Department of Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry offers specialised services such as child and adolescent psychiatry clinic and de-addiction clinic. The stigma associated with psychiatry has been dipping as is evident in the increasing number of inpatients and outpatients reaching out to get treated. Perhaps this is a testimony to its firm belief that mental illness, like physical disorders, can be treated.

Some of the conditions that are treated are:

• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Somatoform disorders
• Dissociative disorders
• Alcohol & other substance disorders
• Anxiety disorders like obsessive compulsive disorder, social phobia, specific phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, etc.
• Child & adolescent disorders like low intelligence, Dyslexia, School refusal, anxiety, oppositional behaviors, ADHD, Autism, etc.
• Disorders of elderly like dementia, depression, etc.

Facilities offered in our department are:

• Special outpatient services: “De-addiction clinic” & “Child and Adolescent Psychiatry clinic”
• Assessment: Intelligence by Intelligent Quotient (IQ) testing, Dyslexia by Dyslexia instruments, cognitive functioning by Neuropsychological testing & Psychometric tests by trained clinical psychologist
• Individual psychological therapy and behavior therapy, Parent training
• Family therapy
• Marital therapy
• Emergency services consultation: 24/7
• Inpatient services for psychiatric illness and addiction related disorders
• Multidisciplinary deaddiction treatment for stopping alcohol and other substances (Close monitoring, one to one counseling, occupational therapy, Group therapy, Aversion therapy, family interventions and other special modalities)