Book Appointment : +91 984 625 0696

logo

CME / Conferences Attended

Course and conference

  • Attended 52nd Annual Conferences of Indian Psychiatric Society & Joint Indo-British-American Symposium held at Cochin, Kerala on 20-23rd Jan 2000.
  • Chaired the free paper session of 16th Annual Conferences of Indian Psychiatric Society Kerala State Branch held at Alappuzha on 26th& 27thAug 2000.
  • 53rd Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society held at Pune, 9-12th Jan 2001,
  • XXI Congress of International Association for Suicide Prevention held at Chennai from 22nd to 26th ­Sep 2001.
  • 56th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society at Mysore, Karnataka   on 8-11th Jan 2004.
  • Presented research paper in the poster session entitled “A comparative study of psychosocial dysfunction and family burden in schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder” at the International Conference on Schizophrenia held at Madras from Jan 29 to Feb 2, 2004.
  • Attended 2004 WFSBP Asia-Pacific Congressconducted at Seoul, Korea, July 9-11, 2004
  • Presented a paper entitled “Family intervention therapy in alcoholism- one year follow up case control study” in the award session of the 57th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society, Bombay, Jan 29 to Feb 1, 2005.
  • Participated in the Mid-Term Conference of the Lundbeck Institute-Indian Chapter and was trained in the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) at Bangalore on June12th 2005.
  • Attended the Annual North Zone Conference of IMA Academy of medical Specialties Kerala Chapter held at Calicut on 5 Feb 2006
  • Representative from India for presenting “Present scenario of suicide in India” at the 2nd Asia Pacific Suicide Prevention Conference held at Singapore from 10 to 12th March 2006.
  • Attended the 59th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Societyheld at Madras, Karnataka on 4 -7 January 2006.
  • Attended ICMR-NIH Workshop on Bioethics conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi and I.M.A. Academy of Medical Specialities, Calicut on 19November 2006 at Calicut.
  • Presented paper on “Rehabilitation of patients with chronic schizophrenia” in the Two days Care Givers Training Programme on Psychiatric Rehabilitation jointly organized by World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation – Indian Chapter and Kerala Federation for the Care Mentally Disabled held at Pala Mariasadanam on March 24, 25, 2007.
  • Attended the Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Course conducted by MIMS Academy on 1st July 2007 in Association with American Heart Association and Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services, Kottayam.
  • Attended the workshop on Psychiatric Emergencies” on 16th October 2008 organised by the Department of Psychiatry, IQRAA International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, Kerala.
  • Attended and presented a paper ‘Life events, social support, coping skills and quality of life in suicide attempters” at 3rd Asia Pacific Conference of International Association for Suicide Prevention on October 31-November, 2008 at Hong Kong.
  • 61st AnnualConference of Indian Psychiatry Society at Institute of Mental Health & Hospital, Agra, 8th to 11th January 2009.
  • Attended and presented a paper entitled A Case Controlled Study of Suicides in Wayanad District, Kerala 62nd   Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society at Jaipur, 17th  to 20th  January 2010.
  • Attended the 42nd Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society–South Zone held at Thiruvananthapuram on 2 -4 October 2009.
  • Attended the 26th Annual Conferences of Indian Psychiatric Society-Kerala State Branch held at Kumarakom on 17th to 19th  September 2010.
  • Attended the Annual Conferences of Indian Medical Association-Kerala State Branch held at Cochin from 12th to 14th  November 2010.
  • Attended the 17th Annual Conferences of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry held at Cochin from 19th to 21st  November 2010.
  • Attended the 27th Annual Conferences of Indian Psychiatric Society- Kerala State Branch held at Trichur on 24th to 25th  September 2011.
  • Attendedthe 12th  Annual National Conference of Indian Association for Private Psychiatry held at Thiruvananthapuram from 11-13 Nov 2011.
  • Attended the 18th  National Conference of the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry held at Patna from 25-27th 2011.
  • Attended the 64th   National Conference of the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry held at Cochin from 19-22 January 2012.
  • Attended 3rd National Conference of World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (Indian Chapter) held at Kozhikode on 20th and 21st July 2013.
  • Attended 1st Global Conference of Biological Psychiatry, India 2014 held at Delhi from 25th to 28th September 2014.
  • Attended 15th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Private Psychiatry held at Cochin, Kerala from 13-16th November 2014.
  • Attended 67th Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Hyderabad from 8-11th January 2015.
  • Attended 16th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Private Psychiatry held at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh from 3rd- 6th December 2016.
  • Attended the 68th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society held at Bhopal, on 21st - 24th January 2016.
  • Attended the 32nd Annual Conferences of Indian Psychiatric Society- Kerala State Branch held at Kozhikode on 5th to 7thAugust 2016.
  • Attended the 69th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society held at Raipur, on 5th - 8th January 2017.
  • Attended70th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society held at Ranchi, on 5th - 8thFebruary 2018.

