Services for Enhanced Recovery with Intensive and Continued Engagement (SERWICE): An outpatient psychiatric rehabilitation model from India

摘要

The long-term outcome of patients with psychiatric disorders is likely to be better with rehabilitation inputs (DeSisto et al., 1995). In India, there is paucity of psychiatric rehabilitation facilities. Formal rehabilitation settings are lacking in most teaching institutes too, and hence, postgraduate trainees in psychiatry lack training in psychiatric rehabilitation. In this context, a specialized service 'Services for Enhanced Recovery with Intensive and Continued Engagement (SERWICE)' was conceptualized to provide (a) an outpatient, family-assisted, comprehensive rehabilitation for patients with severe mental disorders and (b) much-needed training for trainees in psychiatric rehabilitation. SERWICE is being run at the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore over the last 3 years.