www.kgmcindia.edu
 
Courses Offered
  MD (Psychiatry)
 
Areas of expertise
* General Psychiatry
* Child & adolescent Psychiatry
* Drug De-addiction
* Epidemiology
* Forensic Psychiatry
* Biological Psychiatry
* Psychosexual Dysfunction
* Community Psychiatry
* Geriatric Psychiatry
* Clinical Psychology
   
Specialised Units
* Drug de-addiction Unit
* Child & Adolescent Unit
* Community Psychiatry (District mental health programme)
• Psychosexual & Marital Clinic
* Mental Retardation Clinic
   

Contact:
Professor & Head
Prof. P K Dalal
Ph :2265416 (O)
Email: drpkdalal@gmail.com
 DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
 
 
Psychiatric care at this institution was started in the year 1956 in the Department of Medicine of this institution with creation of posts of lecturer and reader in Neuropsychiatry. Many eminent and distinguished persons like Prof. N.N Wig and Prof. B.B Sethi had worked on these posts. An independent Psychiatry Unit within the Department of Medicine was created in December 1966 with appointment of Prof. B.B Sethi as full time Professor of Psychiatry and Incharge of the Unit.
Prof B.B Sethi also had the honour of becoming the Founder Head of the Department of Psychiatry when this department was carved out from department of Medicine on 1st March, 1971. Subsequently the Department progressed by leaps and bounds in areas of teaching, research and psychiatric care. Since then, the department has continued to expand with the construction of new building complexes for drug de-addiction and child and adolescent psychiatry wards. M.D in Psychiatry was started in January 1969. At present the department has 6 annual seats for the MD Psychiatry course. There are a total of 15 faculty posts in the department at present.
The department has recently received approval for the increase of the number of MD Psychiatry seats to a total of ten to twelve each year along with the commencement of new courses in M. Phil Clinical Psychology, M. Phil Psychiatric Social Work and Diploma Psychiatric Nursing. New buildings for extension of adult psychiatry OPD and for housing the various therapy units, library and biochemistry lab are under construction.
Activities:
  1. The department provides daily outpatient services, 24 hours emergency care, child and adolescent OPD including child guidance clinic, drug de-addiction services, psychosexual disorders and marital clinic, geriatric consultation services and mental disability certification.
  2. .The Department of Psychiatry has organized national level conference of Indian Psychiatric Society in 1992, Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists in 1994 & Indian Association for Social Psychiatry in 2009. Many national workshops and zonal conferences have also been organised.
  3. This department has also been a collaborative centre for several research programmes of W.H.O and I.C.M.R.
Facilities:
  1. The department has 126 functional general beds and 13 private beds. There are 2 male wards, 1 female ward and 1 child and adolescent ward.
  2. .Indoor admission facilities are available for patients suffering from psychiatric disorders (adults, children and adolescents), drug addiction, sexual disorders and geriatric disorders under the expert supervision of senior teachers.
  3. Treatment facilities include drug therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, psychotherapy, behavior therapy, occupational therapy, recreational therapy and music therapy.
  4. Computer facility, biochemical lab, EEG lab and psychological lab are also functional.
  5. The department is the nodal centre for implementation of Government of India National Mental Health Programme.
Founder Head of the department Prof. B.B Sethi has been recipient of the prestigious Dr. B.C Roy Award for developing the specialty. The Foundation Day is celebrated every year in which academic programs are held.

OPD & Emergency Days:
Monday: Prof PK Dalal
Tuesday: Dr Vivek Agarwal/ Dr Anil Nischal
Wednesday: Prof JK Trivedi
Thursday: Dr Anil Nischal / Dr Bandana Gupta
Friday: Prof Harjeet Singh
Saturday: Dr Bandana Gupta/ Dr Amit Arya
Sunday Emergency: 1st : Dr. Amit Arya; 2nd : Dr, Adarsh Tripathi;
                                      3rd: Dr. Bandna Gupta; 4th: Dr Anil Nischal; 5th : Dr Vivek Agarwal

Specialty Clinics:
Monday: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic : Dr Vivek Agarwal
Tuesday: Drug Deaddiction Clinic : Prof PK Dalal
Wednesday: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic : Dr Amit Arya
Thursday: Drug Deaddiction Clinic : Prof PK Dalal
Friday: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic : Dr Vivek Agarwal
Saturday: Psychosexual & Marital Clinic: Prof Harjeet Singh

Previous Heads:
Prof. (Dr.) B.B Sethi (1966-71), Prof. (Dr.) B.B Sethi (1971-86) and (1988-89), Prof. A.K Agarwal (1986-1988) and (1989-99); Prof. Narottam Lal (2001-2002), Prof. Prabhat Sitholey (2000-2001& 2002-2008), Prof. Jitendra Kumar Trivedi (2008- 2009), Prof. Harjeet Singh (2009-2010).

 
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