BRD MEDICAL COLLEGE, GORAKHPUR, UP

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY

HOD & Associate Professor of Psychiatry	Dr Tapas Kumar Aich, D.P.M., M.D (Psy)
Assistant Professor/ Lecturer	Dr Amil H Khan, D.P.M., M.D (Psy)
Senior Residents	Dr Kapil Goel, MD (Psy) Dr Raju Bhattarai MD (Psy)

Information about Department of Psychiatry

Existing Staff Position

Assoc. Professor of Psychiatry	1 post
Lecturer in Psychiatry	1 post
Senior Resident	2 posts

MCI- Requirements: - Staff Particulars

S.No	Staff	Requirement	Available Facilities
1.   2.   3.   4.   5.   6.   7.   8.   8.	Professor   Associate Professor/Reader   Lecturer/Asst. Professor   Tutor/Registrar/Senior Resident   Junior Residents/Demonstrator   Clinical Psychologists   Psychiatric social workers   Record Clerk   Steno Typists	1   1   1   1   3   2   1   1   1	0   1   1   2   3   0   0   0   0

Existing Equipments Position

MCI- Requirements : - Equipment Particulars

S.No	Equipments	Requirement	Available Facilities
1.	E.C.T Machine preferably with E.E.G monitoring. a) Brief pulse ECT machine b) Sine wave ECT machine	3	3 2 1
2	E.C.G Machine.	2	1
3	E.E.G Machine	1	2
4	Lithium Analyzer.	1	0
5	BioFeed-back Instruments (sets)	1	3
6	Thin layer Chromatography(For Drug dependence Treatment.	1	0
7	Alcohol breath Analyzer.	1	0
8	Psychological Test Equipments a) Projective Tests b) Intelligence Tests c) Personality Tests	4 4 4	1 1 1
9	Neuro psychological Tests equipments Multibehaviour therapy Digital memory scope Steadiness tester	1 complete set   1 1 1	3 complete set   3 3 3
10	Neuro psychological Tests equipments Digital flicker fusion Mirror drawing apparatus Rhythm metronome	1 complete set   1 1 1	3 complete set   3 3 3

Existing outdoor facilities (Out Patient Block):

MCI –Requirements: Clinical Department – Out door Facilities

S.No.	Facilities Required	Availability
1	Waiting room for patients and attenders.	Available
2	Record room and enquiry.	Central record room (No separate departmental record room yet)
3	Examination and case demonstration Room.	Available
4	Dispensary.	Central Dispensary Available

Existing Indoor facilities (Inpatient Block):

MCI –Requirements: Clinical Department – In door Facilities

	S.No.	Facilities Required	Availability
	1	Nurse Duty Room.	Available
	2	Examination and Treatment Room.	Available
	3	Ward Pantry.	Available
	4	Store room for linen and Other Equipment.	Available
	5	Resident Doctors and Students Duty Room.	Available
	6	Laboratory for Routine examinations.	Common Lab Available.
	7	Accommodation for other staff.	Available
	8	Clinical Demonstration Room.	Available
	9	Department library	Available
	10	Seminar room with seating capacity of 50 students.	Not Available currently**

Bed Strength: MCI – Requirements :-

Requirement		Available Facilities
Unit	Beds	Unit	Beds
1	30	1	20

Necessary steps are being taken to increase the bed strength to 30, as per requirement of MCI.

Special Clinics being run by Department of Psychiatry

No.	Name Of The Clinic	Days	Time
1	Mood Disorder Clinic	Monday	From 10 AM To 12 AM
2	Child Guidance Clinic	Tuesday	From 10 AM To 12 AM
3	Dementia Clinic	Wednesday	From 10 AM To 12 AM
4	Deaddiction Clinic	Thursday	From 10 AM To 12 AM
5	Chronic Headache Clinic	Friday	From 10 AM To 12 AM
6	Epilepsy Clinic	Saturday	From 10 AM To 12 AM

Types of Therapies Given

Pharmacotherapy, Electro Convulsive Therapy

Psychotherapy: Supportive Psychotherapy, Behavior Therapy: Assertiveness Training, Relaxation Therapy, Coping Skills Development, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Individual Counselling, Marital Counselling.

