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    Psychiatric social work is a specialized branch of social work that deals with theoretical and clinical work related to psychiatry and mental disorders. The purpose of psychiatric social work is to help people with mental or emotional problems by understanding social and environmental factors. Psychiatric social work began in the United States in 1907 and developed rapidly, with social workers providing direct treatment by 1920. In India, the history began in 1937 with the establishment of child guidance clinics, and psychiatric social work training programs were introduced in the 1960s. Psychiatric social workers now support individuals with severe mental illness through tasks like assessment, therapy, crisis intervention, care coordination, and discharge planning in various clinical settings.

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    Psychiatric social work is a specialized branch of social work that deals with theoretical and clinical work related to psychiatry and mental disorders. The purpose of psychiatric social work is to help people with mental or emotional problems by understanding social and environmental factors. Psychiatric social work began in the United States in 1907 and developed rapidly, with social workers providing direct treatment by 1920. In India, the history began in 1937 with the establishment of child guidance clinics, and psychiatric social work training programs were introduced in the 1960s. Psychiatric social workers now support individuals with severe mental illness through tasks like assessment, therapy, crisis intervention, care coordination, and discharge planning in various clinical settings.

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    Psychiatric social work is a specialized branch of social work that deals with theoretical and clinical work related to psychiatry and mental disorders. The purpose of psychiatric social work is to help people with mental or emotional problems by understanding social and environmental factors. Psychiatric social work began in the United States in 1907 and developed rapidly, with social workers providing direct treatment by 1920. In India, the history began in 1937 with the establishment of child guidance clinics, and psychiatric social work training programs were introduced in the 1960s. Psychiatric social workers now support individuals with severe mental illness through tasks like assessment, therapy, crisis intervention, care coordination, and discharge planning in various clinical settings.

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    PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL

    WORK
    - DEFINITION
    - HISTORY
    - PSW IN INDIA
    DEFINITION
    Psychiatric Social Work, is a specialized branch of Social work,
    which concerns with theoretical as well as clinical work and the
    knowledge of Psychiatry which primarily deals with problems of
    the mind and associated disorders.
    PSW
    The purpose of PSW is to help people with problems of
    mind or with behavior or with the problems of mind and
    brain and their solutions.
    PSW
    Grown as a result of need felt and its realization for people with
    mentally or emotionally disturbed could be helped more
    effectively by understanding their social or environmental
    factors responsible for the problems of mind and brain.
    History of PSW
    • Psychiatric social work began in the United States in 1907,
    when Massachusetts General Hospital initiated social work
    services in its neurological clinic.

    • First social worker in mental health field was in


    Massachusetts Neurological Department then in Manhattan
    state hospital NY and Boston psychopathic hospital.

    • The specialization developed rapidly and by 1920, major


    changes in the specialty were well underway.
    History of PSW
    • After the world war-1, psychiatric social work flourished

    • After 1920, psychiatric social workers pursued


    psychological understanding of the patient and aspired to
    provide direct treatment.

    • After World War I American Red Cross established SW


    federation in hospitals
    History of PSW
    • By January 1920, there were social service departments in
    42 Federal hospitals.

    • Another major vehicle that helped push psychiatric social


    work into a prominent position was the development of
    child guidance clinics
    History of PSW
    • Early child guidance clinics created for juvenile
    delinquents.

    • Identified lack of social and psychological services for


    children.

    • As a consequence, child guidance clinics rapidly


    broadened their mission to include children with mental
    and emotional problems
    History of PSW
    • In 1922, the American Association of Social Workers
    (AASW)was formed.

    • Initially they were part of American Association of hospital


    workers.

    • In 1926 they separated from the association and


    considered as an independent body
    HISTORY OF PSW IN
    INDIA
    History of PSW in India
    • The history of psychiatric social work in India began with
    the establishment of child guidance clinics by sir Dorabji
    Tata Graduate School, Bombay in 1937.

    • 1938 a trained social worker was employed on a full time


    basis.
    History of PSW
    • 1948 Yerwada medical hospital appointed a psychiatric
    social worker.

    • 1948 BHORE committee recommended for the


    appointment of medical and psychiatric social workers.

    • 1950 JJ hospital in Bombay employed a psychiatric social


    worker.
    History of PSW
    • 1962 Delhi School of Social Work introduced
    specialization in psychiatric social work in the post
    graduate training in social work.

    • Training started @ NIMHANS National Institute of Mental


    Health and Neurological Sciences
    Nature of PSW
    PSW involves in supporting, providing therapy and coordinating
    care of individuals who are severely mentally ill and who require
    hospitalization or other types of intensive psychiatric help

    PSW complete a variety of tasks like:


    Psychosocial and risk assessments, individualized and group
    psychotherapy, crisis intervention and support, care coordination,
    and discharge planning services.
    Employed in:
    Emergency rooms to Intensive inpatient wards and in
    outpatient psychiatric clinics
    THANK YOU

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