Psychiatry




 

The Department of Psychiatry started functioning after the inauguration of the outpatient services at AIIMS, Bathinda w.e.f. 23-12-2020. The manpower at the time of inception of psychiatry OPD consisted of two faculty members namely Dr. Jitender Aneja, Associate Professor, and Dr. Bharat Udey, Assistant Professor. Dr. Jawahar Singh has joined the department on 30th August 2021.
Department aims to provide and practice the best available evidence-based mental health care services to reduce morbidity and mortality due to different mental health problems. We are also investing our knowledge in research alongside extending our collaboration with other departments to explore and expand our understanding of various psychiatric disorders. We are empowering students by imparting the most recent knowledge and training them in different aspects of mental health problems and their management.
Currently, AIIMS Bathinda is providing OPD and Day Care Treatment Services. In the coming future Department of Psychiatry is going to start inpatient and 24 hours’ Psychiatric Emergency services. The OPD services are available on all working days (except Sundays and governmental holidays)


Clinical Services:
Broadly we are catering to children, adolescents, adults, and elderly patients with psychological issues or psychiatric disorders, substance use disorders, and sexual disorders. In our outdoor clinic, we are serving patients with common mental disorders, severe mental illness, psychosomatic disorders, stress-related problems, childhood disorders, geriatric problems, substance use disorders, marital and psychosexual disorders, etc. We are seeing new patients as well as referred patients from other departments of AIIMS Bathinda and outside. We are providing pharmacotherapy, and psychological testing (presently limited), and therapies like psychoeducation, behavioural therapy, psychotherapy, abreaction treatments, and teaching various relaxation exercises.
Tele-psychiatry Services: Tele-Psychiatry services is being used for outreach clinical services. It was started during COVID19 pandemic to provide continuum of care for the patients who were unable to avail care at hospital due to nationwide lockdown or temporarily suspension of the OPD services. The department of psychiatry, AIIMS Bathinda is continuing these services for the outreach patients till date as per the national tele psychiatry guidelines of MOHFW (INDIA).

Location in hospital
OPD building, B-Block first floor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, Punjab.

Courses offered
The Department of Psychiatry is at the forefront of medical education. As the institute is in the initial phase of development with currently existing courses for MBBS, Department is committed to the training of undergraduates. Psychiatry is taught during 6-8 semesters of MBBS. Students get clinical posting to learn skills and knowledge is transferred in didactic lectures. The main aim of the training is to impart the basic understanding of different psychiatric illnesses, their diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The department is also actively involved in the teaching of the nursing officers which includes a weekly lecture on different aspects of basic psychiatric illnesses and nursing care of patients with mental health problems and psychiatric emergencies.

Major Equipment available
Modified-Electroconvulsive Therapy (m-ECT)- The department of Psychiatry has recently started m-ECT services at AIIMS Bathinda. ECT is administered under anesthesia with a muscle relaxant, it is being given three times per week until the patient gets the desired improvement in the psychiatric illness of interest. It is administered by a team of trained medical professionals that includes a psychiatrist, an anesthesiologist, and a nurse or health assistant. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can provide rapid, significant improvements in severe symptoms of several mental health conditions like severe depression (when accompanied by suicidal ideation/refusal to eat), treatment-resistant depression, severe mania, catatonia, agitation, and aggression secondary to psychiatric illness.

 

 

Faculty:

Photo Name & Qualifications Designation Contact & Email

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Dr. Gurvinder Pal Singh
MD(psychiatry)
Professor & HOD
gpsluthra@gmail.com

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Dr. Jitender Aneja
MBBS, MD (PGI, Chandigarh)
Additional Professor 9855512631
anejajitender@gmail.com

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Dr. Bharat Udey
MBBS, MD (MAMC New Delhi)
Associate Professor 9056032953
bharatudey@gmail.com

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Dr. Jawahar Singh
MBBS, MD (Psychiatry, AIIMS New Delhi), Life Fellow of IPS, IASP, and APSI.
Assistant Professor
drjawaharaiims@gmail.com

Services:

OPD Schedule:

Consultants Day of Week
Dr. Gurvinder Pal Singh

General OPD:
Tuesday, Thursday

Special OPD:
Child Guidance Clinic: Saturday
Geriatric Clinic: Wednesday
Mindfulness Skill Clinic: Thursday

Dr. Jitender Aneja

General OPD:
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday

Special OPD:
Child Guidance Clinic: Saturday

Martial and Psychosexual Clinic: Wednesday

Psychotherapy Clinic: Thursday
 

Dr. Bharat Udey

General OPD:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Special OPD:
Deaddiction Clinic: Tuesday

Geriatric Clinic: Friday

Consultation Liaison Clinic: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Dr. Jawahar Singh

General OPD:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

Special OPD:
Geriatric Clinic: Wednesday, Friday

Deaddiction Clinic: Tuesday

Consultation and Liaison Clinic: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurday, Friday, Saturday

Projects

Title Principal Investigator Co Investigator Collaboration, if any (Department and institute) Funding Agency Projects Status
To assess the effect of tobacco on cognitive functions among young adults.
Screening and diagnosis of depression: focus on genomic alterations and functional resonance imaging.
Medical and psychiatric comorbidities among patients with alcohol dependence: A multicentre study from India
“Brain Region-Specific Multi-omics Analysis of Major Depressive Disorders in the Indian Population Using Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Investigating Resilience Factors to Identify Personalized Therapeutic Targets”

Expansion planned for the future:

In the coming future, as AIIMS Bathinda is going to start inpatient services, the Department of Psychiatry will also start inpatient services. In-patient services will be helpful for those patients who are getting difficulty in diagnosis and management on an OPD basis.
The department is in the process to start Opioid de-addiction services in collaboration with NACO and State AIDS Control Society as per the feasibility.
The department of psychiatry is also in process of starting Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (r-TMS) services which is a well-tolerated, safe, and emerging treatment modality for the treatment of various psychiatric disorders.