KG Hospital Doctors

Dr. SANTHOSHI S

MBBS, D.P.M, DNB (PSYCHIATRY)

 

Education


  • DNB Psychiatry / 2020/ Mental health center, Trivandrum, National Board of Examinations
  • D.P.M | 2019 | Christian Medical College, Vellore, The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R Medical University
  • MBBS | 2013 | Mahatma Gandhi Medical College& Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth university
     

Experience


  • Joined for DPM (two years course) at CMC, Vellore
  • Worked as Senior Resident at Christian Medical College, Vellore for one year
  • Joined for DNB (two-year course) at Mental Health Centre, Trivandrum
  • Worked as Psychiatrist at MHC, Trivandrum under National Health Mission for 7 months
  • Currently working as Consultant Psychiatrist at KG hospital, Coimbatore

 

Awards


  • Best Poster Award at SIPSCON 2021 : Clinical profile of patients with delirium in a consultation-liaison psychiatry clinic of a tertiary care hospital in South India – A retrospective study

 

Certificate course completed


  • Life skills training for adolescents and adolescents well being from SUMANA trust 
  • Certificate course in Cognitive Behavior therapy from NIMHANS
  • Certificate course in Dialectical Behavior therapy from PESI, Aus

 

Research done


  • Profile of patients presenting with medically unexplained symptoms in a tertiary care hospital – a descriptive study in 2018

  • Clinical profile of patients with delirium in a consultation-liaison psychiatry clinic of a tertiary care hospital in South India – A retrospective study in 2019

  • Cognitive impairment among patients with alcohol use disorder in a tertiary care center in Kerala in 2022

 

Papers presented


  • Poster presented on Trihexyphenidyl induced delirium in an elderly suffering from bipolar disorder: a case report at IPSOCON 2018 at Tirupati

  • Presented a poster on Clinical profile of patients with delirium in a consultation-liaison psychiatry clinic of a tertiary care hospital in South India – A retrospective study at SIPSCON 2021

  • Presented a symposium on Queer Affirmative Mental Health Care in India at ANCIPS 2023

  • Presented a symposium on Aggression and its management at ANCIPS 2024

 

Areas of interests


  • I am interested in adult psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, and Consultation liaison psychiatric services. I have experience in administering different forms of psychotherapies, especially Cognitive Behavior therapy, Dialectical behavior therapy, marital therapy, Mindfulness Unified CBT, motivational interviewing, and family interventions. Also, I have experience in Consultation-liaison psychiatric services, managing chronic psychiatric inpatients, and psychosocial management of major psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depressive disorders. 

  • I have conducted multiple mental health awareness sessions at many schools for students, parents and teachers and colleges and IT companies. I am interested in organizing school mental health program at the grass root level

 

Languages Known


  • Tamil, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam