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Guideline for Rehabilitation in Mental Health Sector
Indian being a member of the United Nation and after signing UN Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities had taken up the issue of human rights seriously with general population in diversified groups and places. However, special emphasis is being given to human rights violations against people suffering mental illness, which are least, recognized but is widely spread in the country. People with mental disorders are expose to a wide range of human rights violations within and outside the health care context. This includes social justice and empowerment; fighting for the right, liberty, freedom, dignity, equal opportunity, discrimination and abuse of all types witnessed in institutions and in the community. Given these realities, the problem related to human right violation is dependent on vigilant members of society and the intervention of courts for treatment, care, guardianship and protection. Mainstreaming these issues, first within the disability movement itself and then into other rights movements is critical to ensure a large and more effective lobby, besides generating awareness. Advocating for amendments in current legislations is an indispensable goal to protect the rights of persons suffering mentally illness. Parents, friends and family need to congregate on a national scale and form a unified voice for demands as care providers. Dr. Harshit Sinha on the behalf of Vardaan Foundation and with the support of MOHFW, GOI have taken leadership to develop these guidelines by organizing a workshop. It will make valuable contribution that not only benefit individuals suffering from the mental disorders, but also draw attention of the programme managers and policy makers for a practical approach to the extremely complex and challenging needs of human rights violation in the mental health sector. The guideline is available online at http://varfound.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Final_HR_311208.pdf
Case Studies for Rehabilitation in Mental Health
Third volume gives descriptions of different case studies in the process of rehabilitation. Writing a case study in the mental health rehabilitation programme is essential to know the actual progress of the patients as well of service providers. The case analysis could be helpful in concluding various type of learning under the rehabilitation programme and in future becomes a policy guideline in dealing mental health cases. It could also be considered as reference case in settling a legal dispute and in dealing various types of cases in other similar organization. The cases would be informatics to all programme managers dealing similar type of mental cases under the rehabilitation programme and could be eye opening to the policy makers. The report is available online at http://varfound.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/FinalMH_Vol3.pdf
Manual: Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Mental Health
Since there is are restructuring of mental health programme in the State of Gujarat, Center for Action Research and Developmental Studies with the support of Vardaan Foundation under the leadership of Dr. Harshit Sinha decided to develop a systematic manual for psychosocial rehabilitation in context to Indian scenario that attempts to disseminates the correct scientific way of doing psychosocial rehabilitation among the programme managers (from Government and NGO volunteers) and also for the policy makers. It was a challenging task to make the concept of psychosocial rehabilitation appropriate and comprehensive and make sure that each service providers understand it easily. The manual is simple, short and succinct. The concept of psychiatric rehabilitation and psychosocial rehabilitation has been borrowed from numerous books, ongoing grassroot level efforts from all over the world, Internet search and expert’s opinion. Taking lead from these concepts, a refined operational steps linking some management principles for the beginners in the field of rehabilitation for mentally ill persons. The guidelines mentioned in this manual are intended as suggestions only and should be Consider a source of inspiration rather than a standard checklist applicable for all types of rehabilitation programme in mental health. The approaches and solution in real – life situations cannot be generalized but have to be locally tailored according to the need. Looking to the similar efforts, done all over the world, a competitive edge to the subject matter for this manual as new era for the rehabilitation services is gearing its pace in he state of Gujarat. However, it may not appropriate for those state, which had already developed the framework of rehabilitation in India. The manual is available online at http://varfound.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/manual_for_rehabilitation_programs.pdf
Manual: Quality Circle in Public Health
The manual for introducing the concept of Quality Circle published under the UNFPA assisted IPD 5 have been borrowed from numerous books, ongoing project reports on ‘Quality Assurance Projects’ from all over the world, Internet search and expert’s opinions. Dr. Sinha don’t claim this manual to be original, but take credit in linking the concept of “Quality and Quality Circle” to public health. He had designed and refined the methodology and added my own innovation to make the subject interesting. I have introduced “Quality Quotes” incorporated after referring to numerous books – to keep readers motivated and drawing their attention towards the subject. The manual is divided into five chapters. Chapter one introduces the concept of quality and quality circle in public health. Chapter two describes the main characteristics of the quality circle and clarifies the concept in depth. Chapter three shows the probable structures, roles and responsibilities of the quality circle committee in a vertical health care system. Chapter four explains the process of organizing and implementing quality circles in public health
institutions. Chapter five describes the tools to be used in quality circles for identifying and rating the problems, and chapter six explains the human factors involved in making the concept of quality circle viable in public health institutions. This was followed by the annex containing a format for organizing
quality circle meetings and exercises to be executed in the meeting. The report is available online at
Book – Leprosy in India
Can be considered as my first project as my Doctoral thesis work. Titled: Factors in the distribution and control of leprosy in Vadodara district: A study in Medical Geography. (Thesis Registered on 23/3/92; Thesis Submitted on 3/1/94; Viva voce held on 27/7/94 & Thesis awarded on 23/12/95: Selected for publication by ICSSR, New Delhi in 1998 and published by Rawat Publication in 2000) My research work was confined in urban and rural areas of Vadodara (Baroda) district of Gujarat. The present study on leprosy deals with aspects such as disease ecology, disease diffusion, disease mapping, and geographical aspect of nutritional, reviewing Leprosy MIS and health care facilities. My Guide: Prof. Jayasree De; Forward by Prof. A.T.A Learmonth, Prof. of Emeritus of Geography, The Open University (U.K) and Forestatement written by eminent leprologist Dr. R. Ganapati, (Padmasree) Bombay Leprosy Project, Bombay. The book was released by Dr. S.K. Noordeen (Former head of Leprosy Division in WHO) at two days International workshop on Urban Leprosy held at IMA Hall in Baroda with the support of Govt. of Gujarat and Government of India, and German Leprosy Relief Association – India. (Mar, 2001).The book is easy available online purchase from Amazon; Abe books; Google books etc;