Dr. Amrtavarshini R.

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychiatry

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
DM Child and Adolescent Psychiatry NIMHANS, Bangalore Dec/2022
MD Psychiatry Bangalore Medical College, RGUHS May/2016
MBBS Mysore Medical College, RGUHS March/2012

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Assistant Professor 01/02/23 – till date
NIMHANS, Bangalore Senior Resident Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 01/07 /19 to 30/06/22
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Assistant Professor Dept of Psychiatry 01/09/18 to 06/05/19
Kasturba Medical College Senior Resident Dept of Psychiatry 03/10/16 to 01/09/18

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Area of Expertise

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Area of Research

Neurodevelopmental disorder, mood disorders, community child and adolescent psychiatry

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Member, Indian Association of Psychiatry.

Frequency, reasons, and factors associated with antipsychotic polypharmacy in Schizophrenia: A retrospective chart review in a tertiary hospital in India.

2020 Shenoy S, Amrtavarshini R, Bhandary RP, Praharaj SK

Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 1;51:102022.

Parenting in the current COVID-19 reality–understanding and addressing parental concerns using a qualitative methodology

2022 Manohar H, Khanna P, Seshadri S, Rajan TM, Jha A, Amrtavarshini R, Bhagyavathi HD, Neredumilli PK, Kumar R

World Social Psychiatry. 2022 Jan 1;4(1):31

Anorexia nervosa-Binge-eating/purging type in an adolescent boy: A case report

2021 Amrtavarshini R, Ghosh S, Seshadri SP

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health-ISSN 0973-1342. 2021;17(1):130-6.

A case series of five individuals with asperger syndrome and sexual criminality

2017 Kumar S, Devendran Y, Radhakrishna A, Karanth V, Hongally C

Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour. 2017 Jan 1;22(1):63.

Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders and its association with epileptiform activity among children with Intellectual Disability in a tertiary centre

2017 Kumar S, Devendran Y

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 2017 Jan;13(1):26-47.