Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit

• Depression: Severe depression can involve profound emotional distress, difficulty functioning, impaired self-care, and can lead to crisis. When such symptoms worsen, close observation and treatment may be required.

• OCD: Severe obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours can become highly distressing and interfere with daily functioning. Intensive mental health care may be needed when symptoms become difficult to manage.

• Anxiety Disorder: Heightened anxiety can become overwhelming and significantly affect functioning. A structured setting offers closer monitoring and support during such acute phases.

• Phobias: While phobias are commonly treated outside hospital settings or through outpatient consultation, severe symptoms accompanied by significant distress or other psychiatric difficulties may require a higher level of support.

• PTSD: Severe trauma-related symptoms can cause intense distress and disrupt emotional and physical well-being. For a PTSD-related crisis, psychiatric intensive care can provide a controlled setting for assessment and stabilisation.

• Schizophrenia: Psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, severely disorganised behaviour, and disorientation can affect judgement, functioning and safety. This makes close psychiatric observation and treatment necessary.

• Bipolar Disorder: Severe manic, depressive, mixed episodes, and mood instability are common symptoms of bipolar disorder. Adult inpatient psychiatric treatment may be required when these symptoms become difficult to manage.

• Personality Disorder: Long-lasting and rigid patterns in the way a person feels, thinks, and behaves due to emotional dysregulation can lead to risky tendencies that require closer observation and inpatient support.

• ADHD and Asperger's: The person's symptoms and needs may require individualised assessment and support depending on the severity of symptoms, behavioural difficulties, and overall clinical situation.

• Eating Disorders: Conditions like anorexia nervosa, bulimia, restrictive food intake disorder, etc. can be complex and life-threatening. While many individuals recover through outpatient therapy, prolonged impact and severe physiological instability warrant inpatient care.

• Risk of Harm to Self or Others

Suicidal behaviour, self-harm, severe aggression, uncontrolled thoughts, etc., may require professional intervention and close supervision in a controlled setting.

• Severe Psychiatric Crisis

Some mental health conditions may be manageable but become acute through escalated symptoms. In such cases, inpatient psychiatric care becomes critical for stabilisation.

• Extreme Distress or Vulnerability

When distress is difficult to de-escalate, or the person is emotionally vulnerable to respond, 1:1 nursing care and a safe environment supervised by a psychiatrist may help.

• Sudden or Acute Behavioural Changes

Changes in behaviour like aggression, agitation, loss of control, and mania may require supervised intervention to prevent escalation and address the underlying psychiatric condition.

• Multidisciplinary Team

Clinical expertise across different areas with our team of experienced psychologists and psychiatrists helps assess the person's psychiatric and broader health needs.

• Advanced Monitoring

Our care team is equipped with state-of-the-art monitoring and medical equipment to identify changes in symptoms, behaviour, and overall condition to respond promptly when additional intervention is needed.

• Evidence-Backed Therapies

Treatment may include medication and psychological interventions like cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy, and other relevant approaches. Supportive counselling and structured activities are also part of treatment approaches, depending on the person's condition.

• Safe Environment

Adult or teen inpatient psychiatric treatment at Maarga involves a structured setting that can help reduce exposure to immediate risks during an acute crisis. Maintaining privacy, dignity, and confidentiality is part of creating a safe environment for vulnerable patients.

• Rehabilitation Support

Psychiatric care extends to appropriate therapeutic and structured activities that help individuals work towards improved functioning and a gradual transition to less intensive care as and when appropriate.

• Adults

Adult inpatient psychiatric treatment focuses on stabilising acute symptoms, restoring day-to-day functioning, and addressing factors that can improve how an individual assimilates into home and work life. Care may include psychiatric assessment, medication, psychological interventions, and structured activities. Various physical, neurological, and substance-use concerns are addressed.

• Adolescents (Teens)

Adolescent inpatient psychiatric treatment involves greater consideration of developmental stage, family support, school functioning, and social environment. Maarga's child and adolescent psychiatry services include individualised assessments and treatment approaches.