Academic Activities - Routine

Undergraduate students in Medicine are given lectures on psychiatry and they are imparted training in clinical psychiatry. Teachings for Undergraduate students include Theory classes (20 classes- one hour each) and Bedside Clinics every day for two weeks.

Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) Center

Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) Center, a project established under National AIDS Control Program (NACP) at Department of Psychiatry, BRD Medical College, on 22.10.2013, is a 6 member team led by the Head of the Psychiatry Department, Dr. Tapas Kumar Aich.

It carries out the function of daily dispensing oral Buprenorphine substitution tablets to formerly injectable opioid-drug users(IDU). The center runs 365 days a year, opening from 9 AM to 4 PM and is associated with local NGO Jyoti Gramin Kalyan Sansthan, which is the source of IDU referral. So far, 246 IDUs have been registered with the center, and the average daily attendance is 90 IDU clients.

Other than receiving Buprenorphine substitution, clients also receive medical advice on IDU-related as well as non-related matters and are simultaneously treated or referred to the respective departments.

Services provided at OST, BRD Medical College:                                                                General Medical Consultation Motivation Enhancement and Relapse Prevention Counselling. Family counselling. HIV referral: Referral to respective NGOs based on individual need.

Team members: HOD & I/C:       Dr. T.K. Aich Nodal Officer:   Dr. Amil H. Khan OST S/R In-charge: Dr. Raju Bhattarai Medical Officer I/C:   Dr. Agrim Beri Counsellor: Mrs. Madhuri Tiwari Data Manager: Mr. Gyanendra Nurse: Mrs. Rita Gupta

Goal of OST program is Harm Reduction among Injection Drug Users, a  particularly HIV transmission-prone group, by converting them from illicit drug users to licit users. It makes them more acceptable in society, lessens the ecnomic drug-use burden of nation and prevents an individual's most productive years of life from being spent on drug use.

FACULTY DETAILS

1.    DR TAPAS KUMAR AICH, Associate Professor of Psychiatry did his DPM and MD (Psychiatry) from Central Institute of Psychiatry (C.I.P.), situated at Ranchi, Jharkhand, India (Ranchi-University); recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI) for awarding M.D. & DPM Degree in Psychiatry.

Dr Tapas Kumar Aich has adequate number of research works, publications and presentations in different conferences. These are briefly mentioned as follows:

a)    Contributing Chapter in a Multi-authored Post-graduate Psychiatry Text-book:

1.   Aich TK. Information Processing. In: Vyas JN, Nathawat SS, Gada M, Razdan VK (eds). Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry. Hyderabad, Paras Medical Publisher; 2005: Vol.3(40), 2457-2463.

2. Aich TK. Tardive Dyskinesia. In: Vyas JN, Nathawat SS, Gada M, Razdan VK (eds). Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry. Hyderabad, Paras Medical Publisher; 2005: Vol.3(40), 2473-2482.

3. Brig. PK Chakraborty, Brig MSVK Raju, Lt. Col. S Choudhury, Col. HRA Prabhu, Lt. Col. PS Bhat, Tapas K Aich. Military Psychiatry. In: Vyas JN, Nathawat SS, Gada M, Razdan VK (eds). Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry. Hyderabad, Paras Medical Publisher; 2005: Vol.3(40), 2483-2493.

b)    Original Research Paper published in an indexed journal:

1.     Aich TK, Sinha VK, Nizamie SH (2001). Adolescent mania, EEG abnormality and  response to anticonvulsants: A three-year follow-up study. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 43(3): 246-251.

2.    Aich TK, Sinha VK, Khess CRJ, Singh S (2004) Demographic and Clinical Correlates of Substance Abuse Comorbidity in Schizophrenia.  Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 46(2): 135-139.

3.    Aich TK, Dhungana M, Kumar A, Pawha VK (2004). Demographic and clinical profiles of HIV positive cases: a two-year study report from a tertiary teaching hospital. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 43(153):125-129.

