METHODOLOGY

Main aim of this current study was to evaluate the impact of social work intervention module on

The current study assessed the relationship between the care giving variables and the intervention provided to the participants. It also assessed the outcome of the intervention provided to the participants. Psychotherapy aims at allevating distress, burden and pain that fills the cognition, emotions, and behaviour of an individual. The current syudy used the traditional psychotherapy refering to psychological approaches to interven the distress, burden and pain of an individual. Thus, client-centered approach was the prime aproach to design the intervention module for the caregivers. Caregivers deal and experience with the inabilities, cognitive delays, and limited interpersonal responses of the mentally ill in the family. In addition to these, caregivers have to continuously deal with the oppressive burden of societal stigma, alongwith managing the conditions of the mentally ill, caregivers have to fulfill double or more responsibilities for the household. These longlasting and chronic stressful condition leads to piling of emotional distress, negative self-evaluation, anxiety, low stress tolerance, poor coping strategies, poor problem solving skills, and dysfunctional interpersonal habits. In India there is a huge amount of people suffering with severe psychiatric disorders and thus, a larger number of family caregivers are there spending significant amount of their daily life on them. To help these caregivers take better care of their loved ones it is important that caregiver’s psychological and social wellbeing is taken into consideration.

The Ethics committee of the institute granted permission to conduct research on an ethical basis. Study was conducted at department of Center of Excellence in Mental Health, AtalBihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi.

Two stages of sampling were employed: in the first, participants (after screening) were chosen on purposively, and in the second, experimental and control groups were created using a systematic random sampling. Inpatient and outpatient department (OPD) were used for the selection of participants. Thirty subjects in total were recruited, along with their spouses. Before receiving written consent, they were informed about the study’s objectives and procedure. Total 30 caregivers of individual with Schizophrenia and Bipolar affective disorders were included in the study according to ICD-10.

Social Work Intervention Module