activities were organized in the male Occupational Therapy unit. Patients had been participating actively in games like musical chairs, passing the parcel and different types of one minute games. IPHB had been holding various competitions like fancy dress, drawing, singing and rangoli during festivals and mental health week. Festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, Christmas and Institute Day were celebrated with active participation of patients. Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry & Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi (27th to 29th January, 2010 and 24th to 26th February, 2011) The RINPAS like IHBAS, Shahdara Delhi had been taking out male and female patients along with officers, students and staff posted in different wards for picnics. This provided good outing and relaxation and rejuvenation to the dampened spirits of inmates. The patients were encouraged to participate in celebrating Independence Day, Republic Day, Durga Puja and in other fairs and exhibitions. They also participated in the annual sports day. The television sets and indoor games had been provided in both male and female wards and some outdoor games were also available for inmates. The Medical Officer (Psychiatrist) was conducting yoga therapy sessions including relaxation, physical exercises, and pranayama in yoga therapy unit for 20 to 25 manageable male and female patients for one and half hour. Each patient had been attending seven sessions. Patients attending yogic exercises regularly were given a chart to follow at the time of their discharge from RINPAS. Gwalior Mansik Arogyashala (GMA), Gwalior (2nd to 4th February, 2009, 21st to 24th February, 2010 and 29th January to 1st February, 2011) GMA had been organizing recreational and cultural activities regularly in respective wards and had made a provision of Yoga, pranayam, meditation and prayer facilities for the inpatients. The inmates participated in national festivals and also took part in cultural activities. The GMA had appointed two gardeners to look after greenery of the surrounding. Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Cuttack (4th and 5th July, 2011) IMH had no leisure-cum-recreation room for Inpatients with facilities for indoor games; Prayer-cum-meditation-cum-yoga-cum-pranayam room. Mental Hospital (MH), Varanasi (5th July, 2010) The recreational avenues for the inmates included volley ball, carom and chess. These avenues had to be consistent with lock up timings. There was no park inside the hospital where inmates can sit with their relatives and relax in the evening hours. Care and Treatment in Mental Health Institutions– Some Glimpses in the Recent Period 103