Monday, March 25, 2013

Leena Khurana Day Care Centre





Leena Khurana Day Care Centre has a capacity of 40 persons. The main focus is on development of skills of the members to overcome their deficiencies in personal, social and vocational functioning and thereby rehabilitating and integrating them with family and society.

The training imparted includes arts & craft, yoga, music, vocal and instrumental music, dancing, , painting, computers, communication improvement, vocabulary building etc. The activities are conducted by visiting teachers, clinical staff and resident members.


Besides, members have interactive sessions and discussion groups which actively engage them. The members act as auxiliary therapists and influence each others’ behaviour and attitudes.

The Centre has a library where books, periodicals and newspaper can be read.

The Day Care Centre also has recreational and leisure activities which include video films, TV watching, listening to music, indoor and outdoor games, computer games etc. to help them in recovery process.
The facility has open spaces around main building which have been landscaped with green lawns having marble benches. The green spaces provide greater sense of community and relaxed atmosphere which are known to promote mental health.

Arrangements exist for to and fro transportation of members from 
Noida and Greater Noida to LKDCC.


For further details visit  Richmond Fellowship, Delhi Branch website
Contact Information:
Project Manager,
The Richmond Fellowship Society (India) Delhi Branch,
“Vishwas”,
30/3, Knowledge Park III,
Greater Noida -20103, U.P. ,
INDIA

Phone: +91-120-2323811
Mobile: +919717126009

email: rfsdelhi@gmail.com






MoU signed with Gautam Buddh University for training of students






Dr. K.M. Khuran, President, Richmond Fellowship, Delhi and Dr. K.P. Singh
Dean, Gautam Buddh University shaking hands after signing of MoU

Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between RFSI, Delhi Branch and Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida for training of   M.A. (Applied Psychology) / M.Phil. (Clinical Psychology)  students of Department of Psychology & Wellbeing, School of Humanities and Social Sciences of GBU at VISHWAS.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Annual Day 2013

Dr. Mohan Agashe
The Richmond Fellowship Society (India), Delhi Branch celebrated, Annual  Day on 24th February, 2013 at VISHWAS in Greater Noida. Padamshree Dr. Mohan Agashe, noted psychiatrist, stage and film Actor was Chief Guest.The members of VISHWAS presented a thoroughly entertaining programme consisting of songs, dance, jokes and poetry. The programme was anchored by Counsellor Anshika Pant.

The guests included psychiatrists, psychologists, Carers, social workers, Governing Council Members and many other well wishers of the Society.

Dr. K.M. Khurana, President, RFSI, Delhi Branch
In his speech, Dr. Krishan Mohan Khurana, President, Richmond Fellowship, Delhi Banch narrated how Delhi Branch was established in year 1999. He also emphasized need for greater involvement of families in rehabilitation of mental health patients at Halfway Homes.

Dr. Mohan Agashe narrated  first hand experience he had in Latur where he had gone as Prinicipal Investigator after devastating earthquake in 1994. He found that  the story of every person suffering from mental disorder was different  and therefore,  each person needed individual treatment. He believes that knowledge acquired from Psychiatry text books is not sufficient. Real knowledge about mental health comes from seeing and active listening to the persons suffering from mental health problems.
Dr. Agashe mentioned that, in urban areas, joint families are increasingly being replaced by nuclear families.  Mental health problems are multiplying since emotional and mental support system is missing in nuclear families.