Rehabilitation in psychiatry: A review

Pages: Pages: 799-802
Sushma Kumari (Department of Psychiatry, Pt. B. D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana)
Vikash Ranjan Sharma (Psychiatric Social Worker, State Institute of Mental Health, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana)
Deapti Mishra (Clinical Psychology, Postgraduate Institute of Behavioral and Medical Sciences, Raipur)
P. K. Chakraborty (Manipal Teaching Hospital Pokhara, Nepal)
Vinod Kumar (Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak)
Suman Sharma (Department of Medicine, PGIMER, Dr RML, New Delhi)

Rehabilitation occupies an important place in the world of psychiatry. Persons suffering from various mental disorders need proper rehabilitation to help them overcome there problems and to adjust as well as adapt to the needs of society. This becomes an important part of patient’s management and improving their quality of life. In the present paper we discuss in detail types of rehabilitation and its role in different psychiatric disorders.