FACULTY
Dr. Yesudas K F
MBBS, MD Psychiatry
Professor
Reg. No. 18644
Dr. Druhin A V
MBBS, MD Psychiatry
Professor
Reg. No. 18448
Dr. Anithakumari Ayirolimeethal
MBBS, MD Psychiatry
Associate Professor
Reg. No. 24609
Dr. Padmini C
MBBS, DNB IN PSYCHIATRY
Assistant Professor
Reg. No. 23515
Dr. Deepak K Prabhakaran
MBBS, MD Psychiatry
Assistant Professor
Reg. No. 42081
Dr. Sumesh Balachandran
MBBS, MD (PSYCHIATRY)
Assistant Professor
Reg. No. 38511
Dr. Amrutha Francis
MBBS, MD PSYCHIATRY
Senior Resident
Reg. No. 66461
Dr. Arun Kumar S
MBBS, MD PSYCHIATRY
Junior Resident
Dr. Navaneeth R
MBBS
Junior Resident
Reg. No. 77140
Dr. Anusree.N
MBBS, MD PSYCHIATRY
Junior Resident
Reg. No. 67090
Dr. Gyanendra Rai
MBBS
Junior Resident
Dr. Nusrin Fathima
MBBS
Junior Resident
Reg. No. 98773
Dr. Simimol.N
MBBS
Junior Resident
Reg. No. 70705
COURSES & TRAINING
The department spearheads medical education with courses for MBBS, MD (Psychiatry) with a regular intake of 2 seats per year and also offers training for B.Sc and M.Sc nursing students and Pharm D students. We have full-fledged academic activities round the year.
Undergraduate MBBS teaching (As per the latest NMC curriculum)
Regular theory lectures
Clinical case discussions
Orientation classes
Electives
Seminars and Role plays for Interns
MD (Psychiatry) Post Graduate Teaching Program
Journal Club
Seminar
Case Conference
Bedside Case discussion
Semester examinations
NMHP modules
Regular visits to Rehabilitation Institutes
B.Sc/ M.Sc Nursing Training
Case discussions
Practicals
Pharm D training
OPD teaching
Regular rounds
Assignments
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Completed
1. Psychiatric co-morbidities, quality of life and its relationship to severity of addiction: a cross sectional hospital-based study among alcohol dependent patients
2. Psychiatric diagnosis, hopelessness, suicidal intent and stressful life events in suicide attempters in tertiary care hospitals of North Kerala
3. Psychiatric morbidity, stressful life events and quality of life in geriatric population a hospitalbased cross-sectional study
4. Somatic symptoms in depression and its correlation with severity and suicidality - a cross-sectional study
5. Caregiver burden in chronic mentally ill patients and their coping mechanism.
6. Frequency of behavioral and psychologicalsymptoms of dementia in patients with dementiaof the Alzheimer’s type attending the psychiatry department ina tertiary care hospital ofnorth Kerala
7. Sexual dysfunction in male schizophrenia remitted patients treated with risperidone andolanzapine: a comparative study in a tertiary care hospital in Northern Kerala.
Ongoing Researches
1. Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in spouses of patients with alcohol dependence syndrome admitted in a tertiary care centre in Northern Kerala
2. Bone mineral density and its relation with handgrip strength: As an indicator for the risk of osteoporosis among patients with Psychiatric disorders
3. Effect of Yoga on stress and quality of sleep among undergraduate students of a government college in Northern Kerala.
4. Psychological problems in parents of Covid positive infants.
5. Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross Sectional Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northern Kerala
6. Prescribing pattern and ADR profile of drugs used in the management of ADHD in children.
7. Knowledge Attitude and Concern amongst parents of children and adolescents born with Cleftlip and palate: A multi-centric study (in Collaboration with AIIMS Rishikesh).
8. Prevalence of Internetaddiction and its associated psychology amongst medical students in a tertiary care hospital in northern Kerala
9. Psychiatric morbidities among prisoners in a prison in north Kerala
10. Impulsivity and psychiatric morbidity in suicide attempters
PUBLICATIONS
1. Dr. Padmini Cherukunnath, Dr.Arun M Palayat, Dr.Binoo Divakaran, Dr.Mohachandran V V. Deliberate Self harm in Alcohol Dependent Outpatients in Tertiary Care Centre -JMSCR, Vol:04/Issue:04/April Page No. 10282-10290.
2. Dr. Padmini Cherukunnath, Dr.Arun M Palayat, Dr.Binoo Divakaran, Dr.Mohachandran V V. Psychiatric Comorbidity in Alcohol Dependent Outpatients in Tertiary Care Centre- JMSCR, Vol:04/Issue:03/March Page No. 9881-9889.