
implementation of various components of NMHP.

DRAMA THERAPY
Health care in action
Drama therapists believe that creative art is a powerful force for healing and change. Rasika Dhavsereports on a Pune-based
organisation that actively pursues this view in drama therapy sessions designed to help special populations grow to their potential.
Art for Development |Maharashtra

Mental health care system in India.

Abstract

Background
Community care of the chronic mentally ill has always been prevalent in India, largely due to family involvement
and unavailability of institutions. In the 80s, a few mental health clinics became operational in some parts of the
country. The Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), an NGO in Chennai had established a community clinic
in 1989 in Thiruporur, which was functional till 1999. During this period various programmes such as training of the
primary health center staff, setting up a referral system, setting up of a Citizen's Group, and self-employment
schemes were initiated. It was decided to begin a follow up in 2005 to determine the present status of the schemes
as well as the current status of the patients registered at the clinic. This we believed would lead to pointers to help
evolve future community based programmes.

Methods
One hundred and eighty five patients with chronic mental illness were followed up and their present treatment
status determined using a modified version of the Psychiatric and Personal History Schedule (PPHS). The resources
created earlier were assessed and qualitative information was gathered during interviews with patient and families
and other stakeholders to identify the reasons behind the sustenance or failure of these initiatives.

Results
Of the 185 patients followed up, 15% had continued treatment, 35% had stopped treatment, 21% had died, 12%
had wandered away from home and 17% were untraceable. Of the patients who had discontinued treatment 25%
were asymptomatic while 75% were acutely psychotic.

The referral service was used by only 15% of the patients and mental health services provided by the PHC stopped
within a year. The Citizen's group was functional for only a year and apart from chicken rearing, all other self-
employment schemes were discontinued within a period of 6 months to 3 years.

There were multiple factors contributing to the failure, the primary reasons being the limited access and associated
expenses entailed in seeking treatment, inadequate knowledge about the illness, lack of support from the family
and community and continued dependence by the family on the service provider to provide solutions.

Conclusion
Community based initiatives in the management of mental disorders however well intentioned will not be
sustainable unless the family and the community are involved in the intervention program with support being
provided regularly by mental health professionals.
Key Components of Human Resource Development

There are three fundamental component areas of human resource development (HRD):
individual development (personal), career development (professional), and organizational
development. The importance of each component will vary from organization to organization
according to the complexity of the operation, the criticality of human resources to
organizational efficiency, and the organization's commitment to improved human resources.
But all three have one focus—individual performance improvement. Since individual
performance improvement is the heart of an HRD program, HRD can be described as the
"area of congruence" among the three components.

INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT Individual development refers to the development of new

knowledge, skills, and/or improved behaviors that result in performance enhancement and
improvement related to one's current job (training). Learning may involve formal programs, but
is most often accomplished through informal, on-the-job training activities.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT Career development focuses on providing the analysis necessary

to identify the individual interests, values, competencies, activities, and assignments needed
to develop skills for future jobs (development). Career development includes both individual
and organizational activities. Individual activities include career planning, career awareness,
and utilizing career resource centers. Organizational activities include job posting systems,
mentoring systems, career resource center development and maintenance, using managers
as career counselors, providing career development workshops and seminars, human
resource planning, performance appraisal, and career pathing programs.

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Organizational development is directed at developing

new and creative organization solutions to performance problems by enhancing congruence
among the organization's structure, culture, processes, and strategies within the human
resources domain. In other words, the organization should become a more functional unit as a
result of a closer working relationship among these elements. The ultimate goal of
organizational development is to develop the organization's self-renewing capacity. This refers
to the organization's ability to look introspectively and discover its problems and weaknesses
and to direct the resources necessary for improvement. As a result, the organization will be
able to regenerate itself over and over again as it confronts new and ever-challenging
circumstances. This occurs through collaboration of organizational members with a change
agent (an HRD practitioner), using behavioral science theory, research, and technology.