Papers by Amool Ranjan Singh
The Qualitative Report
This study was aimed at giving voice to the experiences of four people suffering from obsessive c... more This study was aimed at giving voice to the experiences of four people suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Five in-depth interviews were conducted on each individual constructing themselves in the light of their own experiences. A “case study approach” was chosen as the suitable method to go in depth into the information and “thematic content analysis” was used as the method of analysis. The life stories of these individuals were reconstructed in terms of themes, and recurring themes were further explored and elucidated and linked with literature. This study helps in reaching the depths of life experiences of individuals suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder and how it affects their life in the domains of family, interpersonal relationships, occupation and self- concept. The main themes identified were that of “Connection vs. Disconnection,” “Feeling of Guilt,” and “Authenticity” as particularly important areas for clinical practice and future research.
International journal of research and review, Jan 21, 2022
Aims: To Assess and Compare the marital adjustment among alcohol dependent cases and normal contr... more Aims: To Assess and Compare the marital adjustment among alcohol dependent cases and normal control. Methods: The present study was a crosssectional hospital-based study conducted in the inpatient's department of Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatric and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi. A total of 60 participants were taken for the present study in which 30 participants were alcohol dependent patients diagnosed as per ICD-10 DCR (WHO,1992) criterion and 30 participants were individuals without alcohol abuse taken as normal controls. A purposive sampling technique was used for sample selection. Both the groups were evaluated using a socio-demographic datasheet and Marital Adjustment Questionnaire. Results and Conclusion: Present study findings revealed that individuals with alcohol dependence have poor Marital Adjustment in respect of the sexual, social, and in emotional area than normal control.
Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science, 2022
Background: Globally, Yoga is known as the wealth of India, the most oldest and powerful interven... more Background: Globally, Yoga is known as the wealth of India, the most oldest and powerful interventional method to develop healthy physical, mental/psychological, and spiritual up liftmen. Aim: The present study’s aim is to see the role of yogic practices in enhancing psychological well-being among adolescent girl students. Methodology: A total of 60 unmarried adolescent girls were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, between the age group 13-15 years and randomly divided into 02 groups (30-30 in experimental and control group). A Checklist for Psychological well-being prepared by the researcher at RINPAS has been used to assess adolescents’ psychological well-being. All participants were assessed at the beginning (pre) and after 03 months (post). The experimental group received a structured yogic intervention program (techniques included Surya-Namaskara, Pranayama, and Yoga-Nidra; 24 sessions). Result: Result has found significant changes on experimental group par...
The Qualitative Report, Jun 10, 2015
There are various quantitative studies have been conducted both nationally as well as internation... more There are various quantitative studies have been conducted both nationally as well as internationally that revealed the effectiveness of social skills training in schizophrenia. However, very few qualitative studies have been conducted to measure the relevance of social skills training in schizophrenia. The present study investigated the effectiveness of six months social skills training program with 5 inpatients chronic schizophrenia, conducted for one and half an hour in a week. Employing phenomenological approach, psychosocial assessment was done on the basis of interviews, observations, role-plays, and work assignments, which was analyzed using Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen Method of phenomenology. The social skills training resulted in decreasing social anxiety and enhancing social functioning as maintaining personal hygiene, significant gain in adherence to medications, making request, expressing feeling, and sorting out problematic issues that sustained up to 18 months following intervention. It has been effective in changing the patient's behaviors and boosted their capacity to confront problematic situations, but weaker effects were found for auditory hallucination in one of the patients.
The Qualitative Report, Dec 3, 2014
This paper addresses the relevant of institution of family that had come under considerable strai... more This paper addresses the relevant of institution of family that had come under considerable strain with the changing present scenario. The aim of this paper is to help middle class family to resolve frequent conflicts that threaten interpersonal relationship and to explore best alternative possible solutions. Employing phenomenological approach, psycho social factors of immediate social environment was assessed using semi structured qualitative interview, telephonic conversations, and observations during therapy sessions over a period of seven months. Depression of the patient and family functions were assessed using Zung self-rating scale and McMaster family assessment device respectively. Results showed that family therapy had been effective to resolve psycho social problems and enhance psycho social functioning among family members. Family stated satisfactions in relationship, healthy communication pattern, decision making and affective involvement to each other. An ultimate result shows an egalitarian environment in the house which strengthens family relationship and reduced conflicts.
