Rehabilitation Psychiatry Services provide a comprehensive programme to assist persons with severe and persistent mental illness. These persons have deficits in social functions due to their cognitive impairment. IMH's rehabilitation programmes are designed to help these persons meet their individual needs and recover from their illnesses. The recovery process focuses on their abilities to use alternative strategies to cope with their illnesses, continue to maintain social relationships and be gainfully employed.

Our Services include:

•  Symptom Management

•  Medication Management

•  Basic Conversational Skills

•  Community Re-integration

•  SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

The symptom management modules teach patients to identity and manage their warning signs to stop or minimize the effects of an impending relapse. Patients also learn to identify and cope with persistent or residual symptoms. These help to empower patients to better manage their illness and regain control over their lives.

•  MEDICATION MANAGEMENT

Medication management teaches patients to be interested and aware of their medication. Specifically, patients are taught correct self-administration and evaluation of the medicine's effects, including side effects. Patients learn how to seek information and negotiate with health care professionals over the management of their medication.

•  BASIC CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS MODULE

The Basic Conversational Skill Module is a systematic and structured educational programme. Patients with long-term mental illnesses learn to communicate effectively with a wide range of people whom they may encounter in their everyday lives.

It teaches five essential skills, which include:

•  Verbal and non-verbal communication behaviours

•  Starting a friendly conversation

•  Keeping a friendly conversation going

•  Ending a conversation pleasantly and

•  COMMUNITY RE - INTEGRATION

The community integration module comprises 8 sessions where patients get to visit various places and facilities, which will be important to them as they go back to living in the community. They will know the places where psychiatric support is available, such as SAMH Oasis Day Centre, Bukit Gombak Group Home and Club 3R. They will also be oriented to banks, post offices and other public services. They also learn how to take public transport. Having a strict budget to use over the 8 sessions also instills in them the importance of money management.