Rehabilitation of the mentally ill is necessary to improve their quality of life once their active symptoms are reduced. When the patients are taught skills to form work discipline like candle making, paper bag making etc. it is called _____ therapy.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Occupational
Rehabilitation helps patients whose active symptoms have reduced to become self-sufficient and productive members of society. It includes occupational therapy, social skills training, cognitive retraining and vocational training.
Option (1) Cognitive — Incorrect. In rehabilitation, cognitive retraining is given to improve the basic cognitive functions of attention, memory and executive functions. Making candles does not train these functions.
Option (2) Social skills — Incorrect. Social skills training helps patients develop interpersonal skills through role play, imitation and instruction, so that they can function in a social group.
Option (3) Occupational — Correct. In occupational therapy the patients are taught skills such as candle making, paper bag making and weaving to help them to form a work discipline, the very skills in the question.
Option (4) Vocational — Incorrect. Vocational training comes after the patient improves sufficiently: the patient is helped to gain the skills needed to undertake productive employment. Candle making to form a work discipline is the earlier, occupational step.
Note 1: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2023 on 02-06-2023 (Slot 3).
Note 2: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2025 on 28-05-2025 (Slot 1).
NCERT (2025-26): “Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill … The aim of rehabilitation is to empower the patient to become a productive member of society to the extent possible. In rehabilitation, the patients are given occupational therapy, social skills training, and vocational therapy. In occupational therapy, the patients are taught skills such as candle making, paper bag making and weaving to help them to form a work discipline. Social skills training helps the patients to develop interpersonal skills through role play, imitation and instruction. The objective is to teach the patient to function in a social group. Cognitive retraining is given to improve the basic cognitive functions of attention, memory and executive functions. After the patient improves sufficiently, vocational training is given wherein the patient is helped to gain skills necessary to undertake productive employment.” |