Aarunya is a Mental Health Establishment in West Delhi that is registered under the State Mental Health Authority (SMHA) and licensed under Dr. Jyotsna Vanka, the Director.
Aarunya Mental Health runs a number of mental wellbeing projects along with treating psychiatric and psychological patients on outpatient and inpatient basis. It is a well known establishment with 8 beds offering complete psychiatric and nursing care.
Non clinical programs under Aarunya include –
Aarunya Youth Initiative, for the healthy mental and behavioral development of the young minds since prevention is better than intervention. This project, lead by Mrs. Malshri, caters to providing various workshops/seminars to school and college level individuals for healthy, holistic development. This team includes a group of experienced teachers/special educators, etc who are experts at holistic development. The team includes extremely experienced and exceptional in their respective fields.
Our Clinical Psychologist offers testing/certification for eligible children, individual therapy and workshops/seminars for psychological wellbeing.
Aarunya Training/Internship programs, for individuals/students interested in learning and interacting with patients/clients in psychiatric OPD/IPD as well as observing psychological testing and therapy sessions. Internship certificates provided are based on the number of hours spent in training. Training is conducted at our MHE, located in Bali Nagar, New Delhi.
Camps/Screening programs, in various public events/places for brief assessments of mental wellbeing. Since intervention can be done only after screening, this is the first and most important step to holistic wellbeing.
Clinical services include
Psychiatric consultations,
Psychological therapies and counselling,
Psychometric testing and
Admissions for acute care.
AC or Non-AC rooms at Aarunya:
- Private Room
- Sharing Room
- General Ward
We are a family friendly and homely setup which encourages interactions between the patients, families and staff to establish a long-term working relationship based on trust.
To make you feel more at home, which is crucial for your recovery and comfort Aarunya Psychiatric Center, has amenities like a Kitchen equipped with a stove, fridge, microwave etc., clean and well-kept washrooms and general hygiene. If gardening is a passion, our balcony and terrace have a kitchen garden that the inpatients can help taking care of. The metro station is less than 100m away with the Blue line metro connecting to all prominent areas in Delhi for patients to indulge in day trips with family during their inpatient stay.
Aarunya Psychiatric establishment, along with daily therapy and consultations, provide activities like yoga, mandala & art, indoor games (Carrom, Ludo, Chess, etc.), exercise equipment etc. to promote rehabilitation.
Patients will be admitted and discharged on their request, unless it’s a supported admission. We also provide pick and drop services for the patient.
The IPD infrastructure is not wheelchair friendly but arrangements can be made.
Emergency care for Severe Psychiatric Conditions
Psychiatric emergencies include conditions like suicide attempts, substance use disorders (acute intoxication, severe withdrawal, delirium, or substance poisoning). Presence of delusions or hallucinations or extreme moods leading to destructive behaviour like self-harm, harm to others, damage to property, or extreme risk-taking behaviours, panic attacks and abrupt changes in behaviour like memory disturbances or unprovoked aggression. While mostly all psychiatric admissions are done on voluntary basis some of them might require involuntary admissions. Involuntary admissions (supported admissions) are usually short stays involving crisis stabilization of potentially life-threatening conditions.
Involuntary (supported) admissions are usually done in cases of:
(i) The patient has recently threatened or attempted or is threatening or attempting to cause bodily harm to himself; or
(ii) The patient has recently behaved or is behaving violently towards another person or has caused or is causing another person to fear bodily harm from him; or
(iii) The patient has recently shown or is showing an inability to care for himself/herself to a degree that places the individual at risk of harm to himself.
Kindly call or visit our clinic Aarunya for more information.