4.    Aich TK, Sinha VK, Khess CRJ, Singh S (2005) Course and outcome of substance abuse comorbidity in schizophrenia: an intensive inpatient study report. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 47(1): 33-38.

5.    Aich TK, Ahmad F, Ganie MA (2008). Thyrotoxicosis, epilepsy and psychosis: A rare combination! Thyroid Research and Practice 5,1: 18-21.

6.    Aich TK, Dhungana M, Khanal R (2010). Pattern of buprenorphine abuse amongst opioid abusers in Nepal. Indian J Psychiatry 52 (3):250-253

7.    Aich TK, Dhungana M, Muthuswamy R (2012). Pattern of neuro-psychiatric illnesses in older age group population: an inpatient study report from Nepal. Indian J Psychiatry. 2012; 54(1): 23–31.

8.    Aich TK (2014). Absent posterior alpha rhythm: an indirect indicator of seizure disorder?. Indian J Psychiatry 56 (1): 61-66.

c)    Original Research Paper published in international journal:

9.    Sinha VK, Aich TK (2005) Hallucinations, Substance abuse and diagnosis of schizophrenia: A prospective study report. Nepalese Journal of Psychiatry, 3(1): 33-38.

10. Aich TK, Saha I, Ram D, Ranjan S,  Subedi S (2013). A comparative study on 136 opioid abusers in  India and Nepal. J Psychir Assoc Nepal 2 (2): 11-17.

d) Original Research Paper published in zonal level/institute journal:

11.  Aich TK, Paul SE, Sinha VK, Nizamie SH (1998). Adolescent Mania and EEG Abnormalities. Journal of Eastern Zonal Branch, 2: 33-35. (Official journal of Eastern Zonal Branch of Indian Psychiatric Society)

12.  Aich TK, Singh S, Sinha VK, Akhtar S (1999). Remitting Affective and Non-affective psychoses: distinct entities or in continuum? A study with a “medical model” approach. Eastern Journal of Psychiatry, 3: 28-31. (Official journal of Eastern Zonal Branch of Indian Psychiatric Society)

13.  Das SC, Aich TK, Kumar R, Basu S, Akhtar S (2000). Aggression in depression: a phenomenological study. Eastern Journal of Psychiatry, 4:45-48. (Official journal of Eastern Zonal Branch of Indian Psychiatric Society)

14.  Singh S, Aich TK, Ranjan S, Kumar A (2013). Pattern of Attentional Task Impairment in Schizophrenic Patients: A Study Report. Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences .1(2): 1-7.

e)    Review Article:

15.  Aich TK, Sinha VK (2001). Substance abuse comorbidity in schizophrenia. Nepalese Journal of Psychiatry, 2:4, 75-84. (Official journal of Nepalese Psychiatric Society)

16.  Aich TK (2010). Contribution of Indian psychiatry in the development of psychiatry in Nepal. Indian J Psychiatry 52, (S): 76-79.

17.  Aich TK (2013). Buddha Philosophy and Western Psychology. Indian J Psychiatry 55 (suppl 2), S165-70.

18. Aich TK, Lamichane N, Koirala NR, Ranjan S. Geriatric psychiatry research in Nepal: an overview and current status. In Souvenair: 5th National Conference of the Psychiatrists’ Association of Nepal. 2013; 58-67.

f)     Case Report:

19.  Aich TK, Sinha VK (1998). A variant form of Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease. Journal of Eastern Zonal Branch, 2: 48-49.

20.  Aich TK, Kumar A (2001). An atypical presentation of thyrotoxicosis.  Nepalese Journal of Psychiatry, 2:4, 139-142.

21.  Ranjan S, Chalise P, Pandey P, Poudel R, AichTK (2013). Schizophrenia like Psychosis in patients with Epilepsy: Case Report. Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences 1(2): 35-36

C. RESEARCH EXPERIENCES:

i)         Paper presented at international conferences:

1.    Aich TK, Sinha VK, Nizamie SH (1996). Adolescent Manics and EEG Abnormalities: A Retrospective Study. Research paper presented at the regional meet of Royal Collage of Psychiatrists held at Hyderabad, in the month of November 1996.

