Psychiatric Day Care

Tel: 486-3097 or 493-0051 Ext. 3097, 3090

Psychiatric Day Care Service provides Occupational Therapy (OT) programme for patients admitted in the psychiatry ward and those referred from outpatient services. Outside referrals are also accepted. OT rehabilitates the patient for a better adjustment in his/her family and for making him/her a functional and productive member of society. The patient's participation is directed through selected tasks to restore, reinforce and enhance his/her performance. It facilitates the skills and functions essential for adaptation and productivity, and for promoting and maintaining health. The fundamental aim is to develop the capacity to perform with satisfaction the tasks and roles essential to productive living and mastery of self and one's environment.

The objectives of OT, as a part of psychiatric rehabilitation, are to provide opportunities to patients to have meaningful contacts with persons and groups in the community; develop acceptable work habits, skills and work tolerance; explore and experience interaction with authority figures and develop collaborative working relationships with peers; assess the capacity to accept instructions, criticism, failure and success; help patients become aware of both their strengths and limitations; help patients develop a vocational interest that may facilitate social relationships and improve self-image.

Contacts
Dr Murad Moosa Khan
Consultant Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry

Aniqa Saeed
Occupational Therapist
Department of Psychiatry