Introduction: Adolescence can be described as the transition between childhood and adulthood. The... more Introduction: Adolescence can be described as the transition between childhood and adulthood. The parent child relationship consists of a combination of the behaviour, feelings and expectations in a parent child relationship is unique and its very parent and child specific. The relationship involves the full extent of a child's development. Selfesteem is a student’s overall evaluation of him or herself, including feelings of general happiness and satisfaction. The integral part of students self esteem is the support from peers and parents. These are very much important for an individual personality which influences significant concomitant changes in behavioral, personality and academic functioning of the school going adolescents. Study aimed to find out the nature of parent-child relationship and self esteem among school going girls and boys. Methods and Materials: The sample for the present study was based on purposive sampling technique. The study was carried out at two school...
Relapse is very common among persons with alcohol dependence disorder and the correlates of relap... more Relapse is very common among persons with alcohol dependence disorder and the correlates of relapse are diverse. Assertiveness is the ability to act in harmony with ones values and self esteem without hurting others and its relation to relapse requires exploration. The study aims to understand whether assertiveness could be one of the factors that is associated with alcohol dependence disorder. Fifty three males with alcohol dependence disorder, who were repeatedly relapsing and were attending various Deaddiction centers in Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala State and a matched controlled group of 46 non alcoholic persons drawn from the same localities based on convenient sampling, in the age range of 18–54 were recruited for the study. Apart from the personal data schedule and alcohol history taking proforma for assessing various parameters related to drinking, Malayalam version of Rathus Assertiveness Schedule was used to assess assertiveness. The mean score of asse...
Eastern Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
The aim of the present research investigation was to describe the co-morbid personality disorder ... more The aim of the present research investigation was to describe the co-morbid personality disorder among alcohol dependent patients and to compare it with those of the normal population. Based on purposive sampling technique, 50 alcohol dependent patients were selected from psychiatric inpatient of RINPAS and 50 normal participants were selected from the general population. Both the groups were matched for age,gender and socioeconomic level. All participants were assessed with Millon Clinical Multi-axial Inventory (MCMI)-III. The obtained responses were scored by using standard scoring procedure and subsequently statistically analyzed by using of x2 test and step wise discriminant analysis. Results revealed that alcohol dependent patients have more co-morbid pathological personality traits and disorders in comparison to normal control group. Of the alcohol-dependent patients, dependent personality disorder was most prevalent followed by antisocial, negativistic and compulsive personality disorders.
Eastern Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background:Perceived stigma and experiencing different kinds of burden for long time by primary c... more Background:Perceived stigma and experiencing different kinds of burden for long time by primary caregivers during caring family member suffering from major psychiatric illness may affects their mental health. Present study was conducted to find out the nature of psychopathology experienced by primary caregivers of major psychiatric patients. Material & Method: Forty-four caregivers of major psychiatric patients were selected from outdoor psychiatric unit of Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi and forty-one normal controls were selected from different location of Ranchi district. They were assessed on Symptoms Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90) and General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28). Statistical analysis was done using SPSS (13.0 ver.). Result: The result suggests that primary caregivers experience psychopathology, namely, somatization, obsessive compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, anger hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation and social dysfunction while caring someone family member suffering from major psychiatric illness and the number of caregivers in family definitely has an impact on severity of the caregivers' psychopathology. Total duration of patient's treatment and total duration of patient's illness also affect caregiver's phobic anxiety and number of patient's hospitalization affects caregivers' social dysfunction as well. Conclusion:Findings suggest that mental health issues of caregivers should also be addressed while formulating management plan for patients suffering from major psychiatric disorders.
Eastern Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Nobody's expressed intent is to become addicted. Their intent is pleasure, or to relieve sufferin... more Nobody's expressed intent is to become addicted. Their intent is pleasure, or to relieve suffering, to have fun, to fit in, to quell anger, or any number of other things. Intentionality is an emotional intelligence competency which permits the patient to accomplish what he sets out to, not something else. The present study examined the association between emotional intelligence and substance dependence in terms of intra-personal awareness (own emotions), interpersonal awareness (others emotions), intra-personal management (own emotions) and inter-personal management (others emotions) and aggregate emotional quotient. Sixty substance dependent patients diagnosed according to ICD-10 criteria and sixty normal participants matched in gender were taken for the study. Participants were individually assessed on to examine the status of emotional intelligence. In comparison to normal participants substance dependent patients were significantly deficient in almost all the areas of emotional intelligence under study. _____________________________________________________________________________________
Eastern Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Psycho-education is a valuable tool in helping clients to know what's wrong with them, what diagn... more Psycho-education is a valuable tool in helping clients to know what's wrong with them, what diagnosis they have, how the condition may have developed and what should be done to improve the condition. Present study was conducted to assess the efficacy of psyhcoeducation with the patients of schizophrenia. The sample consisted of 40 schizophrenic patients {20 patients in the treatment group and 20 in the control group). Preassessment of both groups was done for positive and negative symptoms using Scale for the Assessment of Positive symptoms, and Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms. Behavior checklist was used to assess the daily functioning of the patients. The experimental group underwent psycho-education along with pharmacotherapy and control group received only pharmacotherapy. Post assessment was done after one month. Comparison of treatment and control group was done for pre and post-treatment scores. The experimental group showed significant improvement in comparison to control group in negative symptoms (affective flattening/ blunting, a logia, avolition-apathy, and anhedoniaasociality). Significant improvement was noticed in insight and drug compliance.
