Treatment of Psychiatry

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Drugs can be used effectively in the treatment of depression and other major psychiatric disorders. Electroconvulsive (ECT) treatment and detention in a secure hospital are now much less common.

Community care sets out to provide treatment outside hospital whenever this is feasible and safe. It aims to provide services as close as possible to a patient's home and to involve the family and appropriate voluntary organisations in helping.

The main carers are family members and friends, and they require adequate support. It is also important for patients to be regularly reassessed, and to put measures in place to ensure that the patients' co-operation is maintained. Community nurses are responsible for supervising medication. Social workers are also involved in the general management. Occupational therapists are also often involved in care in the community.

Community care involves ensuring suitable accommodation and feeding. Many patients live at home, but some live as lodgers with other families, or in hostels or group homes. Hostels can provide a higher level of supervision and help.

Psychiatric therapy may take a variety of forms. These include individual interviewing and counselling, group therapy, family therapy, drama therapy and so on.

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