Facilities include:
· Pharmacotherapy
· Counselling and psychotherapy
· Behaviour therapy
· Electro-Convulsive therapy (ECT)
· In-patient care

The Department also runs several sub-specialty services that cater to the needs of the large multiethnic community.

General Psychiatric Clinics
A wide range of psychiatric disorders are treated by employing a broad based eclectic approach with therapies tailored to the needs of individual patients.

The laboratory and radio -imaging departments facilitate the accurate diagnosis of neuropsychiatric, psychophysiologic and geriatric disorders. Therapeutic drug monitoring further enables the use of the latest biological methods of treatment for psychiatric disorders.

Psychotherapeutic Services
A variety of therapeutic approaches are employed to assist patients - short term psychodynamic therapy, behaviour modification therapies, cognitive behaviour therapy and relaxation therapies including yoga techniques. All stress related conditions, psychosomatic disorders, substance abuse and dependence problems, marital disharmony, depression, anxiety, chronic pain syndromes and psychological problems associated with chronic physical illness are effectively managed in this clinic, often without any adjuvant medications.


Child and Family Psychiatry
These services are run by a senior consultant with twenty years of experience in child and adolescent psychiatry. Assessment and management of neurodevelopmental problems, emotional and behavioural problems of childhood, speech and language disorders and physical disorders such as bedwetting, soiling, non-organic pain in abdomen and headache, school refusal, over-activity, attention and concentration problems of slow learners, scholastic backwardness and specific learning disabilities are routinely available. Specific psychological tests for children, individual therapy for children, parental counselling, training in parenting skills and home based programs for management of several behavioural, emotional and developmental disorders including autism spectrum disorders are provided. Children with general and specific developmental delays receive comprehensive assessment, developmental counselling and remediation.

Services for Adolescents
A large number of adolescents with special needs are being seen in the services for adolescents run by the department. Individual therapy for adolescent adjustment problems or persisting emotional disturbance in adolescence, problems with academic and goal orientation, relationships problems and adolescent conflicts, behaviour dyscontrol and impulsivity, are being applied with success. In addition, psychological testing and educational career guidance are offered for adolescents.

Acute Psychiatry and In-patient service
Offers emergency psychiatric evaluation and treatment including crisis intervention and crisis resolution to individuals experiencing an episode of psychiatric illness or trauma. The in-patient division utilizes focal treatment planning to address the individual's need for hospitalization. Active discharge planning provides carefully organized transition from hospital to community reintegration.