Continuing Medical Education Programmes Attended/Presented

  • Presented a paper on the theme - "Problems of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances convicts- Reformation and Rehabilitation" during a state level seminar on correctional administration conducted by the Department of Jail, Kerala State Government on 14th February 2000 at Kozhikode, Kerala.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Depression and suicide – present scenario in Kerala" during the CME Program of Academy of medical Specialties & I.M.A. Kozhikode, held on 11th June 2000 at Kozhikode, Kerala.
  • Presented a paper entitled "Management of difficult panic patient" during the CME Program of South Zone Chapter of Indian Psychiatric Society, held on 15th July 2000 at Kannur, Kerala.
  • Attended the CME Programme on Movement Disorders Update - 2001conducted by the Calicut Neurological Society at Calicut, Kerala   on 17June 2001.
  • Conducted State Level Mid-term C.M.E. of Indian Psychiatric Society- Kerala Chapter on 5th May 2002 at Kozhikode. The theme of the C.M.E. was ‘sleep disorders and personality disorders’.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Recent Trends in the management of Bipolar Disorders” during the CME Programme in the Kerala Psychiatric Society Annual Conference held at Palakkad on 24th August 2002,
  • Attended the CME Programme for 10 hours on Current topics in psychiatry in the 19th Annual; attended Conferences of Indian Psychiatric Society Kerala State Branch held at Kottayam August 30th & 31st 2003.
  • Attended the CME Programme for 5 hours on Geriatric Psychiatry in the National Conferences of Geriatric Psychiatry section of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Trichur on 14th December 2003.
  • Presented a paper entitled "Management of refractory obsessive compulsive disorder" during the CME Program of South Zone Chapter of Indian Psychiatric Society, held on 15th October 2004 at Madras, Tamil Nadu.
  • Presented a paper entitled "Management of refractory obsessive    compulsive disorder" during the CME Program of South Zone Chapter of Indian Psychiatric Society, held on 15th October 2004 at Madras, Tamil Nadu.
  • Presented a research paper in the poster session entitled “Present Scenario of Suicide in Kerala” at the XIII WPA World Congress of Psychiatry held at Cairo on September 10-15, 2005
  • Presented a research paper entitled “Serum lipid profile of suicide attempters versus normal age, sex and BMI matched controls” at the XIII WPA World Congress of Psychiatry held at Cairo on September 10-15, 2005.
  • Presented a research paper entitled “Family intervention therapy in alcohol dependence syndrome- one year follow up case control study” at the 38th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society South Zone held at Kozhikode on 14th, 15th& 16th of October 2005.
  • Presented a research paper in the entitled “Family intervention therapy in alcohol dependence syndrome- one year follow up case control study” at the Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Bombay on 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th of January 2006.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Psycho-oncology-basic concepts” at the seminar in psycho-oncology held on 21st& 22nd January 2006 at Calicut. 
  • Successfully completed the course on Good Clinical Practices organised by Global Spectrum and in accordance with ACRP guidelines on 12th day of February 2006.
  • Presented a paper on Alzheimer’s disease–social aspects in the CME on Alzheimer’s disease organized by the Department of Biochemistry, Calicut Medical College on 12th August 2006 at Hotel Hyson Heritage, Calicut,
  • Presented a paper entitled “Melatonin in Schizophrenic Patients with Insomnia: A Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study” at the Indian Psychiatry Society–held at Madras, Karnataka   on 4 - 7th January 2006.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Influence of vocational rehabilitation in patients with chronic schizophrenia” at the Indian Psychiatry Society–held at Madras, Karnataka on 4 - 7th January 2006,
  • Presented a paper on Indian Psychiatry-Myths and Concepts in the national Seminar on Ayurvedic psychiatry organized by Government Ayurveda Research Institute for mental Diseases, Kottakkal, Malappuram District, Kerala on 19th November 2007.
  • Presented a paper on Present Scenario of Suicide in Kerala in the CME 2008- An update in Psychiatry organized by Department of Psychiatry, Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Amala Nagar, Thrissur, Kerala on 6th April 2008.
  • Participated in the Lundback Institute India‘s seminar on Evidence Based in Elderly Depression and Sleep Disorders on 17th to 20th September 2008 Beijing, China.
