Outreach Camps

The Fellowship is organizing camps in Delhi and neighbouring states for people who have no access to mental health services. Psychiatric consultation and medicines are given free.

Creation of public awareness about mental health problems, training of mental health workers, establishment of referral system and formation of support groups are included in the programme.

The Outreach Camps are being held at Primary health Centre, Najafgarh in Delhi and Hero Motocorp, Dharuhera.

Day Care Centre

Leena Khurana Day Care Centre is located in Vishwas. It comprises activity hall, library, computer room and recreation room.

The centre has a comprehensive programme of activities designed to help members. The focus is on development of social and practical skills to overcome their limitations in their personal, social and vocational functioning. The aim is to integrate them gradually into the society through work and other activities. The programme includes:

• Individual and Group Psychotherapy
• Yoga
• Music
• Dance
• Computer training
• Art Therapy
• Movement Therapy
• Involvement in community meetings
  

Mental Health Facts

• As per World Health Organization 450 million people worldwide are affected by mental, neurological or behavioural problems at any time. It is estimated that 10 million Indians suffer from Mental Health problems.

• People with Mental disorders are often subjected to social isolation, poor quality of life and increased mortality. These disorders are the cause of staggering economic and social costs.

• Cost-effective treatments exist for most disorders and, if correctly applied, could enable most of those affected to become functioning members of society.

• Barriers to effective treatment of mental illness include lack of recognition of the seriousness of mental illness and lack of understanding about the benefits of services.

• Policy makers, health and labour policies, and the public at large –all discriminate between physical and mental health problems.

Halfway Home

About Halfway Home

The Richmond Fellowship’s Halfway Home “Vishwas” in Greater Noida offers residential care for both male and female members suffering from Schizophenia. The normal period of stay for members at Halfway Home is 18 months.

The Halfway Home building has a capacity to accomodate 20 residents. It has bedrooms, lobbies, dining hall, recreation room, activity hall,counselling room, computer room, library, staff room, kitchen and 3 lawns.

Rehabilitation

The Fellowship follows therapeutic community approach for rehabilitation.The members live in Halfway Home duly supervised by professional staff. The structured rehabilitation programme assists residents in learning/regaining skills which include personal hygiene, housekeeping, taking medicines without prompting, participation in various activities, involvement in running of house such as maintenance of library, keeping records of office and planning menu for the mess. This improves their community living skills which help them to lead life with minimal assistance from their families/carers.

Recreation & Leisure

The residents also attend hobby classes, play indoor and outdoor games, participate in leisure activities like reading books and periodicals in library, listening to music and watching Television. They are also taken outdoors regularly for recreation such as picnics, movies and lunch in restaurants. Functions are organized at Vishwas in which the inmates participate actively.

Counselling

Therapeutic services are provided by a team of committed and caring mental health counsellors from the field of social work and psychology. The counsellors help members make informed decisions about themselves. They also keep client records for providing information to carers and the psychiatrist who is treating the client.