Community Development

Final Report

PSY312

Dissemination of awareness about psychological disorder in community/ organization

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Project Timeframe: 4-8 weeks

Virtual University of Pakistan

 Acknowledgement
“In the name of Allah Almighty, the most merciful and beneficent”. All praises and thanks are
for Allah Almighty, who is the ultimate source of all knowledge and wisdom to mankind. He has
presented knowledge for us in various forms of his infinite creations, and it is now an obligation
for us, beings to derive meaning from them through intense, thorough and rigorous thought. For
that purpose he has instilled within us the element of curiosity. Allah has guided me from
darkness to light, and surely his assistance is the reason which brings me here today.
It has been an honor for me to have mam “” as my instructor I would do justice to this
community development project by attributing its quality, correctness, contribution and
completion to her work ethic, immeasurable knowledge and determination to propagate. I also
had the valuable assistance of my teachers Together, these experts made this difficult journey at
ease. My Heartiest thanks are for my friends for providing me with emotional support whenever
I felt hopeless and assisting me with complications in this Project. I am also thankful to my class
fellows, siblings and acquaintances for providing me with social and informational backup
throughout the project experience. Last but not the least, the prayers of my parents, have served
as the base for all the mentioned passage. Together, these people made my project journey as one
to feel nostalgic about.
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Table of Contents
Project summar
y.......................................................................................................................................................4
Problems in society........................................................................................................................4
Goals............................................................................................................................................4
Project Details................................................................................................................................4
Project Activities...........................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................6
Project Execution..........................................................................................................................6
Suggestions and recommendation.............................................................................................6
Outcomes................................................................................................................................6
Benefits...............................................................................................................................6
Appendices......................................................................................................................................7
Pictures of Activities…………………………………………………………………………….7
1. Project Summary: This project is about dissemination of awareness about psychological
disorder in organization. I chose this project to spread awareness about mental disorders in
community or organization and to reduce the problems faced by mental patients. In this project, I
set my goals and made a plan for solving the problems of mentally ill patients. I created and
assigned tasks to my mates. Then I conducted sessions for understanding clients’ feelings,
problems and fears. I tried to look up for solutions to their problems. I gave the clients weekly
tasks in order to divert their mind and make them busy in accomplish them.
Problems in community or society: In our society, mentally retarded people are considered to
be worst and disgusted. People usually consider mentally ill patients inferior and they do not
accept them in society. They cannot bear their existence. Even if mentally disturbed people go to
psychiatrist for their therapy, people consider these people wrong and deficient. This abuse and
brutality is due to peoples’ narrow and conservative mind.
I am working in organization for overcoming the fear, issues and the feeling of incompleteness
of mentally ill patients. The reason behind my project is to reduce the stigma and humiliation
faced by mentally retarded people.
Goals: My goal is to make people understand that mentally ill patients are also human beings
like us, they also feel when they are being treated worst, they also need to be heard and accepted
like others. I aim to work for the wellbeing and better living of psychologically ill patients. My
other aim is to broad the minds of people and to reduce their pessimistic thinking. I also aim to
erase the stereotype that mental patients cannot survive in a better way and they cannot cope up
the situations in their lives. My goal is to provide solution based strategies and a better, fresh and
comfortable environment to the mental patients in order to improve their social functioning. I
also have an objective to make mentally ill patients feel good and accepted in society.
As most of the mental patients belong to conservative
family, they suffer from many problems and rejection from the people around them. But, after
implementing my project and spreading awareness about mental disorders, they are becoming
normal and their families do not consider them disgusted. The mental patients, whether they are
neurotic or psychotic, are becoming mentally and emotionally healthy. Now, if any patient
suffers from mental and emotional problems, he or she does not feel lonely and unaccepted and
gains emotional and mental support from the people around them. Most of the mental patients
have learned through some activities which helped them in doing daily chores and boosted their
learning power.
I faced many challenges while doing my project like I got
permission very hardly from my home to go outside for doing community work project. I was
not being allowed by the organization and some doctors to carry out my plan and activities. The
mental patients and their attendants were difficult to deal with, they were not ready to understand
the things that they did not want to. They were making noise and interfering in execution of my
project. I found out solutions to my problems or challenges which I tackled. I convinced my
parents to allow me to go to organization for doing my project by letting them know about the
importance of this project. I also got permission from organization and management by ensuring
it that I will take care of their privacy and will not violate their rules. I have found and
implemented many efficient ways to understand and explain mental patients and others. I used
techniques to overcome the interruption made by some mental patients and others.
2. Project Details:

Project Activities:

