Out Patient Dept
In Patient Dept
COUNSELING |
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Leprosy educational/ motivational counseling |
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Psychological counseling / psychological coping skill with diagnosis and its community consequences. Due to illiteracy and lack of awareness their fears are more difficult to deal. Counselor act as a psychological care provider, and as a bridge between clinician and patients. All leprosy registered patients as well as all follow-ups leprosy patients receive counseling so they can cope up themselves with their problems |
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Fear of stigma & discrimination, fear of reactions of significant others, fear of future, fear of disfigurement. |
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The need for educational counseling to the leprosy affected is due to the followings |
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Misconceptions regarding the infectivity, inadequate knowledge about the disease, beliefs about the disease |