Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 2

Recovery facilitation services in a mental health setting: The Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS) model

  • Author:
  • TM Shibukumar1, B Juna2, Tintu T Babu3, T Reshma4, Aparna Rathnakaran5, G Ragesh6,*, Mohammed Ibrahim Khaleel7, Seema P Uthaman8, Jobin Tom9
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 77 to 81

1Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Alappuzha, Kerala, India

2Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

3Department of Social Work, St. Joseph’s College (autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut, Kerala, India

4The Recovery Facilitation Project, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode, Kerala, India

5Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode, Kerala, India

6Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode, Kerala, India

7Government General Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

8Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode, Kerala, India

9Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode, Kerala, India

*Correspondence: Ragesh G, M Phil (Psychiatric Social Work), Ph D, Psychiatric Social Worker, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Government Medical College Campus, Kozhikode, Kerala, India-673008, rageshpsw@gmail.com

Online Published on 28 February, 2024.

Abstract

Chronic psychiatric illnesses cause disability. The language of recovery is now widely used globally in mental health policy, services, and research. This concept of recovery is relatively new to Indian mental health settings. The Recovery Facilitation Services initiated at the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, South India, follows a framework for service delivery based on sound principles of psychosocial rehabilitation. This paper elaborates on the rationale, the design, financial aspects, challenges encountered, and general observations regarding the effectiveness of the working of this service.

Keywords

Rehabilitation, Mental illness, Family, Psychiatric disability