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scrutinising facilities: Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam (right) at the new psychiatric outpatient ward at the Stanley hospital in Chennai on Monday. Health Secretary V.K. Subburaj is in the picture. CHENNAI: Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam inaugurated a psychiatric outpatient ward at the Stanley Medical College and Hospital on Monday. The clinic will help to invite public with psychiatric complaints who are reluctant to go to the Institute of Mental Health for fear of stigma, Mr. Panneerselvam said. The demand for psychiatrists was high; it was bound to exceed the demand for any other specialisation in the next 10 years. The new outpatient ward would be open six days a week, specialising in different psychiatric disorders and offering its services free of cost, Stanley Medical College Dean J. Mohanasundaram said. Specialised clinicsThe week would begin with a specialised alcohol and de-addiction clinic on Monday, followed by a crisis intervention clinic on Tuesday, a sex and marriage clinic on Wednesday, a clinic to treat obsessive compulsive disorders on Thursday, geriatric and memory clinic on Friday and an adolescent clinic on Saturday. According to M. Thirunavukkarasu, Head, Psychiatry Department, people were encouraged to come in with any complaint, including suicidal instincts, mood-related disorders, conduct and character disorders, drug and substance addiction. Drugs, counselling and psychotherapy would be provided, depending on the requirement of the case. He urged the Minister to sanction two more assistant professors and social workers to run the ward effectively. V.K. Subburaj, Principal Secretary, Health, said the government was committed to starting such outpatient units in eight medical college hospitals at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh. The District Mental Health Programme was being implemented in 16 districts, and the State had won appreciation from the Centre for its programme. If more psychiatric outpatient clinics were opened in general hospitals, they would facilitate early detection and treatment of mental illness. Mr. Panneerselvam honoured former professors of the Stanley Medical College, including O. Somasundaram, R. Ponnudurai, Gowri Shankar and R. Satianathan. Deputy Superintendent of the hospital P. Dileepan and Vice-Principal A. Sundaram spoke.
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