Department Of Psychiatry

Overview

The Department of Behavioural Science and Mental Health of Sahyadri Hospital contains a team of highly experienced professionals who have worked in this field for a long time. We provide an effective de-addiction solution to people dealing with alcohol addiction and other types of substance abuse. In addition, we also take care of developmental disorders, learning and scholastic difficulties, and emotional conditions in children.

Our Department specializes in mental health problems, including mood disorders, depression, anxiety problems, sleep difficulty, cognitive disorders, etc., and suggests treatment accordingly. We focus on psychological well-being, emotional satisfaction, and occupational functioning. Apart from this, we also educate our patients about managing relationships, stressful situations, and the ability to make decisions to improve the effects of their mental health.  

Quick Facts To Read Under Psychiatry

We provide solutions to in-patients and successfully create an environment that promotes hope and trust in patients, their families, and the community.  

Mental illness covers a wide range of conditions ranging from depression, eating disorders, schizophrenia, OCD, ADHD, anxiety to addiction.

Many healthy people also suffer from an overall change in personality, behaviour, and mood. They go through different phases from day to day, and depending on the circumstances they go through, we plan their treatment. The changes can be roughly divided into the following categories:

• Confusion or delirium

These mental problems refer to a disturbance in the conscious mind. People suffering from such conditions are often less aware of the environment and feel tired and sluggish. Moreover, they usually need to be made aware of what is happening in their environment, where they are, or what day it is.

• Hallucination

Hallucination is when people start seeing, hearing, feeling, or tasting things that are not there. They perceive things from their senses that are not really present in the real world. Moreover, in this type of disease, any reason can be involved. Also, people may or may not develop this disease from mental illness, like some of the cases were a result of neurological disorders.

• Delusion

Delusions are false beliefs that people hold onto despite knowing the contrary situation. In some cases, delusion is based on a misinterpretation of actual experience. For example, a person thinks someone is following him, while some people believe the write-up of the particular song lyric was specifically for him/her. However, some beliefs are believable and hard to identify as delusions. For example, a person thinks his co-workers will sabotage his work, which is possible in real life but not entirely true. 

• Disorganised speech

Disorganised speech refers to speech that has no logical connection between the thoughts. The person may jump from one subject to another without completing any particular subject in full. The subject can also be unrelated or contain just rambling words coming out of the mouth that do not make any sense. The answers you get from these patients will often be irrelevant and illogical. However, disorganised does not cover the area of intentional rude, mysterious, and humorous behaviour.

• Disorganised behaviour

Disorganised behaviour includes some unusual things performed by people in public, like undressing themselves, shouting, masturbating in public, and swearing for no reason at all. These patients are often unable to behave normally in public. People with this problem may also have issues carrying out their daily work, like making food, maintaining hygiene, etc.

• Extreme moods

Extreme moods mean the person is not able to control their rage and outbursts. It also includes depression, periods of mania, and either little emotion or no emotions at all. 

Some of the conditions of depression and anxiety may overlap, but they may differ in some symptoms. For example, in anxiety, you feel restlessness, unable to focus, constant fear, excess sweating, tiredness, insomnia, muscle aches, and appetite change.

While in depression, the patient feels worthless, full of guilt, constant irritation, back pain, headaches, loss of appetite, complete isolation, starts having suicidal thoughts, and feeling on edge.

Our highly skilled doctors help this patient by first diagnosing them whether they suffer from anxiety or depression. They will ask questions relating to medical history and situations that trigger the patient and perform some physical examination.  

However, if nothing fruitful comes out of the preliminary result, we will recommend you take the help of a psychologist, psychiatrist, etc., for proper diagnosis. Then, depending on your symptoms and condition, our doctors will design an individualized treatment plan for you.

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