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Social Service
Treatment Procedure
- Social evaluation of individual patients in terms of their ability to participate in treatment process.
- Interpretation of the nature of the illness to the patient and his family on an individual or group basis.
- Visits to patients home, school, work place etc. for assessment of the Psycho Social Situation to help the patient and his/her family to cope up with the illness, prevent aggravation and further spread of the illness and for rehabilitation.
- Counselling aiming at helping the patient and family to deal with the psychological and social problems arising out of the illness and influencing perpetuation of the problem, prognosis, treatment process and rehabilitation where indicated.
- Environmental modification through work with employers, school personnel, the police, family, neighbour to enable the patient get maximum benefit from the treatment process.
- Organizing therapeutic, educational and recreational activities for groups of patients and their relatives, volunteers and other agencies.
- Placement and institutionalization of destitute and other patients, as and when necessary.
- Follow up of the client system to ensure full utilization of services extended at various levels.
- Referring patients and their families to other social welfare agencies as and when necessary an maintaining follow up through meetings with the referred agency.