LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIAL WORK
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
CE 05
SW 4973 - PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORK
Date & Time: 20/04/2007 / 9:00 - 12:00
Dept. No.
Section A
Answer All Questions
Answer to each question should not exceed 50 words
Max. : 100 Marks
(10 X 2 = 20)
1. Give a definition for Psychiatric Social Work. Mention four problems Psychiatric
Social Workers face in India.
2. Give four suggestions for Psychiatric Social Workers to enhance their status in
Mental Health Teams.
3. Mention four major differences in the problems a person with Disability due to
Mental Illness experiences and the problems experienced by persons with other
types of Disability.
4. Give four practical suggestions to improve the functioning of the Psychiatry
Department in Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai.
5. What are the main differences between Occupational Therapy and Industrial
Therapy?
6. What is the difference between “Clinical Diagnosis” and “Social Diagnosis”?
7. Explain the purpose of a “Half-way Home”.
8. Mention the eight steps in the Rehabilitation of chronic psychiatric patients.
9. Mention four special functions of the Psychiatric Social Worker in a Child
Guidance clinic.
10. Mention four special functions of the Psychiatric Social Worker in a Geriatric
Clinic.
Section B
Answer any FOUR Questions
(4 X 10 = 40)
Answer to each question should not exceed 300 words
11. Discuss the following Models of Mental Health and Mental Illness:
(a) Medical Model; (b) Behavioural Model.
12. Discuss the process of “Crisis Intervention”.
13. Discuss the theory and practice of Family Therapy.
14. Discuss the theory and practice of Group Therapy.
15. What is Day Hospital Treatment? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of
Day Hospital Treatment.
Section C
Answer any TWO Questions
(2 X 20 = 40)
Answer to each question should not exceed 600 words
16. Discuss the Problem Solving Approach in Social Case Work. Give an example
from your Field Work experience.
17. (a) Explain the characteristics of a “Total Institution”. Describe the behaviour of
the patients in Institute of Mental Health, Chennai, during your Observation Visit.
(b) What is “Therapeutic Community Approach”?
18. Discuss the Levels of Prevention in Community Psychiatry.
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