2.    Aich TK, Dhungana M, Giri D (2008). Pattern of neuro-psychiatric illnesses in older age group population: an inpatient study report from Nepal. Presented during 4^th SAARC Psychiatric Conference held at Dhaka, Bangladesh in the month of November 2008.

3.        Aich TK (2010). Absent posterior alpha rhythm: an indirect indicator of seizure disorder? A visual EEG analysis report of 116 child and adolescent patients of seizure disorder. Presented during WPA regional conference held at Dhaka, Bangladesh in the month of January, 2010.

4.        Aich TK, Shah S, Gupta U, Ranjan S (2013). EEG abnormality in Children with Febrile & Non-Febrile Seizure. Presented during 7^th SAARC Psychiatric Conference held at Mysore, India in the month of November 2013.

ii)        Paper presented at  Indian national conferences:

5.           Aich TK, Singh S, Sinha VK (1998). Importance of Stress Factors in the Precipitation of Mental Illness: A Retrospective Comparative Study of Affective Psychosis (Manic Episode) Vs. Non-Affective Psychosis. Research paper presented at the 50^th annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Jaipur in the month of January 1998.

6.    Aich TK, Singh S, Sinha VK (1999). Remitting Affective and Non-affective psychoses: Distinct Entities or in Continuum! Research paper presented in the 51^st annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Bhubaneswar in the month of January 1999.

7.    Aich TK, Sinha VK (2000). How uncommon is the uncommon hallucinations in schizophrenia? A prospective study reports on sixty-three schizophrenics. Research paper presented in the 52^nd annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Cochin in the month of January 2000.

8.    Aich TK, Sinha VK, Nizamie SH (2000). EEG abnormalities in adolescent mania and response to antiepileptics: A three-year follow-up study. Research paper presented in the 52^nd annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Cochin in the month of January 2000.

9.     Aich TK, Khess CRJ (2001). Psychiatric Comorbidity in Substance abusing population: a one-year study report. Research paper presented in the 53^rd annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Pune in the month of January 2001.

10.    Aich TK, Sinha VK, Khess CRJ (2002). Course and outcome of substance abuse comorbidity in schizophrenia. Research paper presented in the 54^th annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Kolkata in the month of January 2002.

11.    Aich TK, Dhungana M (2003). Pattern of Drug Abuse amongst 136 Opioid Abusers in India and Nepal. Research paper presented in the 55^th annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Hyderabad in the month of January 2003.

12.  Aich TK, Dhungana M, Pawha VK (2004). Pattern of Buprenorphine Abuse amongst  Opioid Abusers in Nepal. Research paper presented in the 56^th annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Mysore in the month of January 2004.

13.  Aich TK, Shah S (2013). EEG abnormality in children with febrile seizure: A study of 41 cases. Research paper presented in the 65^th annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Bangaluru in the month of January 2013.

iii)      Paper presented at zonal/state level conferences:

14.      Aich TK, Paul SE, Sinha VK (1997). Prodromal Symptoms in Childhood & Adolescent Affective Disorder. Research paper presented in the Eastern Zonal-Indian Psychiatric Society Conference held at Gangtok in the month of October 1997.

15.      Aich TK, Sinha VK (1999). Demographic and Clinical Correlates of Substance Abuse Comorbidity in Schizophrenia. Research paper presented during the Award Session in the Eastern Zonal-Indian Psychiatric Society Conference held at Guwahati, Assam, in the month of October 1999.

16.      Aich TK, Dhungana M, Pawha VK (2003). Demographic and clinical profiles of HIV positive cases: A two year study report from a tertiary teaching hospital. Research paper presented in the 2^nd annual Conference of Jharkhand Psychiatric Society held at Ranchi in the month of May 2003.

Dr Tapas Kumar Aich already has adequate teaching experiences for starting and conducting MD course in psychiatry. These are briefly as follows:

1.     Teaching assignments and thesis guide of students of MD psychiatry curriculum at UCMS, Bhairahawa, Nepal before joining BRD Medical College, UP, India. He has already gained valuable experience of conducting various institute level and university level examinations in relation MD Psychiatry course. 

