NATIONAL INSTITUTE of MENTAL HEALTH and NEURO SCIENCES Institute of National Importance Bengaluru - 560 029 2015 - 2016 NIMHANS
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ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEURO SCIENCES Institute of National Importance Bengaluru - 560 029 2015 - 2016 NIMHANS ANNUAL REPORT | 2015 - 2016 Vasudeva Manja A K. Manjunath NIMHANS Re-dedicated to the service of the nation An enduring vision, an indomitable spirit and an industrious multi-disciplinary team, these possibly best exemplify the character of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences or NIMHANS. Spread over an area of nearly 135 acres, NIMHANS is a unique institution that combines mental health and neurosciences under one roof. Such a unique approach has made NIMHANS a premier institute not just in the country but also in the world and its three pillars include service delivery, training and research. Although intended to be a tertiary care referral centre for mental, neurological and neurosurgical disorders, the reputation of its quality care attracts people from all parts of India and from the region. There is always a balanced focus on both curative as well as promotive aspects of mental and neurological health. The therapeutic modalities blend the modern systems of medicine with traditional systems of care and management making it an undisputed leader in the area of mental health and neuro sciences. NIMHANS is the leading post-graduate training centre in the country particularly in mental health and neuro-sciences,. Occupying a pre-eminent position, it currently runs 53 courses (with many more in the pipeline) and the register includes post-doc fellowships, doctoral studies, superspecialty MCh and DM courses, MPhil, Master’s degree, diplomas and recently undergraduate courses in select disciplines. In addition to the courses run by NIMHANS, thousands of trainees from all over the country come to NIMHANS each year for specialized training in basic sciences as well as in the clinical disciplines. NIMHANS, over the decades, has emerged as a leader in research in both behavioural sciences and neurosciences. At NIMHANS research occurs in a seamless manner from the bench to the bedside and from the bedside to the community. The institute has made signal contributions in a multitude of areas: from addiction to Alzheimer’s; from mental hospital history to the historical contributions of its forbears; from imaging to intensive care; from brain injury to interventional neuroradiology; from disaster relief to deep brain stimulation; from stroke research to signalling in the brain; from rabies to retroviral infections; from youth mental health to yoga research; from molecular genetics to mindfulness research; from restoration to rehabilitation .....the contributions are vast and varied. NIMHANS plays a pivotal role in national policy and programming and as a premier institution dedicated for brain, mind and behaviour, historically has always been in the forefront of setting the agenda for mental health in India. The flagship District Mental Health Program of the Government of India emerged out of the Bellary model of care for mentally ill in a primary care set up within the decentralised District health care system. NIMHANS continues to provide the larger impetus to strategise, improvise and bring in innovation in both institutional and community based mental health care services across the country. It has contributed to the National Mental Health Policy and also promotes / supports rights-based mental health care. It actively collaborates and networks with several governmental, quasi governmental and non-governmental agencies / bodies. The year 2016 was a witness to a historical milestone in the annals of the institute- Honourable President Shri Pranab Mukherjee re-dedicated the institute to the nation as an Institute of National Importance. To commemorate the event, he declared open the Heritage museum and released ‘Landscapes and mindscapes’, a coffee table book; both of which outline the rich and variegated history of NIMHANS. ‘Landscapes and mindscapes’ chronicles growth of NIMHANS from the lunatic asylum in the nineteenth century to the Mysore Government Mental Hospital in 1934, the All India Institute of Mental Health in 1954 and NIMHANS in 1974 to acquiring the status of a Deemed University in 1994 and being bestowed the status of Institute of National Importance through a separate act of Parliament in 2013. The re-dedication of NIMHANS to the nation has placed a greater responsibility upon the institute, not just to sustain the tremendous strides it has made over the decades, but to raise the bar for clinical care, training, research and policy in the area of mental health and neuro sciences. VISION TO BE A WORLD LEADER IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES AND EVOLVE STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACHES TO PATIENT CARE THROUGH TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH MISSION Establish the highest standards of evidence-based care for of society and ages including the vulnerable population. psychiatric and neurological disorders and rehabilitation. Evolve and monitor the strategies for disaster management Develop expertise and set standards of care for diseases of and psycho-social rehabilitation in different cultural and public health relevance in the developing world. ethnic groups. Work with the government and provide consultancy services Promote Mental Health literacy and eliminate the stigma for policy planning and monitoring strategies in the field of attached to the Mental and Neurological illnesses by taking Mental Health and Neurosciences and facilitate execution the measures and the delivery system to the centres of of national health programme. primary health care honouring the human rights and dignity. Human resource capacity building by training in diverse Integrate allopathic and oriental medicine into health care fields related to Mental Health and Neurosciences. delivery and promote evidence-based research. Develop and strengthen inter-disciplinary, inter-institutional Integrate physical and metaphysical aspects of Neuroscience and international collaboration with universities and research to promote yoga and its application to positive research institutes across the globe to foster scientific mental health. research, training in advanced technology and exchange of ideas in the areas of Mental Health and Neurosciences. Participate in broad field of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research applicable to human ethics, organ transplantation, Strive to enhance equitable accessibility of primary care in stem cell research, space science, and nuclear science. Mental Health and Neurological Disorders to all sections Organogram PRESIDENT, NIMHANS VICE-PRESIDENT, NIMHANS DIRECTOR Administration Academics Hospital Services Finance & Internal Accounts Audit Registrar Deans Medical AO Superintendent DFA & CAO AO (A&E) Basic Sciences Behavioural Neuro Sciences Resident AO Accounts Sciences Medical Officer (Hospital) Officers Special AAO AAO AAO AAO AAO AAO AAO Casualty AAO AAO Officer (Stores) (Personnel) (Coordination) (Claims) (Hospital) (DP&NR) (OPD) Medical (Accounts) (Projects) Officer Biophysics Biostatistics Human Genetics Neurochemistry Clinical Neurosciences Epidemiology Neuroanaesthesia Neuro Imaging & Interventional Radiology Neurology Neuropathology Neuromicrobiology Neurophysiology Neurovirology Psychopharmacology Neurosurgery Speech Pathology & Audiology Transfusion Medicine & Haematology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinical Psychology Health Education Neurological Rehabilitation Nursing Psychiatry Psychiatric Social Work Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Special Centres (Academic & Research) • Centre for Addiction Medicine • Neurobiology Research Centre • NIMHANS Centre for Well Being • Free Legal Aid Clinic • Centre for Public Health • NIMHANS Integrated Centre for Yoga • Sakalawara Community Mental Health Centre Contents From the Director’s Desk ..........................................................................................................9 Awards, Honours and Key Assignments ..............................................................................31 Visitors to NIMHANS ...............................................................................................................44 Patient Care Activities ...............................................................................................................51 Human Resource Development ............................................................................................. 75 Conferences/Symposia/Workshops I. Scientific Programs Organised at NIMHANS ...............................................................86 A. International..........................................................................................................86 B. National .................................................................................................................86 II. Scientific Programs Organised Outside NIMHANS ..................................................... 95 A. International.......................................................................................................... 95 B. National ................................................................................................................. 96 III. Specific Training Underwent by Faculty/Staff .............................................................101 Central Facilities ...................................................................................................................... 104 Research Activities Biophysics............................................................................................................................