Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Indu Sulanki ¹, Jai Prakash ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences, Kanke, Ranchi, IN

Abstract

Schizophrenia patients are unable to filter sensory stimuli and may have disturbed perceptions of sounds, colors and other features of the environment The aim of the present study was to see the efficacy of visual process tanning in the patients with schizophrenia. Based on purposive sampling technique 10 male patients with schizophrenia (diagnosed aczcordmg to ICD-10, DCR criteria) were selected. They were divided into two groups, five patients as experimental group and five patients as control group. Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test and Comprehensive Trail Making Test have been used. The experimental group was given Brainwave-R (visual processing module). Control group was given no remediation tanning. Findings of the present study revealed positive impact of visual process training in the experimental group of schizophrenia. It was concluded that visual process deficit persists in the patients with schizophrenia and visual process training is quite helpful in remediating this deficit.

Keywords

Schizophrenia, Visual Process Deficit, Visual Process Training.

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Amit Kumar ¹, Jai Prakash ²

Affiliations
1 Ashoka Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital and De-addiction Centre, Jalandhar, Punjab, IN
2 Department of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand, IN

Abstract

Speech ts the verbal means of communicating. Speech consists of articulation, voice and fluency. In mania speech is rapid and loud that is difficult to interrupt. In extreme cases speech may become so disorganized that it is incomprehensible. The present study aims at to compare the dysfunction in receptive and expressive speech in patients with Bipolar Affective Disorder, Mania and Single Episode Mama. The sample consists of 30 bipolar manic and 30 single episode manic patients selected from different wards of Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS) Kanke, Ranchi. Scales of receptive speech and expressive speech from Luria Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery were administered individually. The findings revealed that there is significant difference between two groups on both receptive and expressive speech scale. Patients with BAD (mania) showed more dysfunction in receptive speech and expressive speech in comparison to patients with single episode mania.

Keywords

Bipolar Affective Disorder, Mania, Receptive and Expressive Speech, Single Episode Mania.

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Jai Prakash ¹, Amrita Sahay ²

Affiliations
1 Psychologist, Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped,Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
2 National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Regional Centre, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

Problem behaviours of children win, intellectual disabilities is one of the stressor factors of their parents, as reported by them and it is observed that four to five times more in intellectual disabilities as compared to intellectually normal children. Therefore it is important for parent and professional to know what are the variables involved in the manifestation of problem behaviours. The socioeconomic status of their parents was one of the important factors in the manifestation of problem behaviour. This study was undertaken to find out prevalence in the perspective of gender, parental educational level and economic status of the different problem behaviours among children with intellectual disabilities. The present study sample consisted of 45 children with intellectual disabilities, registered in National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, General OPD Services (Andhra Pradesh). Behavioural Assessment Scales for Indian Children with Mental Retardation (BASIC-MR) Part-B questionnaire was used to identify problem behaviours. Findings suggested that parent's education affects the child's problem behaviour. Both male and female children showed hyperactive behaviour (53% and 55% respectively). In this study we found that hyperactive behaviour was more prevalent (38%) among professionally educated parents in comparison to less educated parents (22%). Violent and destructive behaviour was (30%) more observed among children of those parents involved in professional works. Temper tantrums and violent behaviour (50% and 32% respectively) were more common among those parents who belong to the high income group family. Temper tantrum behaviour was significantly different (4.36 at 0.05 levels) in respect to the seventy level of children with intellectual disability. Other behavioural domains were not found significant

Keywords

Socioeconomic Status, Behaviour Problem and Intellectual Disabilities.

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Swarnlata Kumari ¹, Jai Prakash ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health and Hospital, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, IN
2 Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, IN

Abstract

The study is an endeavor to evaluate and enumerate the level of psychological well being among spouses of individual with alcohol dependence syndrome and spouses of non alcoholic individuals. 150 consenting spouses age group 25-45, which include 100 spouses of individuals with alcohol dependence syndrome and 50 spouses of non alcoholic individuals diagnosed as per ICD- 10-DCR criteria were selected from OPD and IPD of Ranchi Institute of Neuro Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi. Result revealed that the psychological well being in the spouses of individuals with alcohol dependence syndrome were significant lower as compare with spouses of non alcoholic individuals. Conclusion: the finding of present study suggests that spouses of individuals with alcohol dependence have low psychological well being.

Keywords

Spouses of Individuals with Alcohol Dependence, Psychological Well-Being.

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Neelam Kumari ¹, Jai Prakash ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, IN

Abstract

The cognitive profile in schizophrenia is characterized by deficits across several domains, notably attention, memory and executive functions. The aspects of executive functions that are compromised in schizophrenia are the capacities for volitional activity, forward planning and self regulation. Therefore, cognitive enhancement interventions programs have been achieving importance and interest because they may provide direct benefits to patients with executive dysfunctions (Wykes et al., 2011). To see the effect of executive function rehabilitaton training on patients with schizophrenia. By using purposive sampling technique, 10 patients of schizophrenia were chosen according to ICD 10 DCR criteria and were divided randomly into two groups, experimental group and control group. Executive functioning was assessed among all the participants of experimental group as well as control group by using WCST. After baseline assessment, executive function rehabilitation training was provided to the experimental group using executive function module of Brainwave R series and after the training both the groups were assessed by using WCST. The patients with schizophrenia demonstrated improvement in various measures of WCST namely perseverative errors, percent perseverative errors, non perseverative errors, percent non perseverative errors, conceptual level responses, percent conceptual level responses and number of categories completed after they underwent executive function rehabilitation training.

Keywords

Executive Function, Schizophrema, WCST, Cognitive Rehabilitation.

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