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Psychiatric Social Work, a specialised branch of Social work, which concerns with theoretical as well as clinical work and the knowledge of Psychiatry-which primarily deals with problems of the mind and associated disorders. Theessential purpose of Psychiatric Social Work is to help the people with problems of the mind and/or with behavior problems or we can say precisely the problems of mind and brain and their solutions.It has grown as the result of the need felt and its realization for people with mental or emotionally disturb could be helped more effectively by understanding their social and/or environmental factors responsible for the problems of mind and brain in their management. Professionally trained Psychiatric Social Worker is the qualified member of psychiatric team treating comprehensively the patients with psychiatric disorders or behavioral problems. These professionals utilize social work principle, techniques for the purpose of diagnosis, patient care and treatment and finally plan the rehabilitation of the patients in the family and in the community. Besides they also provide otherservices to mentally challenged people like therapeutic treatment, social rehabilitation, crisis intervention or outreach services in the community. A psychiatric Social Worker (PSW) works in close association with psychiatrist, childguidance clinics, social services department as the team in the psychiatric hospital; and they also extend their work in families and communities for mentally challenged people. The role and responsibilities of the psychiatric social worker is fast increasing never before and he is no longer confine to the hospital or psychiatric clinic, but they areaccepting the new challenges as the mental health hygienist in various public activities and helping the preventive mental schemes of the government for the people.