courses to sensitise the nursing staff and attendants about treatment and care
of mentally ill persons. Psychiatric training may be imparted to nurses by creating
in-house training facilities. The proposal of deputing staff nurses for psychiatric
orientation at NIMHANS, Bangalore may be put into action without any further
delay. A proper programme should be chalked out to impart functional literacy to
sanitary workers and patients who are non-literate and non-numerate.
Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Shahdara
(13th August, 2010)
In the Department of Psychiatry there were 100 sanctioned posts, of these 54
were filled up and 46 were vacant. The sanctioned posts included Professors 3, Additional professors - 4, Associate professors - 8, Assistant professors - 15,
Senior resident - 26 and Junior resident – 44. The 54 incumbents in position were
Professors - 2, Additional professors - 1, Associate professors - 5, Assistant
professors - 4, Senior resident - 18 and Junior residents – 24. In the Department
of Clinical Psychology, there were 28 sanctioned posts of Pofessors - 1,
Additional professors - 1, Associate professors - 1, Assistant professors - 3,
Clinical psychologist - 10, Occupational therapist – 6, Occupational therapist
attendant - 4, Psycho-clinic-cum lab assistant – 2. The 21 filled up posts included
Professors -01, Additional professors - Nil, Associate professors - 1, Assistant
professors - 2, Clinical psychologist - 10, Occupational therapist - 2, Occupational
therapist attendant - 3, Psycho-clinic-cum lab assistant - 2 and 7 sanctioned
posts were vacant. In the Department of Psychiatric Social Workers against 14
sanctioned posts of Professors - 1, Additional professors - 1, Associate professors
- 2, and Psychiatric social workers - 10, the 11 members of staff in position were
Professors - 1, Additional professors - Nil, Associate professors - 2, and
Psychiatric social workers - 8 and 3 posts were vacant.
The large number of vacant posts could be attributed to poor scale of pay and
better options available elsewhere; the acute shortage of professionals in all the
3 cadres; and the non-pensionable nature of jobs.
IHBAS had become a centre of excellence in academic and research activities
covering PG courses in Psychiatry including MD and DNB; and PG courses in
Clinical Psychology and Neurology; Research projects undertaken with the help
of international and national funding agencies like WHO, ICMR, IEA and CSIR;
Conferences/Symposia/Workshops attended, papers presented and published;
and books and other publications brought out by the Deptt. of Psychiatry, Clinical
Psychology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Neuro Chemistry, Epidemiology, Medical
Anthropology, Radiology, Neuro-anaesthesia.
During the period between 1997 and 2003, out of 18 candidates enrolled for DNB
14 had completed the course and 17 candidates enrolled for MD Psychiatry from
2003 onwards 7 had completed and 4 candidates were under training. In Clinical
Psychology, 60 candidates had completed their PG courses and 30 students
were trained. In case of Neurology, 3 candidates had completed their PG courses
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