Eastern Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background: The present study focuses upon the effects of cognitive remediation programme upon th... more Background: The present study focuses upon the effects of cognitive remediation programme upon the working memory deficits of the patients with schizophrenic disorder. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and debilitating psychiatric illness. It is often described in terms of positive and negative symptoms. The working memory deficits are considered a cardinal cognitive feature of schizophrenia. Methods: Five patients admitted in Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, India in the age range of 20 to 40 years of male sex, meeting the ICD-10 DCR criteria of schizophrenia with minimum education of 12 years were taken for the study, following purposive sampling technique. A self developed socio-demographic and clinical data sheet was used to assess the socio-demographic correlates, the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale developed was used for assessing the psychotic symptoms, The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and the Stroop test was used for assessing the executive functions and the Letter-Number Sequencing and Spatial Span Subtests taken from the Wechsler Memory Scale-III were used for assessing the working memory of the subjects included in the study. Then a cognitive remediation programme was given to them for a period of three months after which the tests were readministered to see the effects of the intervention programme. Results: The patients suffering from schizophrenia show improved working memory ability after the cognitive remediation programme. Conclusion: Cognitive remediation programme has a positive effect upon the executive functioning,specially working memory of the patients suffering from schizophrenic disorder.
International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2017
The response of society to its individuals with disability, especially those with mentally handic... more The response of society to its individuals with disability, especially those with mentally handicapped has varied a great deal over the human history. The mother plays a major role in the family especially as the caretaker of the mentally retarded child. It is important for the service provider to know what are the psychological problem are pose by parents and their children for whom they seek professional help and guidance . However, the present problem for investigation which intends to study the socio – demographic correlates and psychological factors associated with mothers of mentally handicapped children of mentally handicapped children. The study was carried out on 100 subject’s selected using purposive sampling. The subject consisted of mentally handicapped children and their biological mother was coming to OPD of Composite Regional Rehabilitation Centre for Persons with disabilities, Sundernagar, Mandi. Himachal Pradesh. Tools used in the study were (a) Socio-demographic Da...
International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2015
Long term alcohol abuse causes physical, cognitive, psychological and neuropsychological deficit ... more Long term alcohol abuse causes physical, cognitive, psychological and neuropsychological deficit in alcoholic individual. Current study intends assess and rehabilitate fine motor coordination of chronic alcohol dependent cases. Seven chronic cases of alcohol dependence were selected from de-addiction ward of Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences, Kanke. All the cases were assessed on LNNB & AIIMS Motor function scale. Each patient was individually given one month rehabilitation training with Talking Pen. All the cases were assessed in pre and post test condition. Result was analyzed using Wilcoxin Sign Rank Test. Result reveals there was significant difference between patient’s pre and post intervention performance which suggests improved fine motor functioning of the alcohol dependent individuals.
International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2015
Well being is state of physical, psychological, emotional and social happiness as a whole. Presen... more Well being is state of physical, psychological, emotional and social happiness as a whole. Present study intends to assess the effect of imprisonment on the general well being of prisoners. Two groups of prisoners: convicted and under trials were selected by purposive sampling technique from Birsa Munda Central Jail, Hotwar, Ranchi, India. Among eighty six prisoners thirty six were convicted and fifty were under trials. Both the groups of criminals were matched on various socio-demographic parameters such as: gender, age, education, religion, marital status, residence and occupation. All participants were assessed on PGI General Well Being Measure (Verma & Verma, 1989). Obtained responses were scored by using standard scoring procedures and subsequently statistically analyzed by using Chi-square and t- test. In current study both group have shown poor general well being. Though, the prisoners of under trial group were more impaired on well being measure in comparison to convicted cr...
