INTRODUCTION

An internship offers you the chance to learn by doing in a setting where you are
supervised by a work-place professional and have the opportunity to achieve your
own learning goals. An internship also offers you the opportunity to work with
someone who can become a mentor for you - not only in the internship but
throughout your career. An Internship in Psychology involves working alongside
psychology professionals in human services, business, education, or other work
setting. The intern’s on-site work experience is supervised by an employee of the
organization providing the Internship. An intern may or may not be paid for the
on-site work by the placement. Because the Internship earns academic credit, the
Internship also has an academic component. The opportunity to work in a
professional setting helps students apply and expand their knowledge of
Psychology, develop appropriate professional work standards, explore career
options, and build mentor and other network relationships in the workplace.

For many students university can be quite theoretical and an internship is their
first opportunity to apply their knowledge to the real world. The experience will
not only help you to develop the skills needed to work in your industry; working
on real projects for a real organisation will also give you the interpersonal skills
that you need to work effectively with others — and confidence in your own
abilities. You may find that longer internships allow you to work on projects from
start to finish and give you a more in-depth experience of an organisation. If you
have the spare time then a month-long intensive internship may be a better option.
Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced. Even a proverb is not a proverb
to you until your life has illustrated it.” These words spoken by British poet John
Keats convey one simple yet inescapable truth; true knowledge is always born of
empiricism. It is therefore not enough for psychology students (especially at the
tertiary level) to merely read books and memorize theories. Mastery of the
practical applications of theoretical concepts is also vital and there is no better
way for students to acquire such experience than through participation in
internships – work-related positions that offer them the opportunity to gain

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professional insight into an occupational field of interest. Given the demanding
and ever-changing world of employment, it is crucial that internships form a core
component of all psychology degree programs at the tertiary level.

Internships allow you to explore all the possibilities and come away with an
experience that you will never forget. Hardly anyone would dispute the
importance of practical experience in securing a desirable job in today’s society.
No longer will first class honours suffice. Employers must be convinced that
graduates are capable of transferring their knowledge to the workplace and of
functioning effectively in it. Unfortunately, these abilities cannot be learnt in a
lecture theatre. They must be developed in a real world environment. Internships
offer psychology students exposure to such environments and the opportunity to
gain valuable work- experience. An internship could allow you to take a look into
professions and organisations that we’ve only ever dreamed of.

It would be unwise however, to use the term ‘work experience’ to summarize the
total value of an internship. In doing so, one would minimize the worth of the
endeavour to merely a means of lengthening one’s resume, when in fact there are
many other benefits to be gained. Firstly, internships help individuals to improve
their level of professionalism. By immersing them in the culture of an organized
institution, internships encourage individuals to develop a more realistic view of
what is expected of them in the real world. They learn to communicate effectively
with supervisors, co-workers and clients and improve their time management
skills as well as their ability to function efficiently under pressure. Internships
allow individuals to acquire new skills through training and to strengthen old ones
through practice. The result will be a more confident and competent individual
possessing more professional work attitudes and habits.Internships are an
excellent way to branch out from your university course into the industry in which
you are studying and expand your list of contacts, from university-based lecturers
and tutors to people who are currently working in the industry. Most internships
will enable you to work closely and develop professional working relationships
with a specific manager and team within the organisation, as well as meet a range
of people in other departments and outside the company.

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Internships also assist students in making informed career decisions. Through
daily activities and interpersonal interactions, interns are able to gather valuable
information about their field. They also get a chance to evaluate their own
strengths and preferences before they formally enter the job market. Such
information can be helpful in deciding if they have made the right career choice
and can reinforce doubts or resolves relating to their career goals.

A psychology student’s likelihood of acquiring employment after graduation is

increased if he/she also possesses practical knowledge of his/her field. Interns get
the opportunity to meet and network with individuals, including potential
employers, with whom they would not normally come in contact. Such ‘links’ can
prove to be essential when seeking jobs. Students may also learn of job openings
while working as interns and the acumen they gain will offer them a competitive
edge over their less experienced competitors.

There are some individuals who will discredit the value of internships on the
grounds that there are disadvantages to such experiences. True, students will have
to set aside time out of their busy schedules to engage in internships. So yes, there
are disadvantages but these should not be overplayed.

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

(Formerly National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped) established in the year
1984 at Manovikas nagar, Secunderabad (TS) is an Autonomous Body under the
administrative control of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government
of India and thus the institute is fast approaching towards its silver jubilee to
celebrate its dedicated services to persons with mental retardation in the national
interest.

NIEPID(Formerly NIMH) has three regional centers located at New Delhi,

Kolkata, & Mumbai,NIEPID(Formerly NIMH) Model Special Education Center
located at New Delhi. The institute endeavours to excel in building capacities to

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empower persons with mental retardation. Since the quality of life of every
person with mental retardation is equal to other citizens in the country, in that they
live independently to the maximum extent possible and through constant
professional endeavours, National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with
Intellectual Disabilities (Formerly National Institute for the Mentally
Handicapped) empowers the persons with mental retardation to access the state of
the art rehabilitation intervention viz., educational, therapeutic, vocational,
employment, leisure and social activities, sports, cultural programmes and full
participation.

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

(NIEPID) is distributing educational kits which helps such children to practically
learn concepts such as arithmetic, using practical training and later use it in their
daily life such as counting money etc. According to 2011 census, there are
15,05,264 intellectually disabled persons in the country.

Deputy director at NIEPID Major Ram Kumar said the faculty from NIEPID
Hyderabad and other centres have conducted programmes in Mizoram,
Arunachal, Manipur. Currently they are at Assam. An assistant professor at
NIEPID, Dr Shilpa Manogna said that because of cognitive limitations,
intellectually disabled children might not understand what is written in general
text books. “We teach them functional arithmetic, reading and writing, which they
will be able to put to use in daily life,” Dr Shilpa said.

The kits contain books scientifically designed for intellectually disabled children,
electronic measuring devices, measurement kits, audio visual tools, puzzles. The
books are available in regional languages like Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, and
Hindi. The kits — of four kinds — are distributed free of cost. Before the
distribution, identification camps are conducted to learn about the level of kit to
be distributed to the children.

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The various other objectives for which NIEPID(Formerly NIMH) works are listed
as under:-

OBJECTIVES:

 Human Resources Development

 Research and Development
 Development of models of care and rehabilitation.
 Documentation and dissemination.
 Consultancy services to voluntary organizations
 Community Based Rehabilitation
 Extension and Outreach programmes

To achieve optimum results, the institute has developed and introduced innovative
structured training courses like Early Intervention, Rehabilitation Psychology,
Special Education and Disability Rehabilitation at Masters level.

The research policy of the institute is to continuously update the research need
matrix that basically covers (a) the life-cycle needs of the persons with mental
retardation (b) the holistic development of the persons with mental retardation
including therapeutic interventional needs, family support, resource support,
capacity building needs, and (c) public policy and enabling society. The
documentation and dissemination are important activities of the Institute which
include (a) procurement of books, journals, and documents (b) publication of
quarterly NIEPID(Formerly NIMH) newsletter and bimonthly Mentard Bulletin.

The Institute conducts national level seminars in mental retardation in partnership

with leading voluntary organizations, parent associations. Special employees

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national meet at NIEPID(Formerly NIMH), National meet of parent organizations
and National level Workshops. In order to rehabilitate the persons with mental
retardation in the community, the services should be rendered at the grass root
level itself. The service to be provided at these centers includes identification,
screening, assessment, delivery of services, training of local resource persons and
supply of training material to the needy persons.

District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) is an initiative by the

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India, to facilitate
comprehensive services to Persons with Disabilities in the rural areas. These units
have a group of rehabilitation professions for providing services like identification
of Persons with Disabilities, Awareness Generation, Early Detection and
Intervention, Provision / Fitment, Follow-up and repairing of Assistive Devices,
Therapeutic Services like Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy etc., and facilitation of
Disability Certificates, Buss Passes and other concessions/ facilities for Persons
with Disabilities.

DDRC’s is a joint venture of Central and State Governments wherein Central

Government will establish, initiate, implement the centre for three years involving
funding for man power contingencies as well as required equipments and
coordination. State Government will provide provision for rent free , well
connected building, basic infrastructure, furniture, monitoring and coordination of
activities through District Management Team (DMT) Chaired by the District
Collector and also identification of implementing agency.

NIMH had the responsibility of establishing 16 DDRC’s among 7 states. After

successfully establishing and running for initiating three years, suitable
implementing agencies have been identified with the help of State Government
and all the 16 DDRCs have been handed over to the District Administration to be
run by the identified implementing agencies.

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ACHEIVEMENTS:

General Services
General services & Family cottage have the following achievements mentioned
below.
1. Information posters were in English language only, it is now translated in
Telugu & Hindi and Displayed in GS & FC.
2. Facilitation of Services Instructions to parents in 3 languages are displayed in
GS in Hindi, Telugu and English.
3. Vigilance board in 3 languages displayed in family cottages
. 4. Suggestion box kept in family cottage.
5. Feed back forms developed in Hindi and Telugu.

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Department of medical sciences have the following achievements mentioned

below.
1. MSc DS(EI) course with two years duration has started in December 2009.
2. Started Endocrinology services from 04th August 2010, and very soon
Homeopathy and Ophthalmologist services will start. Provision of Dental services
is in process.
3. Procurement of Equipment required for alternative medicine and other
specialty services is in process
4. In Pharmacy room computer Drug Inventory software is installed for
transparency of stock available and daily entry of drug distribution.
5. Started First aid unit (Emergency medicines Kit)
6. Proposed and Approved research projects
A. Invivo dynamics of neurogenesis in brain of children with down’s syndromes:
- correlation with proliferation & structural integrity.
B. An etiological study of Children with global developmental delay.

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DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY

Achievements of department from the inception of the institute:

1. Completed Research projects
A model of services for preschool handicapped children in rural areas.
Application of behavior modification techniques in children with mental
retardation
Delivery of services through itinerant service model
Strengthening families having children with mental retardation: identifying and
meeting information needs.
Effect of cognitive behavioral intervention among parents of person with mental
retardation for managing depression
Development of Assessment tool for persons with Autism. (ISAA)

2. Ongoing Research Projects.

Cognitive Training for persons with mental retardation.
Emotion recognition training for persons with mental retardation.
Simplification of intellectual assessment.

3. Research work carried out by M.Phil students

So far students have completed 39 research projects at M.Phil level in
various subjects within the field of disability rehabilitation.

4. Human Resource Development

a. The department has started M.Phil in Rehabilitation Psychology in the year
2003. So far 5 batches have completed their course. Presently VI batch and VII
batch is in progress
b. Short term training programs
The department has been conducting various training programs such as one month
certificate course in psychological assessment, 5 day program on behaviour
modification and 5 day program in counselling in rehabilitation, 5 day programme

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on Psycho Social management of families having adolescent adults with mental
retardation.

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 OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNSHIP

Interns will develop intermediate to advanced knowledge and skill in the

provision of individual therapy.
The following objectives are being tried to be achieved through the help of this
internship by the student.

 Demonstration of clinical intervention and relationship skills

 To demonstrate the skills in gathering pertinent and relevant data to inform
clinical decision-making
 Application of concepts of normal/abnormal behaviour to case formulation
and diagnosis in the context of human development and diversity
 To integrate scholarly literature into their clinical work
 To formulate and conceptualize cases based on theoretical orientation
 Demonstrate the ability to formulate appropriate treatment goals in
collaboration with the client and modify these goals when needed
 Demonstrate the ability to apply useful and effective evidence-based
interventions
 Exhibit sensitivity and skills in working with diverse clients.
 Evaluation of the progress of their provision of therapy and use this
information to improve their own effectiveness.
 Gathering of document relevant data during telephone or in-person
sessions.
 Achievement of the ability to effectively tolerate clients intense feelings,
attitudes, or wishes.
 Learning skills in accurately selecting, administering, scoring, and
interpreting self-report and personality assessment instruments.
 Exhibiting and also lerning skills in writing psychological reports and
communicating findings in written and oral form to client.

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 Consideration of cultural factors in selection and interpretation of
assessment materials
 Develop skills in integrating the clinical intake, behavioral observations,
and assessment data into a comprehensive report
 Developing and demonstrating knowledge of the empirical basis of
assessment measures
 Exhibiting the ability to utilize assessment data to inform their treatment
goals and interventions
 Competence in applying professional skills in clinical work, supervision,
and outreach activities in accordance with the profession-wide
competencies.
 Articulating your theoretical understanding about problems in human
behavior and their treatment.
 Respect and appreciation for individual and group differences.
 Understanding and integration of ethical principles into practice.
 Your interactions with and impact on professional colleagues.
 Use of your internal and external resources to deal with the personal and
professional stresses inherent in the provision of services.
 The developmental transitions of the internship experience with a balance
of support and challenge.
 The transition from student to independently practicing health services
psychologist.

COMPREHENSIVE INTERN REPORT

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I started my internship on 3rd April'2019 which was continued till 3rd May'2019
at NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (NIMH), Hyderabad. As this was the second
time I'm interning with this institution, I knew most of the people and the staff
there and so got used to the environment very soon compared to the initial
experience. Dr. Sri Krishna was the Coordinator and Head of the Department who
deals with the internships at NIMH, who helped me getting into the internship and
then later every day I had to sit with Mr.Naveen Kumar, Psychologist,NIMH who
indeed was friendly and was of great help in my internship. He helped me revise
all the basics that were necessary and were explained during the earlier internship
and were of great help for this internship. As it was an Out Patient department at a
government instituition, there were many patients rushing in from all around the
state. Just like the First internship the first few days I was just assisting Dr.Naveen
Kumar and he helped me revise about how a patient has to be assessed and on
what bases.

I was given an outlook of the basic disorders at a glance, like cognitive

disorders, schizophrenic and related disorders. Later, in the next few days I was
being explained about some mood disorders, child psychology. I should say that
child psychology was being quite focused at the institution as most of the patients
at the institution were children suffering from Mental Retardation, ADHD,
learning disability etc. But as child psychology cases are quite sensitive compared
to adult cases I was not given a chance to deal with cases on child psychology
rather, I got an outlook to various patients with the above disorders which was
indeed a disturbing experience. The first week I was given an opportunity to assist
Dr.Naveen Kumar with few of the above mentioned cases. I was given the task to
collect the information from the subject as well as the person accompanying the
subject and had to take the case history and note it down completely and maintain
a record of all the cases I was assisting the Doctor.
In the second week I was given an outlook about various other
personality disorders. In this week I was given much more opportunity to deal few
cases with personality disorders. Also behavioural disorders were being focused
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by me during this week. There were many PhD students there in the institution
who helped me a lot to know the in and outs of the subject. We also had a session
everyday during lunch where we discussed about various cases that were being
assessed that particular day and the process of assessment being followed by the
Pschologists and the Psychiatrists at the institution. This was of a great help to me
through which I've got a greater outlook about what happens when Psychologists
deal with the patients and how is the assessment being done and treatment of the
patient.

Later, in the third week I was exposed to cases from the

rehabilitation department, where I dealt with addiction cases, people who were
addicted to smoking, alcohol and also marijuana. I really liked the rehabilitation
Department as it was not as depressing compared to the other departments of
Psychology because in this department we can clearly see the negative side of a
patient changing to positive due to the treatment. Also, most of the rehabilitation
cases that I've dealt with were very interesting and mostly all of them were with a
mindset to get rid of the Substance abuse they've been addicted to from quite a
long time.

In the fourth and final week I focused mostly on cases suffering

from depression. I always wanted to deal such kind of sensitive cases. These cases
of depression, I was really given a chance by Dr.Naveen Kumar to assess, but he
was always by my back to support which helped me very much. I completed my
internship on 3rd May'2019,

and I must say this was really a great experience and I have learnt good skills and
knowledge from my internship at NIEPID. I got an outlook about various
sensitive topics in psychology that really needs to be focused on and also this
internship helped me change my perspective regarding the seriousness of
Psychology internship.

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 CASE RECORD PROFORMA

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

1.1 NAME: A.K

1.2 AGE:25

1.3 D.O.B: nil

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1.4 GENDER: Female

1.5 ADDRESS:Rangareddy district, Telangana.

1.6 MOTHER TOUNGE: Telugu

1.7 HABITAT STATUS: Hyderabad,Telangana

1.8 EDUCATION: 10th

1.9 MARITAL STATUS: Married

1.10 OCCUPATION:nill

1.11 REFERENCE: Husband

CHIEF COMPLAINTS:

2.0 Major reason for visit:-

 Anger
 Suspicious about husband
 Not taking care of children
 Loneliness
 Depressed

2.1 Progress of illness:-

 Few medical issues

 Deteriorating

2.2 Biological Functioning:-

 Appetite: increasing
 Sleep: difficult in falling asleep
 bladder: normal
 Sexual: Normal

2.3 SOCIAL FUNCTIONING

 Dressing and taking care of herself: yes

 Goes to work: no
 Doing household work: no
 Getting along with neighbors and colleagues: no

2.4 OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS

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  Consanguinity in parents relationship: absent
 Family history of mental illness: absent
 Interpersonal relationship if trained, specify: cordial

2.5 PERSONAL HISTORY:

 Development: nothing significant

 Academic: nil
 Occupational: nil
 Habits: smoking
 Sexual: normal (not interested)
 Marital status: married
 Past history: physical

FAMILY HISTORY:-

HISTORY OF THE PATIENT:

Informant: Husband

Marital disputes

Patient was married in 2009. Since then she had disputes with her husband
regarding his loyalty and infidelity. She suspected him if having an illegal
relationship band affair with his brother's wife. She never takes responsibility of
the house nor maintains proper relations with in-laws. Repeated quarrelling over
trivial matters. She doesn't take care of the children. She is stubborn. She is
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doubtful and suspicious over various issues. During her pregnancy she did not
take any medicine afraid that something might happen to her. In 2013 she
developed deep fearfulness that she might die and she wouldn't even know the
reason for her death. She was in that period of intense fear for 10 days. Later she
claimed that she developed this problem due to various medications for acne,
irregular mensuration. She was later taken from one doctor to another for about
a period of six months because of her delusions. She was medicated and was fine
for a particular period of time.

She went to her mother's place and discontinued the medication and the same
problem reverted back before two months. She had a fight with her mother and
also attempted suicide by trying to hang herself. All through the period she
expressed that her problems are due to the medications and doctors and she
was in a state of depression associated with crying.

MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION:

 Appearance and behavior: abnormal

 Psychomotor activity: increased
 Conscious: drowsy
 Thoughts and speech : delayed
 Content of thought: ideas if reference- absent
Ideas of suicide - present
 Delusions: present
 Mood: anxious and irritable
 Perception: abnormalities

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS

 Attention and concentration: impaired

 Memory: impaired
 Intelligence: below average
 Judgement: impaired
 Insight: partial

SUMMARY: Bipolar disorder

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Provisional diagnosis: MPQ, TAT, MCMI3

CASE RECORD PROFORMA

1.1 NAME: K.N.A

1.2 AGE: 25

1.3 D.O.B: 12-8-1991

1.4 GENDER:Male

1.5 ADDRESS: Nizampet, Hyderabad, Telangana.

1.6 MOTHER TOUNGE: Telugu

1.7 HABITAT STATUS: Hyderabad.

1.8 EDUCATION: B-tech Computer Science

1.9 MARITAL STATUS: Single

1.10 OCCUPATION: Software engineer

1.11 REFERENCE:Father

CHIEF COMPLAINTS:

2.0 Major reason for visit:-

The patient is is addicted to Substance abuse - cannabis, and wants to get rid of the habit.
Psychological in nature and activities have become slow and is facing a problem to get rid of the addiction.

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:

2.1 ONSET OF THE ILLNESS: Initially this habit started with talking about cannabis with his friends during college- in his
final year. Later he started doing the drug in weekend parties with his friends which later turned out to be a habit and he
also started doing cannabis when he was alone and had no company around.

2.2 MAJOR SYMPTOMS AND COMPLAINTS:

Few major symptoms that he's been noticing due to this Substance abuse are slow movement of body and slow actions
and activities in his daily life. Also he claims there are signs of less concentration and he is not able to concentrate on
anything else that is important in his everyday life.

2.3 FREQUENCY,DURATION AND COMPLAINTS:

He started doing cannabis during his final year and it's been two years that he is doing cannabis. He also tried quitting it
when he was working in Bangalore but would revert back to the habit in just a few days.

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2.4 RELAPSE OF THE ILLNESS:

After he returned back from Bangalore,he says that he's been doing cannabis even more than the normal from the past 4
months due to examination stress and other family stress reasons.

2.5 BEHAVIOUR BEFORE ONSET OF PRESENT COMPLAINT:

He was always calm, silent and reserved but not slow in movement and activities. He was regular in doing all his daily
routine. He had a much higher rate of concentration. He used to play guitar and videogames to manage stress before the
addiction.

2.6 MEDICAL HISTORY:

No history of psychiatric illness.

FAMILY HISTORY:-

3.1 FATHER’S NAME:- K.N. Harilal

3.2 AGE:-55

3.3 EDUCATION:- IIM Bangalore

3.4 OCCUPATION:- KBMG Co-founder

3.5 MOTHER’S NAME:- Padma Harilal

3.6 AGE:- 47

3.7 EDUCATION: M.Phil

3.8 OCCUPATION:- Principal of a School

3.9 SIBLINGS:- NONE

GENDER: -

AGE: -

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OCCUPATION: -

3.10 RELATIONSHIP WITH SIBLING: -

3.11 RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY:- Good relationship with family members both mother and father. He is obidient and
his parents have been very co-operative and helped him join the hospital for de-addiction.

3.12 FAMILY HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS ,IF ANY:- NO.

PERSONAL DETAILS:-

4.1 TYPE OF BIRTH:- Normal

4.2 NEUROTIC CONDITIONS DURING CHILDHOOD:-Normal

4.3 PRESENCE Of SEIZURES OR INJURIES DURING CHILDHOOD:No

4 4 EDUCATION HISTORY:- COMPLAINTS:- He is an above average student and had no complaints at school, college and
has completed education till BTech.

4.5 ANY GAP IN EDUCATION:-

There was 1 years of gap after intermediate; as he was preparing to get into IIT.

4.6 OCCUPATIONAL DISTURBANCES IF ANY:-

In Bangalore during 2015-16 he was working at a software company and he couldn't adjust to the corporate climate
which led to physical disturbances and so he resigned his job.

4.7 PERSONALITY/ADJUSTMENT PRIOR TO ILLNESS:-

Very normal behaviour. He was not as calm and melo as now and was faster compared to his present situation.

4.8 SOCIAL ISSUES:-

He never had much issues with friends and others outsiders.

ASSESSMENTS
4.1. MOTOR : The Motor Activities of the patient are functionally adequate. He
is slow in his walk and gestures.

4.2. SELF HELP: Normal

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4.3. COMMUNICATION: The patient comprehends in a slow and calm way but
responds to every conversation and is active.

4.4. ACADEMICS: - He is an above average student and had no complaints at school, college and has

completed education till BTech

4.5. SOCIALIZATION: He recognises and mingles well with all other family
members. He is more of a reserved and calm person and also an introverted
person regarding his feelings and thoughts.

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

A .GENERAL BEHAVIOUR DURING ASSESSMENT: The patient is

physically age appropriate and the body is well built. He communicates in a very
slow and calm manner. His gestures are slow compared to that of normal. He
was cooperative during the assessment.

B .ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION: The attention of the patient could be

aroused and sustained on a task.

C .ACTIVITY LEVEL: The activity level of the patient is age appropriate. He is

slow calm and melo.

D .COMPREHENSION: The patient comprehends in a slow and calm way but

responds to every conversation and is active.

E . EMOTIONALITY AND BEHAVIOUR: He is very attached to his parents.

F . RELATIONSHIP WITH OUTSIDE FAMILY: The parents of the patient are

proactive and have a very favourable attitude towards the patient.

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TESTS PERFORMED:
BPRS

CASE RECORD PROFORMA

1.1 NAME: S.S

1.2 AGE:23

1.3 D.O.B:FEB-22

1.4 GENDER:Female

1.5 ADDRESS: Nalgonda district, Telangana

1.6 RELIGION: Hindu

1.7 MOTHER TOUNGE: Telugu

1.8 HABITAT STATUS:With famiy,Nalgonda

1.9 EDUCATION: MBA

1.10 STATUS: Single

1.11 OCCUPATION:MBA Student

1.12 REFERENCE:Family.

CHIEF COMPLAINTS:

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2.0 Major reason for visit:-

She doesn’t remember the reason why she is brought here. She was forced by
parents to get married and she locked herself inside which led to this condition
of her.

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:

2.1 ONSET OF THE ILLNESS:

She was forced for getting married and they had an argument at home 15 days
back.Since then she started behaving in a different way and forgot everything
about that incident.

2.2 MAJOR SYMPTOMS AND COMPLAINTS:

She doesn’t remember anything about the argument and about the
discussion of her marriage.Lack of appetite,oversleep are the major
symptoms.

2.3 FREQUENCY,DURATION AND COMPLAINTS:

Since 10-15 days,this has happened and she is behaving in a different

and dull way.

2.4 RELAPSE OF THE ILLNESS:

From past 5 days she is here. Now, she is feeling fine ‘Epinodic’course
of illness.

2.5 BEHAVIOUR BEFORE ONSET OF PRESENT COMPLAINT:

She was calm but not as calm as now. She spent time with her family
and friends.

2.6 MEDICAL HISTORY:

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FAMILY HISTORY:-

3.1FATHER’S NAME:- Panduranga Rao

3.2AGE:-54

3.3 EDUCATION:- Degree

3.4 OCCUPATION:- Worker in Mill

3.5 MOTHER’S NAME:-Shobha

3.6 AGE:- 48

3.7 EDUCATION: 5th Class

3.8 OCCUPATION:- House-wife

3.9SIBLINGS:-

GENDER: Female

AGE: 26

OCCUPATION: Housewife

3.10 RELATIONSHIP WITH SIBLING:

Good relationship with Sister.

3.11 RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY:-

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Intially she had a very good relation ship with family, but because of
the marriage proposals she is disturbed as she dosen’t want to get
married yet. Parents forced her.

3.12 FAMILY HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS ,IF ANY:- NO.

PERSONAL DETAILS:-

4.1 TYPE OF BIRTH:- C-section

4.2 DIFFERENT MILESTONES SINCE BIRTH:-Nill

4.3 NEUROTIC CONDITIONS DURING CHILDHOOD:-Normal

4.4 PRESENCE Of SEIZURES OR INJURIES DURING CHILDHOOD:

Normal

4.5 EDUCATION HISTORY:- COMPLAINTS:-

She wanted to become a CA, but failed in IPCC and so was disturbed
at that time.

4.6 ANY GAP IN EDUCATION:-No

4.7 OCCUPATIONAL DISTURBANCES , IF ANY:- No

4.8 PERSONALITY/ADJUSTMENT PRIOR TO ILLNESS:-

Very normal behaviour initially until the past 2-3 years.He was very
co-operative and responsible towards the family.He was a very
intelligent student at school and never had major issues with peers.

4.9 SOCIAL ISSUES:-

He never had much issues with friends and others outsides.He always
faced adjustmental issues and anger management issues with
family.Close-friends and especially his father.

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 ASSESSMENTS
4.1. MOTOR : The Motor Activities of the patient are functionally adequate. She
is normal in her walk and activities.

4.2. SELF HELP: Normal

4.3. COMMUNICATION: The patient comprehends in a sad and calm way but
responds to every conversation and is participating in the conversation.

4.4. ACADEMICS: - She's an average student and had no complaints at school, college and has

completed education till MBA.

4.5. SOCIALIZATION: She recognises and mingles well with all other family
members. He is more of calm and an introverted person.

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

A .GENERAL BEHAVIOUR DURING ASSESSMENT: The patient is

physically age appropriate and the body is well built. She communicates in a very
calm and sad way. Her gestures are normal. She was cooperative during the
assessment.

B .ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION: The attention of the patient could be

aroused and sustained on a task.

C .ACTIVITY LEVEL: The activity level of the patient is age appropriate. She is
slow calm and sad.

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D .COMPREHENSION: The patient comprehends in a sad and calm way but
responds to every conversation and is active.

E . EMOTIONALITY AND BEHAVIOUR: She is very attached to her sister.

TESTS PERFORMED:
BPRS

CASE STUDY PROFORMA:4

1.1 NAME: M.P.R

1.2 AGE:32

1.3 D.O.B:23/5/1986

1.4 GENDER: Male

1.5ADDRESS: Room no:305

1.6 RELIGION: Hindu

1.7 MOTHER TOUNGE: Telugu

1.8 HABITAT STATUS: living with parents, peramcheru

1.9 EDUCATION: Btech IIT Kharagpur

1.10 MARITAL STATUS: Single

1.11 OCCUPATION: Currently not working.

1.12 REFERENCE: Father

CHIEF COMPLAINTS:

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2.0 Major reason for visit:-

Addicted to smoking and drinking and is unable to communicate and

concentrate. He is also unable to remember most of the things. He is also easily
distracted.

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:

2.1 ONSET OF THE ILLNESS:

He had a love failure during engineering which was when the whole problem
started. At the age of 21, he started smoking.

2.2 MAJOR SYMPTOMS AND COMPLAINTS:

He is not able to remember, not able to concentrate and is also facing

lag in his movements and activities.

2.3 FREQUENCY,DURATION AND COMPLAINTS:

He had been addicted to smoking and drinking since past 11 years.

Loss of sleep and loss of appetite.

2.4 RELAPSE OF THE ILLNESS:

He stopped many time in the middle, but them again got back to the
habit.

2.5 BEFORE ONSET OF PRESENT COMPLAINT:

Intially, he was fast and was able to concentrate and remember

things he had a large group of friends.

2.6MEDICAL HISTORY:

2007 psychiatrist at kharagpur

Axon hospital-Hyderabad-psychiatrist

FAMILY HISTORY:-

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3.1 FATHER’S NAME:- M.Ramakrishna

3.2 AGE:-66

3.3 EDUCATION:- Diploma in EE

3.4 OCCUPATION:- Retired govt employee

3.5 MOTHER’S NAME:- M.Shobha

3.6AGE:- 62

3.7 EDUCATION: Bsc

3.8 OCCUPATION:- House-wife

3.9 SIBLINGS:-

GENDER: Male

AGE:-36

OCCUPATION:- Civil Engg Scotland

RELATIONSHIP:- Good

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GENDER:- Male

AGE:-35

OCCUPATION:- Ford Company London

RELATIONSHIP:- Good

3.10RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY:-

Good relationship with family. Both mother and father take good
care, but now he wants to get married and get settled in life.

3.11 FAMILY HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS ,IF ANY:- No one

PERSONAL DETAILS:-

4.1 TYPE OF BIRTH:- Normal

4.2 DIFFERENT MILESTONES SINCE BIRTH:-Normal

4.3 NEUROTIC CONDITIONS DURING CHILDHOOD:-Normal

4.4 PRESENCE Of SEIZURES OR INJURIES DURING CHILDHOOD:

Normal

4.5 EDUCATION HISTORY:- COMPLAINTS:-

Everything normal during school IIT kharagpur.

4.6 ANY GAP IN EDUCATION:-

No gap in the middle of education.

4.7 OCCUPATIONAL DISTURBANCES , IF ANY:-Changed many jobs and

was removed from last job due to his addiction and psychiatric
issues.
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4.8 PERSONALITY/ADJUSTMENT PRIOR TO ILLNESS:-

Very normal behaviour initially until the past 2-3 years.He was very
co-operative and responsible towards the family.He was a very
intelligent student at school and never had major issues with peers.

4.9 SOCIAL ISSUES:-

He never had much issues with friends and others outsides.He always
faced adjustmental issues and anger management issues with
family.Close-friends and especially his father.

TESTS CONDUCTED:

BPRS

CASE RECORD PROFORMA:5

1.1 NAME: Bhoomi Raghavendra

1.2 AGE:29

1.3 D.O.B:8/6/1988

1.4 GENDER:Male

1.5 ADDRESS: Inpatient Room no-302

1.6 RELIGION: Hindu

1.7 MOTHER TOUNGE: Telugu

1.8 HABITAT STATUS: With family, L.B Nagar

1.9 EDUCATION: Mtech Secondyear

1.10 MARITAL STATUS: Single

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1.11 OCCUPATION: Student and Working.

1.12 REFERENCE: Uncle

CHIEF COMPLAINTS:

2.0 Major reason for visit:-

He has got into depression due to the rejection from his

lover’s family. Because of this love failure, he tried suicide
once and was admitted here 2 and half weeks back.

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:

2.1 ONSET OF THE ILLNESS: Rejected by lover’s family, for

their marriage due to intercaste a month ago. Since then he
is facing this problem.

2.2MAJOR SYMPTOMS AND COMPLAINTS:

Being dull and suicidal thoughts and also tried suicide
once and was admitted here loss of sleep, appetite
and low energy levels.
2.3 FREQUENCY,DURATION AND COMPLAINTS:
He attempted suicide 12 days ago and was facing
suicidal thoughts since a month.
2.4 BEHAVIOUR BEFORE ONSET OF PRESENT
COMPLAINT:

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He had a good relationship with family, others. He
was also good to himself initially.He likes travelling
,dancing and watching movies.
2.5 MEDICAL HISTORY:
Nill

FAMILY HISTORY:-
3.1 FATHER’S NAME:- Shankaraiah
3.2 AGE:- Died in 2010 cause of sugar level.
3.3 EDUCATION:- 10th std
3.4 OCCUPATION:- Attender.
3.5 MOTHER’S NAME:-Devamma
3.6 AGE:- 50 above
3.7 EDUCATION: ---
3.8 OCCUPATION:- House-wife
3.9 SIBLINGS:-

GENDER: Female
AGE: 40
OCCUPATION: Aaya primary school
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RELATIONSHIP: Good

GENDER: Male
AGE: 38
OCCUPATION: Driver
RELATIONSHIP: Good

GENDER: Male
AGE:33
OCCUPATION: Attender in court(Pursuing LLB)
RELATIONSHIP: Good

3.10 RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY:-

Good relationship with all the members in the family.
3.11 FAMILY HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS ,IF ANY:-
NO.

PERSONAL DETAILS:-
4.1 TYPE OF BIRTH:- Normal
4.2 DIFFERENT MILESTONES SINCE BIRTH:-Nill

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4.3 NEUROTIC CONDITIONS DURING CHILDHOOD:-
Normal
4.4 PRESENCE Of SEIZURES OR INJURIES DURING
CHILDHOOD:
Normal
4.5 EDUCATION HISTORY:- COMPLAINTS:-
No complaints educated upto Mtech 2nd year
4.6 ANY GAP IN EDUCATION:-
Gap-2010 -5 years searching job
Mtech -2016 2011 GATE coaching
4.7 DISTURBANCES , IF ANY:-Started working 2012
No disturbances at job. Changed 2 jobs.

4.8 PERSONALITY/ADJUSTMENT PRIOR TO ILLNESS:-

Normal and not calm like present
4.9 SOCIAL ISSUES:-
No difference with anyone or no social issues
TESTS CONDUCTED:

BPRS

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 DECLARATION (BY THE STUDENT)

I hereby declare that the internship work entitled “Internship Report” submitted
to the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Psychology,
CMR University, Bangalore, is a record of an original work done by me under the
guidance of Deepthi Jose, CMR University and this project work is submitted in
the partial fulfilment of the requirements of for the award of Master’s Degree in
Psychology by CMR University.

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I also declare that this project is the outcome of my own efforts and that it has not
been submitted to any other university or Institute for the award of any other
degree or Diploma or Certificate.

Place: Bengaluru Name: Keerthana Raj

Date: 19th August'2019 Register Number:17MSPC044

DECLARATION (BY THE STUDENT)

I hereby declare that the internship work entitled “Internship Report” submitted to the
School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Psychology, CMR University,
Bangalore, is a record of an original work done by me under the guidance of Deepthi
Jose, CMR University and this project work is submitted in the partial fulfilment of the
requirements of for the award of Master’s Degree in Psychology by CMR University.

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I also declare that this project is the outcome of my own efforts and that it has not been
submitted to any other university or Institute for the award of any other degree or
Diploma or Certificate.

Place: Bengaluru Name: Keerthana Raj

Date: 19th August '2019 Register Number: 17MSPC044

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

Date: 19th August'2019

This is to certify that the internship titled “Internship Report” is an original work of Ms.
Keerthana Raj; bearing University Register Number 17MSPC044 and is being submitted in
partial fulfillment for the award of the Master’s Degree in Psychology, CMR University. The

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report has not been submitted earlier either to this university / Institution for the fulfillment of
the requirement of a course of study.

SIGNATURE OF GUIDE SIGNATURE OF SCHOOL HEAD

DATE: 19th August'2019

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

INDEX

NO. NO.

1 INTRODUCTION 1-3

2 ORGANIZATION PROFILE 4-11

4 COMPREHENSIVE INTERN REPORT 12-13

4 WEEKLY REPORT 14-16

5 CASE ANALYSIS 17-40

6 SELF REFLECTION 41-43

7 APPENDICES 44

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