Amending the unknown to known: Case series from the emergency psychiatric social work perspective in neurosurgery before and after COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Neurosurgical conditions have been increasingly causing huge burden and associated disability to the person, their families, and the larger society. Casualty- emergency setting bring a huge amount of distress and confusion and in them unknown patients cause increased difficulty for the healthcare professionals in terms of tracing the family and making informed decision keeping in mind their welfare. Two case studies have been presented here speaking about the difficulties, method of social analysis and plan of intervention for them making it important to have a multidisciplinary system of care.