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Established
in
1817,
Institute
of
Psychiatry,
Kolkata
is
the
third
oldest
surviving
mental
hospital
in
the
country
and
has
a
glorious
past
of
caring
for
persons
with
psychiatric
illness
for
almost
two
centuries.IOP
has
played
a
significant
role
in
training
mental
health
professionals
from
1989,
when
it
was
designated
as
the
training
&
research
wing
for
Psychiatry,
of
the
Institute
of
Postgraduate
Medical
Education
&
Research,
Kolkata.
Thus
IOP
enjoys
the
hybrid
status
of
being
a
mental
hospital,
which
also
functions
as
the
general
hospital
psychiatry
setup
of
a
tertiary
postgraduate
medical
training
institute.In
2009,
IOP
was
chosen
as
a
Centre
of
Excellence
in
Mental
Health,
under
the
aegis
of
the
National
Mental
Health
Program
(NMHP)
of
Government
of
India,
underscoring
its
active
efforts
to
upgrade
and
develop
modern
facilities
for
mental
health
here.
New
departments
of
Clinical
Psychology,
Psychiatric
Social
Work
(PSW)
and
Psychiatric
Nursing,
are
functional
under
the
NMHP
project,
so
that
multi-disciplinary,
holistic
care
may
be
available
for
our
patients.
New
courses
of
M.Phil
in
Clinical
Psychology
and
PSW
have
been
started
as
part
of
our
endeavour
to
train
personnel
to
provide
treatment
in
a
bio-psycho-social
framework.
Research
is
an
integral
part
of
any
academic
institution.
Psychiatric
research
is
an
area
of
high
priority
as
it
is
one
of
the
most
active
area
of
research
in
medical
science.
Service
delivery,
prevalence
and
bio-psycho-social
model
of
disease
is
being
actively
explored.
Institute
of
psychiatry
started
a
new
department
of
βPsychiatric
Epidemiologyβ
which
is
only
second
after
NIMHANS,
Bangalore.
Our
mission
at
IOP
is
to
cater
to
various
aspects
of
mental
health
needs
of
the
populace.
We
aim
to
decrease
the
burden
of
mental
illness
through
humane
treatment
of
patients,
through
development
of
an
efficient
and
compassionate
manpower,
and
through
research
that
takes
into
consideration
the
societal
responsibilities
of
a
developing
nation
like
ours.
We
hope
that
this
interactive
portal
will
be
a
vital
link
of
communication
between
any
individual
who
either
needs
any
professional
assistance
for
emotional
or
behavioural
problems
or
is
interested
in
mental
health,
on
one
hand,
and
our
faculty
and
staff
on
the
other
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