Psychiatry is a medical discipline that deals with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental disorders. Its primary goal is relief from suffering associated with mental disorders and improvement of mental health and well-being. Mental disorders comprise a broad range of conditions and are generally characterized by some combination of abnormal thoughts/ emotions/ behavior/ relationship with others.  Psychiatry adopts a medical approach but may take in to account biological, psychological, and social/cultural perspectives in the management of mental disorders.

Department of Psychiatry at Government Medical College, Pali caters holistic mental health services as follows:

OPD consultation services: These services are provided daily during hospital hours. Patients suffering from different types of headaches, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, bipolar (mood) disorders, sleep disorders, various kinds of addictions (alcohol, opium, tobacco, bhang, ganja),dementia and geriatric mental health conditions, childhood behavioral disorders, intellectual disability, attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorders are benefitted by OPD services.

Indoor services/ admission facility: Department provides admission facility and treatment for severely ill/ difficult-to-manage patients suffering from schizophrenia, manic disorder and other psychotic disorders.

Preventive/ Community awareness services: As a regional functional unit of National Mental Health Program, department conducts routine camps to periphery to provide awareness about mental health and mental disorders as well as consultation and treatment for ailments.

Certification/ welfare services: In compliance to Rights of persons’ with Disabilities Act-2016, department functions in collaboration with social welfare department to assess disabilities caused by mental disorders and to provide certificates to the needy patients.

Teaching Faculty in the Department

Senior/Junior Residents in the Department

MO/JS/SS/PS in the Department

PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Dr. Ankit Awasthi

1.      Sharma P, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S, Kumar S, Awasthi A. Penile Self-amputation by a Non-psychotic Young Male. Journal of Mental Health & Human Behavior, 2010; 15 (2): 116-118.

2.      Awasthi A, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S, Kumar S, Gunthe R. A comparative study of perceived stress and quality of life of nurses working at psychiatry and non-psychiatry departments. Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 2011; 2(2): 454-457.

3.      Awasthi A, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S. Spiritual well-being and quality of life in patients suffering from cancer. Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, 2011; 2(2): 76-80.

4.      Kumar S, Kachhwha D, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S, Awasthi A. Psychiatric Morbidity in Psoriasis Patients: A Pilot Study. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol, 2011; 77: 625.

5.      Jain D, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S, Kumar S, Awasthi A. Sexual attitudes and myths among medical and non-medical students: An exploratory study. Journal of Mental Health & Human Behavior, 2011; 16 (2): 95-101.

6.      Awasthi A, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S, Awasthi S. Positive and negative religious coping and quality of life in patients suffering from cancer. Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 2012; 3(1): 112-115.

7.      Jain D, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S, Awasthi A. A comparative study of perceived stress and quality of life of residents working at clinical and nonclinical departments. Journal of Mental Health & Human Behavior,2012; 17(1): 71-76.

8.      Jain D, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S, Awasthi A. Impact of depression on quality of life in patients with recent myocardial infarction”. Indian Journal of Applied Psychology, 2013; 50.

9.      Arya KD, Awasthi A, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S. Self amputation of thumb: A rare psychiatric presentation. Journal of Mental Health & Human Behavior, 2013; 18 (1): 60-63.

10.      Purohit DR, Awasthi A, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S, Kumar S. A journey from custodial to community-based care: Psychiatric Centre, Jodhpur. Indian J Psychiatry 2018;60:224-6.

11.    Gadia P, Awasthi A, Jain S, Koolwal GD. Depression and anxiety in patients of chronic kidney disease undergoing haemodialysis: A study from western Rajasthan. J Family Med Prim Care 2020;9:4282-6.

12.     Awasthi A, Koolwal A, Dhaka N, Koolwal GD, Gehlot S. Cognitive dysfunctions in patients with bipolar disorder: A comparative study from western Rajasthan. Asian J Med Res 2020;9(2):1-6.

13.     Dhaka N, Koolwal A, Agarwal A, Awasthi A, Koolwal GD. Cognitive impairment in patients with schizophrenia: A comparative study from western Rajasthan. Adv Hum Biol 2020;10:144-8.

14.     Gadia P, Koolwal GD, Awasthi A. Association of depression/ anxiety and quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis: A Study from Western Rajasthan. Indian J Soc Psychiatry 2020.

Dr. Bhanu Pratap Singh

1.      Singh BP, Dutta S, Zaman FA, Sampath H. A study to correlation of socio-demographic and clinical variables with depression in urban population. Journal of Medical Science and clinical research 2018; 6(6): 455-461.

2.      Singh BP, Dutta S, Zaman FA, Sampath H. A Preliminary Study on the Prevalence of Depression in an Adult Urban Population of Gangtok. Int J Med Res Prof. 2018 May; 4(3):184-87.

Dr. Daljeet Singh Ranawat

1.       Anticraving efficacy of rTMS in opioid dependence. Lambert academic publishing. 2016.

ACHIEVEMENTS/ AWARDS

Dr. Ankit Awasthi was awarded fellowship of Dr Ramchandra N Murthy Foundation for mental health & neurological sciences at National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore for participating in Early career psychiatrists’ workshop in January 2016.

NEWS/ EVENTS

Department observed World Schizophrenia Day by organizing public awareness program addressing patients and their relatives at Bangur Hospital on 24^th May 2018.

Dr. Ankit Awasthi delivered lecture on Stress Management in the orientation program for 1^st batch of MBBS students of the college on 20^th August 2018.

Faculty and residents of the Department delivered talk on the occasion of World Suicide prevention Day on 10^th September 2018.

Various awareness activities were conducted by department during World Mental Health Week -2018.

Dr Ankit Awasthi delivered a guest lecture in a seminar on Mental health Care Act organized by Department of Psychiatry, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur on 9^th October 2018.

Department organized awareness program highlighting this year’s theme of World Mental Health Day “Young People & Mental Health in a Changing World” at Bangur Hospital on 10^th October 2018.

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