Psychiatry Department
Department of Psychiatry at General hospital Ernakulam is equipped to handle all types of mental health problems. Out patient service is open on all days except Sundays, catering 50-70 patients per day. Inpatient Service is 15 bed male ward for treating Mental illness and for De-addiction.
Services Provided :
- Outpatient Consultations
- Consultation- Liaison Assessments
- Medico Legal Services
- IQ and Scholastic Assessments
- Psychological Services & Counseling
- Medico Legal Services
- Alcohol & Substance De-addiction
- Child Guidance
- Family & Marital Therapies
- Group Therapies
- Yoga Therapy (Daily)
- Alcoholic Anonymous (Fridays)
- Tele-Psychiatry
- Palliative Psychiatry
- Rehabilitation Services
- Training Programs
- Geriatric Clinic Mondays
- Suicide prevention clinic Tuesdays
- Disability board Thursdays
- De-addiction clinic Fridays
- Child Psychiatry Saturdays
- Psychiatry and Behavioural Medicine
DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMME, ERNAKULAM
ACTIVITIES
- 20 Out Reach Clinics
- 3 Day Care Centers
- School Mental Health Programme
- Sampoorna Manasika Arogyam (SMA) at FHCs
- Aswasam Depression Clinics
- Jeevaraksha – Suicide Prevention
- Amma Manass – Post partum Depression Clinics
- Coastal Mental Health
- Tribal Mental Health
- Stress Management
- Trainings and IECs
- Tele Counseling
➢OP catering 60-100 patients per day
➢ 15- 20 beneficiaries at Day Care Centers
➢ 200 – 250 Screenings /month at FHCs as part of SMA
➢ 50-60 screenings / month as part of ASWASAM
Our Dedicated Doctor's Team
Dr Ajeesh P. R
Consultant in Psychiatry (Head of Department)
Unit 1 Mondays and Fridays
Dr Smitha L
Junior Consultant in Psychiatry
Unit 2 Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dr Aniamma George
Specialist Medical Officer (Psychiatry)
Unit 3 Wednesdays and Saturdays
Dr Daya Pascal
Nodal Officer (District Mental Health Program)
Dr Grace Christopher
Field Psychiatrist (DMHP)
Dr Tehmina Asif
Psychiatrist (NRHM)
National Urban Health Clinics
Smt Elizabeth Antony
Clinical Psychologist