Psycho-Geriatric Unit

Date established: 1998

Main Objective:

The aim of Psycho-Geriatric Unit is to provide comprehensive mental healthcare for the elderly client particularly those suffering from dementia.

Services Offered:

 Comprehensive inward psycho-geriatric care.

 Management of all psychiatric emergencies

 Outpatient services via Psycho-Geriatric Clinic, NHSL.

 Community-based clinics in Modara.

 Comprehensive geriatric assessment per client in a multi-team approach.

 Coordination of referrals to other specialties.

 Transfer of clients to other hospitals for interventions and/or referrals.

 Rehabilitative activities such as occupational therapy and reminiscence therapy.

 Management of psycho-social factors via community centric programmes.

 Awareness programmes in public areas and via holistic care programme via Geriatric Association,

 Training of in-house staff, visiting medical, nursing, and allied health students in management of psycho-geriatric clients.

 State of the art lecture hall facilities and library relevant to psycho-geriatric care.

Date established: 2015

Main Objective:

The main aim of Adolescent Psychiatry Unit is to provide comprehensive psychiatric care in a safe environment for clients between 12-18 years.

Services Offered:

 Outpatient management of adolescents via Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, NIMH

 Comprehensive inward psychiatric care for adolescent clients.

 Management of all adolescent related psychiatric emergencies.

 Coordination of referrals to other specialties.

 Transfer of clients to other hospitals for interventions and/or referrals.

 Rehabilitative activities.

 Management of psycho-social factors via community centric programmes.

 Training of in-house staff, visiting medical, nursing, and allied health students in management of adolescent ill clients.

Date established: 2007

Main Objective:

The aim of the Long-Term Ward 22 is to engage in long term rehabilitation in those clients who are unable to be rehabilitated in an intermediate setting and those who have been successfully rehabilitated in the intermediate setting but have not found social placement yet

Services Offered:

 Provide homely environment to long term clients

 Coordination of referrals to other specialties if necessary

 Rehabilitative activities via activities of daily living, spirituality & meditation training, vocational skills training, social skills training, communication skills training, housekeeping training, cookery training, art therapy, music therapy and money management training focusing on income generation.

 Horticulture therapy.

 Reintegration into society by placement of clients in job opportunities.

 Management of psycho-social factors via community centric programmes.

 Training of in-house staff, visiting medical, nursing and allied health students in psycho-social rehabilitation of clients.

Villa(s)

Date established: 1926

Main Objective:

The aim of the Villas is to engage in paid long-term rehabilitation in those clients who are unable to be rehabilitated in an intermediate setting and have not yet found social placement.

Services Offered:

 Provide homely environment to clients.

 Coordination of referrals to other specialties if necessary.

 Rehabilitative activities via activities of daily living, spirituality, communication skills training, occupational therapy, music therapy, & art therapy.

Date established: 2007. The 1st ever in South-East Asia.

Main Objective:

The main aim of Perinatal Psychiatry Unit is to provide specialized care for women who develop psychiatric illness in and around the pregnancy or following childbirth.

Services Offered:

 Comprehensive inward psychiatric care for pregnant and post-partum clients.

 Management of all pregnancy and post-partum related psychiatric emergencies.

 Facilities for baby & bystander to stay with mother.

 Provision of rehabilitative activities.

 Management of psycho-social factors via community centric programmes.

 Training of in-house staff, visiting medical, nursing, and allied health students in management of pregnant and post-partum clients.

Date established: 2022

Main Objective:

The main aim of Neurotic Diseases Treatment Unit is To identify specific substance related disorders admitted to acute wards and provide initial detoxification and necessary treatments.

Services Offered:

 Comprehensive inward psychiatric care for neurotic cases.

 Manage first episode psychosis

 Manage clients with high risk of suicide, violence, homicide and absconding ottring close observation

Date established: 1940s

Main Objective:

The main aim of ECT Unit is to provide quality electroconvulsive therapy for all outpatient and inpatient clients at NIMH.

Services Offered:

 Comprehensive ECT care for clients from managing Pre-ECT assessment to Post-ECT recovery.

