Psychiatry

HOD & Professor of Psychiatry - Dr. W. J. Alexander Gnanadurai

Information about Department of Psychiatry

About

The Government Kilpauk Medical College was started in the year 1925. The psychiatry department was established in the year 1963 and was expanded in 2009 with the construction of an independent 2 floor building. The department offers postgraduate training since 2013 and is now permitted to admit 4 postgraduates per year for the MD course in psychiatry. The department has grown under the leadership of successive HODs. Inpatient facilities and postgraduate course were started under the leadership of Prof. S. Rajarethinam. The General Hospital Psychiatric Unit setup provides to the postgraduate trainees a broad exposure to all aspects of psychiatric training including addiction, emergency and liaison care. Undergraduate students are trained in psychiatry in accordance with current Competency Based Medical Education norms.

The psychiatry department provides daily outpatient and inpatient services. The department is organised as a single teaching unit with a 40 bedded inpatient ward which includes a High Dependency Unit (Psychiatry HDU) with dedicated support staff. The outpatient service caters to about 30 new patients every day in addition to about 100 old patients who come for review. Admissions are made every day after initial registration and evaluation in the outpatient section. The department offers round the clock liaison servicesin coordination with the other clinical departments. The department provides psychiatric assessment and supportive therapy services for patients being treated after attempted suicide and self-harm, who are referred after management in the Emergency care TAEI ward.

In addition to regular psychiatric care, an independent deaddiction programme for alcohol and other substance users is conducted by the department through a separate alcohol deaddiction clinic which functions every Thursday. Family Counselling and Education Clinic for caregivers of patients which is conducted every Saturday. Other facilities available include psycho diagnostic assessment, psychotherapy, electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) and bio-feedback therapy. Speciality Clinics for are conducted on specific days.

List of Successive Heads of Department

Infrastructure

The department functions out of a dedicated building with facility for outpatient registration, examination and management, emergency psychiatry services, outpatient review services, special clinic, pharmacy, inpatient wards, deaddiction ward, classrooms and faculty rooms.

●   Total No of Units                                  –              1

●   Total No of Beds-                                 –              40

Services

Out Patient

●   New Case Clinic                :              Monday to Saturday – 08:00 AM to 12:00 PM

●   Review OP                          :              Monday to Saturday – 08:00 AM to 12:00 PM

●   Speciality OPD                   :             

In Patient

●   Psychiatric Acute Care
●   Deaddiction
●   Emergency Care and Rescue Services

Academic

Name of Course - MD Psychiatry

Number of Seats per Year - 4

Recognition - Recognized by NMC vide  MCI-262(22)/2019/MCI/142544

dated 29.08.2019

List of Staff

List of Alumni

Research&Publications

1. P.P.Kannan, R.Rajasekaran, M.Malaiappan. A Study on Sexual Dysfunction in Alcohol Use Disorder Patients. International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research. 2019; 4(1):253-59.

2. Tamilselvi M, Kannan P.P, Malaiappan M. Association Between Psychiatric Illness and Social Support, Cognitive Functioning, Treatment Adherence and Functional Ability in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research. 2019; 6(3): 7-10.

3. Ilamaran K, Malaiappan M, Kannan PP, Jagadeesan MS, Mathew J, Anandan H. Relationship between Psychosocial Stressors and the Intent and Lethality of Suicidal Behavior. Int J Sci Stud 2016; 4(7): 35-38

4. Mathew J, Jagadeesan MS, Rajarethinam S, et al. Psychiatric morbidity in persons suffering from rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study. J. Evid. Based Med. Health. 2016; 3(79): 2519-2522

5. Daniel SJ, Kannan PP, Malaiappan M, Anandan H. Relationship between Awareness of Tardive Dyskinesia and Awareness of Illness in Schizophrenia. Int J Sci Stud 2016; 4(7): 17-20

6. Kannan P.P, Daniel SJ, Malaiappan M. A Study on Psychotic Disorder due to Alcohol Use. International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research. 2018; 3(6):139-145

7. Kannan P.P, Malaiappan M, David Malaiarasan. Psychiatric Morbidity in People with Tuberculosis: A Cross Sectional Study. Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Health. 2018;5(43):1-6

8. Malaiappan M, Arasi D.M, Kannan P.P. Effect of Duration of Untreated Psychosis on Outcome in Schizophrenia. International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research.  2019;4(2):208-217.

9. Soumya RS, Daniel SJ. Malaiappan M. Mania in an individual with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – A case report. Indian Journal of Mental Health and Neurosciences. 2019;2(1):37-40.

10. Kalimuthu R, Namasivayam RK. Psychosocial Aspects of First Episode Depression Patients. 2019; 8(1). DOI: 10.5455/ijmsph.2019.0719408072019.

CME Programs

1. State Level PG CME 2016 - Date: 14.02.2016

2. UG Seminar on Alcoholism - Date: 19.03.2016

3. Guest Lecture for Post Graduates - Date:04.05.2016

4. State Level PG CME 2017 - Date: 11.02.2017

5. CME for World Mental Health Day - Date: 16.10.2017

6. State Level PG CME 2018 - Date: 11.02.2018

7. CME for World Mental Health Day - Date: 17.10.2018

8. State Level PG CME 2019 - Date: 10.02.2019

9. CME for Suicide Prevention Day - Date: 17.09.2019

10. Guest Lecture for Post Graduates - Date: 27.03.2019

11. Guest Lecture for Post Graduates - Date: 22.04.2019

12. Guest Lecture for Post Graduates - Date: 08.01.2020

13. State Level PG CME 2020 - Date: 09.02.2020

14. CME for World Mental Health Day - Date: 18.10.2021

15. CME on World Mental Health Day - Date: 10.10.2022

16. UG CME – Medrenaline 2022 - Date: 04.10.2022

17. CME on World Mental Health Day - Date: 13.10.2023

18. UG CME – Medrenaline 2023 - Date: 10.08.2023

Department Statistics

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