In 1937, the first post of psychiatric social worker was created in the child guidance clinic run by the Dhorabji Tata School of Social Work ( established in 1936 ), It is considered as the first documented evidence of social work practice in Indian mental health field.
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The Child Study Center, as it is known today, was organized by a group of community leaders to bring together under one roof the services of six autonomous agencies : the old Child Study Center Diagnostic Clinic, Child Guidance Clinic, Retarded Children's Association, United Cerebral Palsy Association, Blind Children's Services Center and the Easter Seal Society.
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In various parts of the country, in mental health service settings, social workers were employed in 1956 at a mental hospital in Amritsar, in 1958 at a child guidance clinic of the college of nursing, and in Delhi in 1960 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and in 1962 at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
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Barton participated actively in many community organizations including the Occupational Therapy Association ( president, 1951 ), the Board of Directors of The Associated Charities of Worcester, the Worcester Child Guidance Clinic, the YMCA of Worcester, the Board of Christian Social Concerns of the Methodist Church in Washington, DC, the American Mental Hygiene Society, and the Vermont State Mental Health Board from 1986 to 1987.
