Mentorship & Internship Programmes

Case history taking refers to the systematic collection of personal, developmental, medical, psychological, social, educational, occupational, and family information about an individual. It provides the essential clinical context required to make an accurate diagnosis, determine prognosis, and formulate an effective treatment plan.

• Helps in diagnosis and assessment
• Assists in treatment planning
• Builds therapeutic rapport
• Provides contextual understanding
• Identifies psychosocial stressors

1. Identification details
2. Presenting complaints
3. History of the current problem
4. Family, educational, and occupational history
5. Medical, developmental, social, and personality history

1. Understand the concept and importance of case history taking
2. Develop interviewing, rapport-building, and communication skills
3. Learn age-appropriate assessment techniques for different populations
4. Conduct and document structured case history interviews professionally
5. Apply ethical practices and prepare comprehensive case reports

Psychological First Aid (PFA) is a humane, supportive, and practical approach to helping people in the immediate aftermath of a crisis. Endorsed by the WHO and Red Cross, it focuses on promoting safety, calming, and connecting individuals to support without forcing them to recount their trauma.

• Provides immediate emotional support
• Promotes safety, calmness, and healthy coping
• Reduces long-term psychological distress
• Strengthens social support and community resilience

• Look: Assess safety, identify urgent needs, and observe signs of distress
• Listen: Listen actively, respectfully, and validate emotions
• Link: Connect individuals with support, resources, and professional help

1. Understand Psychological First Aid (PFA)
2. Learn the Look, Listen, Link approach
3. Develop communication and empathy skills
4. Provide ethical crisis support and referrals
5. Apply PFA in diverse settings

A clinical interview is a foundational, face-to-face dialogue between a clinician and a client. Its primary purpose is to gather psychological, social, and medical history, observe behaviours, establish a therapeutic alliance, and inform diagnosis and treatment planning.

• Scientific and ethical assessment process
• Foundation of diagnosis and treatment planning
• Strengthens therapeutic relationships
• Builds competent and empathetic professionals
• Facilitates accurate diagnosis and comprehensive case formulation
• Promotes holistic understanding of individual's concerns and strengths

1. Develop competency in conducting professional clinical interviews
2. Build therapeutic communication, observation, and documentation skills
3. Learn case history taking, mental health screening, and diagnostic interviewing
4. Practice ethical interviewing and clinical case formulation

Mental Status Examination (MSE) is a comprehensive workup of a patient, based on interviews, tests, and other sources of information, including details of mental status, personality characteristics, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment options.

• Assesses current mental functioning
• Supports accurate diagnosis
• Evaluates key psychological domains
• Guides treatment and referrals

• Assess grooming, behavior, eye contact, and communication patterns
• Evaluate emotional state, thought processes, and thought content
• Examine perceptual disturbances, orientation, memory, and attention
• Assess awareness of illness and decision-making abilities

1. Develop understanding of Mental Status Examination (MSE)
2. Learn systematic MSE administration and observation skills
3. Improve diagnostic reasoning and clinical documentation
4. Prepare for ethical and professional clinical practice