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NIMHANS
Clinical Services
Hospital Services
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services
Child and adolescent psychiatry services at NIMHANS were started in
the 1950s with objectives of catering to mental health needs of children & adolescents, training mental
health professionals and facilitating research in the area of child and adolescent psychiatry.
Clinical Services
Profile of patients catered to:
- Age group – 0 to 16 years (as on the date of presentation).
- Disorders -
- Developmental disorders (Autism, Mental retardation, Specific
Learning Disorders (dyslexia, etc.)
- Mental health disorders like ADHD, Mood disorders, OCD, Emotional and Behavioral problems,
Substance abuse, Psychosis, Anxiety disorders etc.
Types of Clinical Services available:
Training
Following students/trainees/residents of NIMHANS are regularly posted for a period of 3-4 months for
mandatory training in child and adolescent mental health –
- General Psychiatry junior residents (MD/DPM)
- MPhil trainees in Mental Health and Social Psychology
- MPhil trainees in Psychiatric Social Work
- MSc. Psychiatric Nursing trainees
Advanced training programmes in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offered by the unit-
- Post-doctoral fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Please see
[Prospectus]
- PhD in Psychiatry. Please see
[Prospectus]
External trainees –
- We also offer training to several MD/DPM/DNB residents in Psychiatry and also Pediatrics from
Institutions all over India. For decades we have a three month orientation in Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry including Mental Retardation.
- Apart from these, consultants (Psychiatry/Pediatrics) from outside NIMHANS (both Govt. and Pvt.
Sectors) hone their skills in child and adolescent mental health at NIMHANS.
- Several international trainees and consultants, especially from South Asia, avail the opportunity
to observe and train with us in child and adolescent mental health.
- External trainees in Mental Health and Social Psychology, Psychiatric Social Work and Nursing
also seek training in the unit. Please see [External trainee/observership info]
Research Activities
Quick View
:Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Services:
. Clinical Services
. Training
. Research
. OPD Services
. In-Patient Services
. Emergency Services
. Consultants/Staff/ Contact
. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
. Useful Websites
Every year a fixed number of students and residents of NIMHANS take up child and adolescent mental
health topics for their Post graduate dissertations for part-completion of their course or for their
PhD degrees.
Funded projects, drug-trials and qualitative research are also carried out regularly at our services.
Advocacy for Child and
Adolescent Mental Health
Advocating for the cause of safe-guarding child and adolescent mental health with active collaboration
with NGOs, Child Welfare Committee, ChildLine India Network, Centre for Child Law and other child-related
organizations is one of the major activities at the child and adolescent psychiatric services at NIMHANS.
BRINGING YOUR CHILD TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY SERVICES, NIMHANS TO SEEK CONSULTATION?
Please see [OPD Services]
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