  • Chaired the PG Debate on Colloid Fluid of Choice in the Indo American Emergency Medicine CME 2009 jointly organised by IMA-AMS Calicut Branch Chapter and Department of Emergency Medicine, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Calicut on 15th March 2009.
  • Attended the CME Programme for 33/4 hours on Annual Conferences of Indian Psychiatric Society Kerala State Branch held at Kannur from August 14th to 16th  2009.
  • Participated in the 12 hours CME conducted in the 42nd Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society–South Zone held at Thiruvananthapuram on 2 -4 October 2009.
  • Presented a paper on Depression- The new age killer in the CME organized by Indian Medical Association- Kerala State Branch at Annual Conference on 14th November 2009.
  • Attended the eight hours of CME Programme conducted during Indian Psychiatric Society South Zone CME   for practising psychiatrists held at Kozhikode from on 20 & 21 February 2010.
  • Presented a paper on psychological autopsy study on suicides in Wayanad, an agrarian district – a case control study at the 17th Annual Conference of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry held at Cochin on 19th  21st November 2010.
  • Attended an interactive workshop on dementia basics and update organised by Indian Medical Association and Academy of Medical Specialities, Kerala State on 23rd January 2011.
  • Attended the CME Programme conducted during the27th Annual Conferences of Indian Psychiatric Society- Kerala State Branch held at Trichur on 24th to 25th  September 2011.
  • Presented a paper entitled ‘Identification of suicidal risk in elderly-an exploratory analysis’ during the 12th  Annual National Conference of the Indian Association for Private Psychiatry held at Thiruvananthapuram from 11-13 Nov 2011.
  • Presented a paper entitled ‘Comparative assessment of drug compliance behavior, severity of illness and quality of life among psychiatric patients attending the community mental health camps and outpatient department of a tertiary psychiatric hospital’ during the 18th  National Conference of the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry held at Patna from 25-27th 2011.
  • Presented a paper entitled “An exploratory analysis personality factors contributed to suicide attempts” at the 64th   National Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society held at Cochin from 19-22 January 2012.
  • Attended 3rd National Conference of World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (Indian Chapter) held at Kozhikode on 20th and 21st July 2013.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Sodium Valproate and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women with Bipolar Disorder - A Cross Sectional Comparative Analysis with Other Mood Stabilizers”at the 1st Global Conference of Biological Psychiatry, India 2014 held at Delhi from 25th to 28th September 2014.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Sodium Valproate and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women with Bipolar Disorder in the 15th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Private Psychiatry held at Cochin, Kerala from 13-16th November 2014.
  • Attended CME during the 67th Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Hyderabad from 8-11th January 2015.
  • Presented a paper on psychiatric emergencies in the National Workshop “PROMPTA CURATIO” organised by Al Shifa College of Nursing at Perinthalmanna on 25th April 2015.
  • Speaker on the topic “Psychiatric issues associated with renal failure: Role of psychiatrist “in the CME on Consultation Liaison Psychiatry organised by the South Zone of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Chitradurga, Karnataka from 16-17th May 2015.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Pathways in Psychiatric Care – Kerala Experience” at the 16th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Private Psychiatry held at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh from 3rd- 6th December 2016.
  • Presented a paper entitled “A cross sectional analysis of suicidal Behaviour in adolescents – comparison with adult attempters” in the Marfatia Award session of69th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society held at Raipur, on 5th - 8th January 2017.
  • Attended the MID-TERM CME Programme conducted by the Kerala State Branch of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Kozhikode on 21st May 2017.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Transcranial Direct Stimulation for refractory auditory hallucination in schizophrenia” in the Marfatia Award session of70th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society held at Ranchi, on 5th - 8thFebruary 2018.