Week 1

Day 1(16-5-2024) Firstly, I prepared introductory material for my project and saw
the environment and peoples of organization.
Day 2 (17-5-2024) I met with psychiatrist, therapist and patients there. I introduced
myself and my skills to mental patients and others.
Day 3 (18-5-2024) I arranged some meetings with mental patients and their
attendants. I made them understand about the importance of
mental health.
Day 4 (20-5-2024) In this day, I worked out with my participant for the wellbeing of
(Activity day) mental patients. I arranged some colorful sheets and drew
beautiful drawings for refreshing their minds and drew their
attention towards nature. I convinced them to think about blessings
of life and thank to Allah for unlimited blessings.
Day 5 (21-5-2024) Continued with this activity and provided mental patients a great
care and mental support.

Week 2
Day 1(22-5-2024) I asked some questions from the patients in order to check their
memory.
Day 2 (23-5-2024) I gave remarks to the mental patients to motivate and encourage
them for better functioning.
Day 3 (24-5-2024) I have explained mentally ill patients and others understand that
their negative thinking can harm their social functioning.
Day 4 (25-5-2024) I assigned some mental activities and tasks to the patients in order
(Activity day) to improve their functioning and learning power. I asked them to
draw pictures and solve mathematics’ questions for evaluating their
skills and knowledge.
Day 5 (27-5-2024) I checked their works and drawings and corrected their mistakes.

Week 3

Day 1 (28-5-2024) I observed behavior and reactions of mental patients.

Day 2 (29-5-2024) Discussed about their routine, academic and career goals and
motivated them to achieve their goals.
Day 3 (30-5-2024) I organized an art activity for diverting the minds of mental
 (Activity day) patients, adding colors into their lives and giving them hope for
better life. I also gave them books and asked them to read
carefully.
Day 4 (31-5-2024) Provided assistance to the mental patients and others in utilizing
their existing resources.
Day 5 (1-6-2024) Helped the mental patients and other people overcoming their
fears and problems.

Week 4

Day 1 (2-6-2024) I made a comprehensive plan with my participant for enhancing

the skills and knowledge of mental patients.
Day 2 (3-6-2024) Continued with this practice and made a strategy to execute my
plan.
Day 3 (4-6-2024) I Prepared a chart with my mates for evaluating and analyzing
(Activity day) performance of mental patients and others. I have also done some
changings in schedule to boost their cognitions. I have done some
exercises too with patients and others to let them feel relaxed.
Day 4 (5-6-2024) I drew conclusions based on the performance of psycho patients
and others and recommended them some therapies and exercises
for their better mental, emotional and physical health.
Day 5 (6-6-2024) In the end, I made the mental patients feel relaxed and motivated
them to pursue their goals.

3. Conclusion:

Project execution:
I have learned many things from my project. I learnt about how to design and
execute a project. I learned making charts and plan for initiating a project. I also learned how to
deal with difficult people and patients effectively. I have gained a lot of knowledge by going
there and working with these people. I with my participant and supervisor tried to look for
alternate options for bringing positive change in mental patients and others living there. We also
discussed about how to take actions in different situations and made strategy to accomplish the
tasks effectively.
Suggestions and recommendations:
I had to face a lot of problems while doing my project. I with my
participant endured inadequate behavior of some mental patients and strange environment. It
took a long time to explain mental patients and other people through different types of activities.
The problem of making these patients understand could only be solved by implementing some
useful time management techniques. Resources should be developed. Long-term planning should
be done for ensuring sustained support and betterment for future projects. Environment should be
favorable and comfortable for the patients. Sports, music, academic activities should be provided
to mental patients.
Outcomes:
My project brought many positive outcomes, such as mental patients were improving
their knowledge and skills. They became able to understand their inner world and others as well.
They learned how to cope effectively with various difficult situations and how to deal with
others. This project helped mental patients and others in developing their mental, emotional and
physical growth. This project also contributed in their confidence, gratitude and positive attitude.
With the help of this project, many patients were recovering from their previous worst condition
and starting enjoying their life.
Benefits:
As a student of BS psychology, I got many benefits from this project experience. I became able
to deal effectively with public and to find out solutions to the problems. This project contributed
in my self-confidence and self-esteem. I gained hands-on experience by working this project. It
had a great positive impact on my mental health. I started to thank Allah for giving me
everything that I do not deserve. Thus, students should be given such projects and opportunities
for enhancing their interpersonal communication skills and gaining experience. By doing these
types of projects students may develop feeling of humanity and unconditional positive regard.
They also become able to put their selves into someone else’s shoes.

Appendices:
Pictures of Activities: