Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Geriatric Psychiatry


Geriatric Psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry specialized in the treatment and diagnosis of mental health problems seen mostly amongst old people. This branch of psychiatry specializes in providing care and support to people when they experience complex neurological disorders in their older years.
Geriatric Psychiatry helps the patient deal with memory loss, which seems very common during old age, helps the patient to recall and remember things from the past which eventually help the patient to understand present incidents and help them deal with it in a better way. It also deals with people suffering from mental disorders with or without drug addiction problems.
Geriatric Psychiatry involves treatment in a different place, which isdifferent from the usual psychiatric centres mainly due to the nature of the illness.It involves providing support and care to family members who often have integral roles in thepatient’s life.
Due to the change in lifestyle and advancement in medicinal care, it has become essential to provide care and attention to old age people suffering from Dementia, Alzheimer’s and other disorders.
Geriatric Psychiatric assesses each patient’s physical condition as well as the required treatment based on the seriousness of the illnesses. Sometimes they prescribe medications to deal with neurological related disorders.
It is very essential to have an understanding of the symptoms of the patient’s disorders to the context of the person's care situation. This is very important to our team at Cadabam’s Hospitals which consists of professionally trained psychiatrists who are specialized in the field of old age psychology. They work together to formulate and provide a suitable treatment for the patient. This helps to provide treatment to meet the individual needs along with suitable follow ups. They are:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – It involves providing therapy for the individual and family members both at an Individual as well as group level.
Individual Therapy – It involves providing therapy to patients at the Individual level.
Neurology Treatment – It involves providing therapy for individual with neurological disorders and problems
Addiction Treatment – It provides specialized therapy for individuals suffering from addiction disorders.
In short, Psychiatrists have a great role to play in assessing and evaluating the old age patients suffering from neurological and other disorders which involves greater understanding and care for patients and their loved ones. The problems with old age people suffering from disorders involves providing intense care and support for their family.
Cadabams Hospitals provides various treatments for old age patients to reintegrate back into the community to socialize and live a normal life independently.Cadabams Hospitals is home to qualified and trained professionals who provide an effective treatment to patients suffering various neurological disorders and other such problems.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Bipolar Disorder Care Plan



Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness causing mood swings in a person.  The person experiences mood fluctuation periodically with both high and low levels of emotion. A person can suddenly become sad and can suddenly turn out to be happy. This disorder can have an adverse impact on a person’s relationship and career.
Everyone experiences mood swings but it is only when these moods become extreme and interfere with one’s life then we need to worry and seek psychiatric treatment immediately.  When both moods in bipolar disorder occur at the same time it becomes difficult to manage the person. Sometimes people with Bipolar disorder can become extremely violent and have to be forcibly admitted into psychiatric care.
Sometimes coping with the pain becomes very hard for the patient to survive so sometimes he/she turns violent or goes into depression. The person suffering from Bipolar Disorder will have low self - esteem, it is quite normal for a person to have low-self esteem but people suffering from Bipolar Disorder have it due to their illness.
Bipolar requires long term treatment even after getting recovered. Treatment is mixture of medication and therapy which is often provided in a rehabilitation centre.  There are also treatments available for Bipolar Disorder without having medication.
Psychotherapy: This treatment used to treat bipolar disorder without drugs, but sometimes it won’t if you are taking medication to stabilize moods.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: This therapeutic process removes the negative thoughts and beliefs then replace them with positive and good ones then help the patient lead a normal life.
Talking Therapy: This process involves providing help to the person deal with depressive manic episode through close interaction with the therapist.
Family Therapy: This is type of therapy, which gives help the patient to deal with disorder with the help family members.
Treatment with Medications: Patients suffering Bipolar disorder can be cured using medicines which are most often prescribed along with other therapy and treatment.
Lifestyle Changes - The patient is advised to have lifestyle changes with strict schedules which often involve exercise and diet control to gain control over the disorder.
The symptoms of Bipolar disorder involves occurrence of both manic and depressive episodes over a period of time which involves occurrence of both sad and happy phases of emotions. They are:
·         Extreme Sadness
·         Lack of Interest in daily activities
·         Lack of proper co-ordination
·         Occurrence of manic episodes, ie depression and extreme happiness
If you or someone you know is struggling with mania or depression immediately seek the help of professionals to get information about treatment options so that person can get back to a normal lifestyle.
Personalized medical help from qualified professionals can be found at Cadabam’s Hospitals. With the launch of our new Outpatient Department we are armed to deal with your ward’s immediate pressing issues or long term treatment sessions in the form of counselling, group therapy or individual treatment. Reach out to us today on +91 9741 476 476 or write to us @ info@cadabamshospitals.com for more help on dealing with your loved one’s bipolar disorder.

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