Need-based rehabilitation program for women with mental illness under long-term admission in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A feasibility study

Lydia R. Conger, Aarti Jagannathan, Hareesh Angothu and Shanivaram Reddy

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2023, vol. 69, issue 3, 763-773

Abstract: Background: In keeping with the rights perspective, the rehabilitation needs of the women under long-term admission (LTA) in ‘closed wards’ of Tertiary Care Hospitals (TCHs) are different, often unfulfilled, and need to be addressed. Methodology: The study used a qualitative exploratory research design. In phase, I, the rehabilitation needs of Women with Mental Illness (WMI) were assessed. In phase II, a rehabilitation program was developed and implemented in the ward where WMI were admitted. In phase III, the feasibility of the implementation of the Rehabilitation Program was tested. Results: The needs expressed by WMI were personal, economic, vocational, social, emotional, educational, relationship, recreation, reintegration, and health needs. They also expressed needs related to their rights such as privacy, making personal choices, access to mobile phones, holding bank accounts, etc. The stakeholders felt that WMIs who get well should be segregated from people who are acutely ill and given access to interact with other groups of people. Based on the themes elicited, a rehabilitation program was developed and implemented through networking and liaising with various departments of the institute, other Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, volunteers, and corporates. The rehabilitation program was found to be feasible with systemic changes being brought about at the institutional level. Conclusion: In keeping with a rights-based approach TCHs need to implement need-based rehabilitation programs for WMI under LTA to improve their living conditions and quality of life

Keywords: Rehabilitation needs; women with mental illness; Tertiary Care Hospital; institutionalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/00207640221136996

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