2.     Experience gained during theoretical and bedside teaching of MD, DPM and M. Phil. students in psychiatry, psychology and related fields and chairing seminars, journal clubs and case conferences as a part of the teaching assignments of a Senior Resident while at CIP, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

3.     As a part of undergraduate psychiatric curriculum, he had regularly taken theoretical and clinical classes to the final year medical students of the UCMS, Bhairahawa, Nepal (42 hours of theoretical and 162 hours of clinical exposures in the psychiatry are expected from a final year MBBS student during his undergraduate training conducted by Institute of Medicine, Tribhuban University, Nepal). He had regularly been assigned the responsibility of being the internal and external examiner of final MBBS students, during their clinical and viva examination in psychiatry.

DR Amil H. Khan, Lecturer in Psychiatry did his DPM and MD (Psychiatry) from Central Institute of Psychiatry (C.I.P.), situated at Ranchi, Jharkhand, India (Ranchi-University); recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI) for awarding M.D. & DPM Degree in Psychiatry.

Research Experience:

·         Polysomnographic Parameters and their Computed Tomography Brain Morphology Correlates in Depression: A Comparative study of patients of Major Depression, their First Degree Relatives and Normal Controls (MD Thesis: Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India).

·         Exercise as an adjunctive therapy in patients with Schizophrenia – effects on Psychopathology (DPM Dissertation: Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi,India).

·         Depersonalization symptoms in psychiatric inpatients: a hospital based prevalence study, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India.

Paper Presentations:

·           Comparison of brain ventricular size in probands of depression and their first degree relatives: 62^nd ANCIPS, Jaipur , India from 17th – 20th Jan  2010.

·           Prevalence of depersonalization symptoms in psychiatric inpatients: Silver Jubilee Conference of the Indian association for Social Psychiatry, 15th-17^th November 2009.                      

·         Exercise as an adjunctive therapy in patients with Schizophrenia – effects on

      Psychopathology: 60^th ANCIPS, Kolkata, India from 3rd - 6th Jan 2008. 

Teaching Experience:

·         Teaching of nursing students and allied health professionals in present post in subjects such as anatomy, physiology, genetics, psychology and basic psychiatry.

·         Organizing and taking regular teaching programs for junior doctors and allied professionals (clinical psychologist trainees, psychiatric social work trainees and psychiatric nursing trainees) in clinical psychiatry and related procedures while working as registrar in Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India.

·         Teaching staff from other medical and nonmedical disciplines through lectures, seminars, small group discussions and problem-oriented learning.

2. Dr Kapil Goel, MD, Senior Resident

Dr Kapil Goel has joined our institute as a Senior Resident on 15^th July 2014. He passed his MD in Psychiatry from Prestigious King George Medical University, ((KGMU), Lucknow in the year 2013.

His area of intrest in the field of psychiatry is Schizophrenia and community psychiatry.

His research experience/publications are as follows:

1.    MD Thesis: A study to evaluate and compare the acceptance, attitude, anxiety, efficacy and adverse effects of unmodified electroconvulsive therapy and electroconvulsive therapy with low dose propofol.

2.    Publication:  Electroconvulsive therapy pre-treatment with low dose propofol: comparison with unmodified treatment (J Pschiatry Res.2014.Feb 20)

3. Dr Raju Bhattarai, Senior Resident

Dr Raju Bhattarai joined the institute as a Senior Resident on 20^th September 2014. He completed MD Psychiatry from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi with doctoral thesis on Psychiatric Co-morbidities in adolescent inhalant users. He holds experience of working in two departmental research projects with Prof. Pratap Sharan at AIIMS and has, in association with ISIS Foundation (Non-Profit organization), organized health camps in underserved mountainous regions of Himalaya. He was voluntarily involved with Health Ministry of Government of Nepal to co-organise Telemedicine training sessions for Paramedical workers serving in remote regions.

Before joining BRD Medical College, he worked for some period as a Senior Resident (Psychiatry) at Safdarjang Haspital, New Delhi. He has presented research papers on tele-psychiatry in two international conferences and his areas of interest are community psychiatry, Telepsychiatry and mHealth.