PSYCHIATRY

• Introduction

• Staff

• Publications

• Details of any CME programs

• Awards / Achievements

Introduction:

The department of psychiatry started as the "mental Hygiene Clinic" under the Faculty of Social Work, MS University in 1952. It was taken over by the government of Gujarat in 1965, and became part of the Medical College.

Department of Psychiatry was headed by

• From 1967 to 1991 by Dr. A.B. Khurana

• From 1991 up to October 2018 by Dr. P.R. Vesuna

• From November 2018 to October 2019 by Dr.Rakesh R. Gandhi

• From November 2019 to February 2020 by Dr. Bharat N. Panchal

• From march 2020 by Dr. Rakesh Gandhi

The department also provides training for undergraduate doctors (interns) and post-graduate students of Psychiatry. It admits three students annually to the course of MD Psychiatry from both the state and national levels and has two positions for Senior Residents. It is also involved in the training of psychology, social work and nursing students.

The department caters to the outpatients from OPD 11. It has an indoor facility of 40 beds, which include both psychiatric and de-addiction patients. Medications are provided by the hospital and electro-convulsive therapy is conducted in the Ward.

• 5 students are admitted annually since year 2020 for the course of M.D. Psychiatry from both all India & state level.

Staff

Faculty:

Residents

Details of Non teaching staff

1. Psychiatric Social Worker
Mr. Nilesh M. Patel
2. Data Entry Operator
Mrs. Ramilaben B. Parmar
3. Peon
Mr. Ramesh Kahar

Details of Technical staff
1. Mr. PruthvirajsinghZhala EEG Technician

Details of Nursing staff in OPD

Mrs. Poyni Joshi, staff nurse in opd
Mrs. Krishna Vasava, staff nurse in opd
Mrs. Hiral Patel, staff nurse in opd
Miss. Sandhya Herma, staff nurse in opd

Details of Nursing staff in Psychiatry Ward

Mr. Hitesh Bhatt, in-charge staff nurse in ward
Mrs. Ansuyaben B. Parmar, staff nurse in ward
Mrs. Harshaben B. Makwana, staff nurse in ward
Mrs. Gayatriben P. Srimali, staff nurse in ward
Mrs. Surekha C. Parmar,staff nurse in ward
Mrs. Manisha S. Suthar,staff nurse in ward
Mrs. Sharmishta N. Patel, staff nurse in ward
Miss. Pratima B. Vasava,staff nurse in ward

• Postgraduate Educational Regulations and Teaching Schedule of Department of Psychiatry

The department of Psychiatry runs a well organised teaching schedule covering basic sciences, general Psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology and sociology, sub speciality of Psychiatry like Child Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, De addiction, Legal Psychiatry etc.

The training is given in the form of lectures, seminars, case conferences, journal clubs, ward rounds, psychotherapy supervision and dissertation. At least 80% presence is required for every term.

Publications

Details of any CME programmes, conferences and/or any academic activities conducted by the department.
 

Details of any awards and achievements received by the students or faculty

Special services provided by department of Psychiatry during COVID-19 Pandemic:

(a) Counselling services provided to people who were in quarantine.
(b) Training of counsellors for providing psychosocial care during COVID-19 pandemic in liaison with SIHFW, Vadodara, GSACS Ahmedabad & UNICEF Gujarat.
(c) Preparation of a manual for health care provider “Ensuring safety & wellbeing through psychosocial support during COVID-19 pandemic in liaison with SIHFW, Vadodara, GSACS Ahmedabad & UNICEF Gujarat.
(d) Providing tele-psychiatry support & counselling to existing & new patients who could not come to hospital.
(e) Providing counselling support to general population for emotional issues arising from COVID-19 pandemic.
(f) Both faculty & resident doctors provided services in both COVID & suspected COVID wards in our hospital & in GMERS gotri hospital.

Other facilities provided by Department:
i) Departmental library
ii) EEG facility in Psychiatry ward (ward-14)
iii) Special clinics as mentioned below:
• Clinic for Senile disorder – Monday
• Child guidance clinic – Tuesday
• Deaddiction clinic – Wednesday
• Memory clinic – Thursday
• Family counselling, Psychosexual clinic – Friday

Paper & Poster presented by department of Psychiatry:

• Paper sent for publication:

• Ongoing Research Projects

Sr. No.	TITLE	AUTHORS
1	Cyberbullying & Psychological Well-being: A Cross Sectional Study Among Medical Students	Dr. Chintan Savani,
		Dr. Mihir Jani,
		Dr. Anu Patel
2	The contribution of mass media to body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptomsamong Undergraduate students	Dr. Sonali Mehta
		Dr. Vrinda Pareek

• Post-graduate Teaching Schedule:
 

Sr	TOPIC
1	Classification, History taking points
2	MSE, MMSE, BG test, concept of normality
3	Medical and Neurological examination
4	Classification of drugs in general
5	Typical sign and symptoms of psychiatric illness defined
6	Delirium, Dementia
7	Epilepsy
8	Antiepileptic
9	Learning Theories
10	Neuroanatomy
11	Mood disorder, Back and Hamilton scales
12	Antidepressant & Mood stabilizer
13	Perception
14	Neurophysiology & Neurochemistry
15	Psychotic disorder, PANSS
16	Antipsychotic & Anticholinergic
17	Cognition
18	Neuroimaging, Headache
19	Substance abuse disorders
20	Common substance use disorders (alcohol, opioid)
21	Emotions
22	Organic psychiatric disorders
23	Anxiety disorder, HARS, YB-OCD scales
24	Psychological examination
25	Neuropsychiatry, Neuroendocrinology
26	Somatoform disorders
27	Cognitive therapy
28	Aggression, Death, Dying and bereavement
29	Suicide
30	Impulse control disorder, Eating disorders
31	Freud, Défense mechanism
32	Basic science of sleep, EEG
33	Sexual disorder, Sleep disorder
34	HIV counselling, Biofeedback
35	Theories of personality, other psychodynamic schools
36	Psychosomatic medicine
37	Personality disorders, MMPI, Rorschach, TAT, CAT, other
38	Psychoanalysis, Brief psychotherapy
39	Memory
40	Amnestic disorder
41	Dissociative disorders, Factitious disorders
42	Hypnosis, Narcoanalysis, ECT
43	Piaget, Erikson, Bowlby
44	Genetic and Neuropsychiatry in Mental retardation
45	Mental retardation & IQ test, Bhatia battery
46	Psychiatric aspect of day-care
47	Learning disorders, communication disorders, PDD, Motor skill disorders
48	ADHD, Tic disorders, Feeing and Eating disorders
49	Forensic psychiatry
50	Mental health act
51	Benzodiazepines, Nonbenzodiazepines
52	Behaviour therapy

Unit/Department wise beds distribution.

Unit: One
Total Beds: 40

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