Department Of
Psychiatry
Facilities for Teaching & Learning
We have an exclusive departmental library, museum, overhead projector, smart board, and good audio-visual aids for teaching purposes. We also have an air-conditioned demonstration hall with the latest AV aids and a smart board which can accommodate 25 students. We use the OSCE examination for the assessment of student activities.
Patient care activities
Overview
The department of Psychiatry has played a vital role in addressing the mental health needs of the patients attending AVMCH for the past 20 years.
Unique features of patient care
- Apart from pharmacological treatment, we have non-pharmacological treatment like electroconvulsive therapy, biofeedback, counselling sessions and psychotherapy for various disorders.
- We also do neuropsychological assessment with psychometric tools.
Clinical problems treated:
- Geriatric psychiatry:
Dementia, geriatric depression, disorders of memory, Parkinson’s disease, late onset psychosis, grief and other organic disorders.
- Substance abuse disorders:
Alcohol and nicotine dependence syndrome, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, poly-substance abuse, and other mental and behavioural disorders related with substance abuse.
- Psychotic Disorders:
Schizophrenia and its type, schizotypal and delusional disorders.
- Mood Disorders:
Mania, depression, persistent mood, bipolar persistent mood disorder.
- Neurotic disorders:
Anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobia, somatoform and dissociative disorder.
- Behavioural syndromes:
Eating disorder, non-organic sleep disorder, sexual dysfunction.
- Personality disorders:
Impulsive disorder, gender identity, specific personality disorders like borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, paranoid, schizoid personality disorder.
- Child psychiatry:
Intellectual and developmental disabilities, specific learning disability, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, conduct disorder, pica, tic, stammering, enuresis, encopresis.
OPD Services
Our Psychiatry department is located on the 1st floor of C block (next to Seminar Hall). We offer OPD services from 8.30am to 4.30 pm from Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 1pm on Saturday.
Special clinics
S.NO | DAY | TIMING | SPECIALITY |
1 | Monday | 2.00 pm TO 4.30 pm | Neuro Psychiatry Clinic |
2 | Tuesday | 2.00 pm TO 4.30 pm | Family counselling, Psycho Motor Clinic |
3 | Wednesday | 2.00 pm TO 4.30 pm | Geriatric Clinic |
4 | Thursday | 2.00 pm TO 4.30 pm | Child Guidance Clinic |
5 | Friday | 2.00 pm TO 4.30 pm | Memory Clinic |
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IP services
We have an exclusive 30-bedded ward treating psychiatric inpatients. We admit patients for deaddiction in Raksha deaddiction ward. We have a library for inpatients and indoor games for long-term patients. We also have yoga sessions for patients as a part of rehabilitation services. We offer group psychotherapy and conduct regular psychoeducation and Alcoholic Anonymous meetings.
Emergency services provided 24hrs function
We provide emergency services 24×7 for psychiatric emergencies like patients with suicidal attempts, severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms, acutely violent patients and acute drug induced side effects.
Patient welfare activities
- We have an exclusive inpatient library as a part of patient care wherein we have a total of 50 motivational books for the benefit of patients and caregivers during their hospital stay.
Award and Recognition for Patient and Caregivers (Patient care) -We give awards to the patients who have recovered from substance dependence.
