| Date | 20/09/2024 |
| Venue | SJB Gallery, Behind Admin Block |
| Organized by | Department of Psychiatry, BGSGIMS |
| Organising Chairman / Coordinator of the Program | Dr. M.E Mohan, Dean cum Principal, BGSGIMSDr.Keertish N, Professor & Head Department of Psychiatry, BGSGIMS |
| No. of Faculty / Students Benefited | 170 |
| Objective of the Program | To address factors like awareness, availability and affordability of lesser known/practiced treatment options like rTMS, EMDR, Art Therapy, Animal Assisted Therapy and Virtual Reality Therapy.Leveraging technology in suicide prevention |
| CME outcome | In this program around 170 faculty and students were able to get exposed to lesser known/practiced treatment modalities through presentation and participatory discussion.This will help to integrate the gained experience into everyday clinical practice. |
| Resource Persons | Dr. Mahesh Gowda,Director of Spandana Healthcare. BengaluruDr. Mohan Sunil kumar, Founder & Director, Augmenta Health (P) Ltd. BengaluruMs. Sona Sunny, Clinical Psychologist, Amaha Health, Bengaluru.Ms. Asmita Bijlani,Art Therapist, Sukoon Health, Bengaluru. Dr. Nithin Kondapuram, Consultant Psychiatrist, Aster Prime Hospital HyderabadMs. Subhadra Cherukuri, Animal Assisted Therapy Practitioner, Miracle Equine center and Wag-ville, Bengaluru |
| Brief report about the Program | The Department of Psychiatry conducted a CME on “Psychiatry – BeyondMedication and CBT” on 20 th September 2024 under the guidance of Dr. M .E. Mohan, Dean / Principal of BGSGIMS. Dr. Keertish N, Professor and Head ofDepartment of Psychiatry, welcomed all the delegates and introduced the theme ofthe CME. Dr. Somashekar Bijjal, President of IPS-KC and Dr. Mahesh Gowda,Director of Spandana Healthcare, graced the inaugural function. The distinguishedspeakers with years of expertise in their respective fields engaged the audience onvarious topics such as rTMS, EMDR, Art Therapy, Animal Assisted Therapy,Virtual Reality Therapy and Suicide Prevention using Technology. All of thesessions were highly interactive with audience actively participating in thediscussions. Overall, the CME was successful in shedding light on some of the lesserknown/lesser practiced modalities of treatment in Psychiatry. |
