The Department of Psychiatry
was established in Dec. 1997, with the aim of
fulfilling the missions of Pad. Dr. D. Y. Patil
Medical College, to provide quality medical education,
to provide service to the large population of
people suffering from mental & behavioral
disorders & also to participate in active
research in the field of Psychiatry.
Since then the Department has
made steady progress, when in the year 2000, the
Department was recognized by College of Physicians
& Surgeons, Mumbai for Postgraduate Diploma
course in Psychiatry & got the recognition
of Medical Council of India for Post Graduate
Degree & Diploma Courses in 2004. The Department
also runs other Value Added Courses like "
Clinical Orientation and Counseling Psychiatry".
In June 2006 the Department has been recognized
for Ph.D. in Psychiatry.
The Department now has a 30-bedded
well-run psychiatric center with qualified faculty
members, undergraduate & post graduate students
and provides high standard of medical care to
the needy patients in & around the area.
TEACHING
PROGRAMMES
Undergraduate
Lectures - 25
Clinics - 15
Post Graduate
Lectures - 1
per week
Bedside Clinic
- Daily
Journal Club
- Twice per Month
Case Presentation
- Twice per week
Symposium /
Seminar -Twice per month
E.C.T.s - Twice
in a week
Training in
Biofeedback - Daily
Training in
Psychological Testing - Daily
Note: The
first batch of P.G.student has successfully completed
the 2 years Post Graduate Diploma Course and passed
out in May 2007.
Services
Indoor
-
Total No. Of Beds
- 30 (15 - Male, 15 - Female)
Separate wards
for male and female patients.
Occupancy approximately
80%
Indoor facilities
are fully equipped for management of Psychiatric
Emergencies.
Indoor management
is provided with following facilities-
- Pharmacological management
- Other Biological managements-
Electro convulsive therapy
Biofeedback techniques
Narcoanalysis
- Psychotherapeutic Interventions.
- Psychological Testing.
- Trained Nursing Staff.
- Electroencephalogram (E.E.G.).
- Interventions with the help of Psychiatric
Social Worker.
ECT under G.A. is conducted in
Operation Theater; latest Brief Pulse ECT machine
along with ECG & EEG monitor is used.
Brief Pulse ECT machine with
EEG & ECG monitor
EEG machine is available with
the Department along with a technician to carry
out EEG indoor as well as outdoor patients.
Computerized EEG machine
OPD
services:
In addition to General Psychiatric
OPD the following specialized OPDs are run by
the Department -
1. Child Guidance
Clinic:
Every Monday Time:
9 am to 12 noon.
Activities -
Screening of
child for Psychiatric illness.
Counseling
of parents.
I.Q. testing.
Treatment of child- Pharmacological as well
as Psychotherapeutic approach.
Memory Clinics.
Correspondence
with Schools.
Guidance related
to School placement for Mentally Retarded
children.
2. Geriatric Clinic:
Every Friday Time:
2 pm to 4 pm.
Activities-
Treatment of
Elderly suffering from Psychiatric illness.
