Department of Psychiatry

Facilities

The department has an in house Clinical Psychology unit with facilities for extensive Psychometric assessment,IQ Psychoeducational Personality assessment and regular counselling (individual,marital) as and when indicated.

Patient Care Hospital Services Provided

Academic counselling and Stress management is a major thrust area.
Electroconvulsive therapy (modified) is also offered as part of the treatment as and when required.
TDCS (neurostimulation) and Biofeedback are offered as interventions as and when required.
Substance abuse and dependence treatment including alcohol detoxification and deaddiction forms an important area of expertise.
Nicotine Deaddiction Clinic
Neuropsychiatric disorders of old age like dementia, mild cognitive impairment are also assessed and managed.
Sexual medicine and sexual counselling is another thrust area for the department.

LGBTQ Clinic

Child Development and Guidance Clinic manned by psychiatrists, developmental paediatrician and clinical psychologists is another speciality area, jointly managed by the departments of Paediatrics and Psychiatry. The clinic offers services for children with hyperactivity, developmental delays, autism, learning disabilities, speech language problems, enuresis and various other psychological problems in children and adolescents. Detailed assessment along with IQ/DQ (intelligence and developmental quotient), educational assessment is done and intervention including occupational, speech and physiotherapy and remedial educating is done. Inpatient treatment & Outpatient treatment

Awards and Recognition

Dr. Jyoti Shetty, Professor and Head of Department has been Convener IPS Child & Adlescent psychiatry subspeciality 2015-2016. Convener IPS Forensic Psychiatry & Law subspeciality 2019-2021 and is CoChairperson IPS Perinatal Psychiatry Task Force 2021-2022 Co Chairperson IPS WZ UG education committee 2021-2022
She has also been President IPS Pune branch 2016-2017 and is President elect Pune Psychiatric Association 2021-2022
Dr. Gayatri Bhatia, alumna of the MD residency program in the Department of Psychiatry has completed DM Addiction Psychiatry from AIIMS, New Delhi and passed out of her batch as the topper this year ie 2021.