International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2016
This qualitative research is intended to bring a observational and phenomenological analysis of t... more This qualitative research is intended to bring a observational and phenomenological analysis of the applicability of psychodrama in the management of conflict, manifestation of assertive behaviour in alcohol dependent patients, also to observe and elucidate the process of a certain skill that is being learned or a certain conflict being managed and to see what other therapeutic progress psychodrama can bring in participants. This study was conducted in RINPAS, Ranchi and consisted of 5 samples; each went through 16-17 sessions of treatment of various psychodramatic techniques. Data analysis in the current study involves integration of Narrative participant observer report and Phenomenological approach. Post therapy and follow up report indicated improvement.
Indian Journal of Psychiatric Social Work, 2017
The role of women is very crucial in our society. She cares for her parents, partner, children an... more The role of women is very crucial in our society. She cares for her parents, partner, children and other relatives. She performs all types of duties in family and also in the society without any expectations. Because of playing many roles, women often face many challenges in their life including both physical and mental. Mental health problems affect women and men equally, but some problems are more common among women including both physical and mental health problems. Aim of the study - The present study is aimed to describe and compare the clinical and socio-demographic correlates of female mentally ill patients. Methods and Materials: The study includes 180 female mentally ill patients based on cross sectional design and the sample for the study was drawn purposively. A semi structured socio-demographic data sheet was prepared to collect relevant information as per the need of the study. Result: The present study reveals that the socio-demographic factors contribute a vital role...
Knowledge and attitude towards mental illness among primary healthcare nurses in Brunei: A cross-sectional study
Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019
BACKGROUND Mental Health problems are one of the leading disabilities worldwide. Individuals seek... more BACKGROUND Mental Health problems are one of the leading disabilities worldwide. Individuals seeking help for their mental illness expect nurses to be cognisant of their needs without prejudice and discrimination. Existing evidences suggest a growing number of patient referral from primary healthcare to psychiatric consultations. This study aimed to explore primary healthcare nurses' knowledge and attitude towards mental illness and people with mentally illness. METHODS A cross-sectional study using the Mental Health Problem Perception and the Community Attitudes to Mental Illness questionnaires. Descriptive and multivariate regression using maximum likelihood procedures were applied. RESULTS Regression analysis showed significantly high correlation between knowledge and authotarianism (β = 0.775, p = 0.007) and moderate inverse correlation with social restrictiveness (β = -0.517, p < 0.001). However, no significant correlation with benevolence (β = -0.057, p = 0.181) was detected. Nurses with higher educational level were significantly associated with authotarianism attitude. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study examining knowledge and attitude of primary healthcare nurses in Brunei. The relationship between the study variables as well as demographic factors, in comparison to other countries, were discussed. Overall, negative attitude among nurses is still a challenging issue; therefore, developing re-education initiatives and increase contact time, especially for healthcare front liners with negative attitudes regardless of education level, to favour change of attitude, is important to foster holistic care to people with mental illness and promote mental health in the population.
Journal of Psychiatrists' Association of Nepal, 2017
Introduction: Personality is the important core feature and identification of an individual. Some... more Introduction: Personality is the important core feature and identification of an individual. Some factors in personality may be vulnerable for psychiatric illness.Objective: To compare Personality profile of Bipolar Affective Dirosder with Normal control group.Method: 30 male patients diagnosed as Bipolar affective disorder (mania) and 30 normal male were included in the study, with the aim to determine the comparison of personality characteristic of Bipolar affective disorder (Mania) and Normal control group. Each individual was given the inform consent response than collected Socio demographic and Clinical data sheet after that Young mania rating scale and 16 personality factor was applied for data collection.Result: Present study explore that the Manic (BAD) groups of subject differ significantly on all the factors except Q4 from normal controls. Higher mean scores on factor Q4 means that manic (BAD) are tense, restless, fretful & driven, extremely high tension level was disrupt ...
Indian journal of psychiatry
The present study was targeted to observe the impact of neuropsychological rehabilitation on acti... more The present study was targeted to observe the impact of neuropsychological rehabilitation on activities of daily living (ADL) and community reintegration of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Based on purposive sampling technique, ten patients with TBI falling in the age range of 20-40 years and fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were chosen from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru, India. A quasi-experimental design, i.e., nonequivalent control group design was chosen for the study. Patients were assessed on Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery for Adults, Cognitive Symptoms Checklist, and Community Integration Questionnaire. Patients in experimental group were given neuropsychological rehabilitation for 6 months. Brainwave-R and Talking Pen were used as rehabilitative tools. Patients with TBI have significant neuropsychological deficits observed in memory, visuo-spatial organization, arithmetic, spelling, writing, fine motor coordination, a...
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