Use of Information Technology in Community Re-Location of a Mentally Ill Person- A Case Report

Abstract

ABSTRACT:It is not unusual for mentally ill person to wander away from their homes under the influence of their illness. Often such wandering patients are admitted to mental health facilities under various provision of the mental health act (MHA) as prevalent in the country such as the use of Reception Order (RO) under the Indian mental health act. Many a times because of long standing nature of illness, intellectual sub-normality, long duration of untreated psychosis and associated cognitive impairment these patients are unable to give adequate details of their residence especially those out of state and tend to languish for long periods in mental health care facilities. We present one such out of state patient with inadequate residential details who was relocated back to her community with the help of modern internet based information technology.