Case Series · pages 359–362
Chronic Institutionalization in Mental Illnesses and Acquired Institutional Syndrome: A Case Series
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Pankaj Kumar Verma, Tahoora Ali, Alisha Arya, Suprakash Chaudhury. Chronic Institutionalization in Mental Illnesses and Acquired Institutional Syndrome: A Case Series. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2022;35(4):359–362.
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Chronic psychiatric institutionalization in severe mental illnesses may result in institutional syndrome in the chronic psychiatric patients which are characterized by dependency upon an institutional care system and manifestation of anxiety and persistent unwillingness at the timeof discharge process being initiated. These condition(s) contribute to increasing cost of caring for chronic psychiatric patients and pressing encumbrance upon the Institution. In the present case series, seven chronic psychiatric cases were subjectively studied regarding their stay in psychiatric institution and their attitude towards discharge.
Keywords
Chronic Institutionalism, Institutional Syndrome, Chronic psychiatric disorders 1Psychiatric Social Worker, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand. 2Junior Resident, 3Prof & HOD