PLEASE MATCH YOUR ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR SESSION
IGNOU MPC-54 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
SECTION – A
Answer the following questions in 1000 words each.
1. Explain community mental health and describe various community mental health models.
2. Elucidate certification for different issues related to mental illness with a focus on benefits of certification.
3. Explain the concepts of counselling and guidance and describe counselling setting and skills of counselling.
SECTION – B
Answer the following questions in 400 words each.
4. Describe the process of documentation in mental health.
5. Explain Rehabilitation Council Act of India.
6. Describe Indian Disability Evaluation and Assessment Scale (IDEAS)
7. Discuss the role of NGOs towards psychosocial rehabilitation in India.
8. Elucidate the factors that influence the outcomes of psychotherapy.
SECTION – C
Answer the following questions in 50 words each.
9. Voluntary and involuntary admissions
10. Domestic Violence Act
11. Myths and misconceptions about mental illnesses
12. Community Based Participatory Research and the Epidemiological method.
13. Psychotherapy
14. Automatic thoughts
15. Dynamics of anger
16. Acute and chronic stress
17. Positive mental health
18. National Informatics Centre
IGNOU MPC-54 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
SECTION A
Answer the following questions in about 1000 words each.
1. Describe the stigma and discrimination with regard to mental illness. Explain the strategies to promote social responsibility amongst the general public.
2. Explain social skill training and vocational rehabilitation in the context of rehabilitation of the persons with mental illness.
3. Elucidate the concept of psychotherapy and describe factors that influence the outcomes of psychotherapy.
SECTION B
Answer the following questions in about 400 words each.
4. Explain the Mental Health Act, 1987 with a focus on its objectives.
5. Describe various benefits of certification.
6. Define counselling and describe the steps involved in counselling process.
7. Describe various activities that can be carried out to promote mental health.
8. Explain the meaning and importance of documentation.
SECTION C
Answer the following questions in about 50 words each.
9. Voluntary admission and voluntary treatment as a right of persons with mental illness.
10. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985
11. Indian Disability Evaluation and Assessment Scale (IDEAS)
12. Importance of community based research
13. Multicultural counselling
14. Cognitive biases/ distortions
15. Acute and chronic stress
16. Crisis intervention
17. Positive mental health
18. National Informatics Centre