 Management of emergencies relating to ECT.

 Dedicated card-based system for equitable distribution of ECT for all clients.

Date Established: 2020

Main Objective:

The main aim of Mental health Covid-19 Treatment Units are provide standard Covid19 management and psychiatric management for covid-19 positive psychiatric patients.

Service Offered:

 Provide medical treatment and psychiatric management

 Provide patients safety environment

 Close monitoring of patients

 Promote recreational activities for patients

 Provide health education

 Coordinate to promote facilities to get done ECG and other essential procedures

Date established: 2011

Main Objective:

The main aim of Isolation Unit is to prevent the spread of communicable disease among clients by isolating diagnosed/suspected infected patients in a secure environment.

Services Offered:

 Comprehensive isolation care for infected clients.

 Protective isolation for severely immunocompromised patients.

 Source isolation to confine the infectious agent and prevent it’s spread.

 Training of in-house staff, visiting medical, nursing and allied health students in management of isolated clients.

Date of established: 2022.05.04

Main Objective:

The main aim of Substance Misuse Treatment Unit is to identify specific substance related disorders admitted to acute wards and provide initial detoxification and necessary treatments.

Services Offered:

 To provide patient friendly environment, which helps to keep them inservice.

 To establishing internal guidelines to treat substance related disorders.

 To establishing long term treatment and follow up care plan for thepatients in the future.

 To create a flat form to carry out teaching programs regardingsubstance related disorders.

 To carry out researches and audits regarding substance relateddisorders.

 To receive accreditation for the substance treatment unit as a teachingcenter for addiction psychiatry.

Date established: 2005

Main Objective:

The main aim of Medical Ward is to provide specialized medical care to the inward psychiatric clients with co-morbidities.

Services Offered:

 Outpatient medical management of clients via Medical Clinic, NIMH

 Comprehensive medical care for admitted clients.

 Coordination of medical referrals of psychiatric units.

 Coordination of transfers of clients to Tertiary Care Hospitals for specialized management.

 Management of medical problems of clients admitted to High Dependency Unit in Ward 20.

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Date established: 1950s

Main Objective:

The Aim of the Occupational therapy Unit is to provide an occupational therapy service to get maximum functional level of clients, for independent them in society

Services Offered:

 Provide relevant assessments regarding clients’ needs via: o Functional Assessments o Cognitive Assessments o Skill Assessments

 Engaging clients in therapeutic activities

 Conduct Group therapy sessions: o Social skills training o Life skills training o Anger management training o Activities of daily living training o Creative Writing o Drama therapy o Art therapy o Music therapy o Reminiscence therapy

 Treatments for physical impairments (making splints & adaptations)

 Job Oriented skill training

Highlights:

 Continued “Sewana Fair” at NIMH

 Reopened Communication & Sales Centre as a supported employment for clients

Date established: 15th March 2017

Main Objective:

The aim of Rehabilitation Centre is to improve clients’ lost skills with special attention for vocational training targeting employment to produce a productive individual Services Offered:

 Rehabilitation process is carried out in 4 levels o Level 1 – to improve basic activities of daily living o Level 2 – to improve extended activities of daily living o Level 3 – for vocational training (in addition; NAITA training center is functioning for Computer application assistant, Handcraft, Tailoring, Pastry and Baker) o Level 4 - to facilitate social re integration and employment

 A MOU signed between NAITA and NIMH regarding psychosocial rehabilitation of clients. Renewing the cooperation between the two state entities 22.10.2022

 Community rehabilitation programme at Rajasinghe Vidyalaya,Col.08 was done by rehab group in with objective of improving mental and social wellbeing of teenage students in community.

 Community visits were made to AGA office Kolonnawa, and community center Kolonnawa with the objective of improving mental well being of families living close by and to introduce carrier options.

 Rehabilitation team conducted a rehabilitation training programme for clinical groups from Rathnapura and Kalawana.

 The programme consists of a lecture on rehabilitation services and visits to different unit such as Nimhewana cafe,pathum piyasa,NAITA training class rooms,Navodaya DRC.

 Hilton and NIMH combined sales project was conducted this year