DR.PURUSHOTHAM A
Associate Professor
Academic Qualifications: MBBS, MD
| SL NO | Degree | Specialization | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MBBS | - | KVG medical college, Sullia, Karnataka | 2007 |
| 2 | MD | Psychiatry | Central Institute of Psychiatry | 2017 |
| 3 | Post Doctoral Fellowship | Child Psychiatry | St.johns Medical College | 2010 |
Additional qualifications / training
- Post doctoral fellowship in child psychiatry – From Stjohns Medical college affiliated to RGUHS, Bangalore
- Medical certificate course on Cause of Death (MCCD) from St Johns Medical College, Bangalore.
- Value added course on Suicide prevention and gate keepers training from SDUMC, Kolar
EXPERIENCE
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIIMS, Raipur | Senior Resident | Teaching, Clinical work, | 2017-2021 |
| St Johns Medical college, Bangalore | Senior Resident | Teaching, Clinical work, Research | 2021-2022 |
| SDUMC, Kolar | Assistant Professor | Administrative, Teaching, Clinical, Research | 2022 till date |
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Teaching Psychiatry to the undergraduate students of MBBS students and MD postgraduates.
- Helping the postgraduate students in their thesis.
- Mentoring the students as a teacher guardian.
RESEARCH
| Name of project | List of researchers | ongoing / completed | Funded / Non funded | Funding agency | Funds sanctioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of Depression in School-Going Adolescents and Its Impact on Scholastic Performance: A Cross- Sectional Study | Veni Nirudya Mohan Reddy M Ruth Sneha Chandrasekhar Purushotham A Mano Ranjitha V | Completed | Non-funded | - | - |
| Is there a link between Interleukin-6, Vitamin D, and depression? a cross-sectional study among nursing students at a tertiary care centre in Kolar | Dr Ruth Sneha C,Dr. Purushotham A, Dr. Mohan Reddy M, Mr. Yadla Vishwa Sree | Ongoing | Funded | SDUAHER | Not yet |
| Occupational Stress and Burnout among Doctors in Tertiary Care Rural Medical College and Hospital Karnataka: A Cross-sectional Study | Dr. Mohan Reddy M, Mr. Yadla Vishwa Sree, Dr. Ruth Sneha C,Dr. Purushotham A | Completed | Non-funded | SDUAHER | Not yet |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
- Child and Adolescent psychiatry, Addiction psychiatry
PUBLICATIONS
| Title of article | Name of journal | Year of publica tion | List of authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of Depression in School- Going Adolescents and Its Impact on Scholastic Performance: A Cross- Sectional Study | Cureus | 2023 | Veni Nirudya Mohan Reddy M Ruth Sneha Chandrasekhar Purushotham A Mano Ranjitha V |
| Indian Psychiatric Society multicentre study: Diagnostic patterns, comorbidity and prescription practices for patients with Dementia | Indian Journal of Psychiatry | 2023 | CT Sudhir Kumar, Mathew Varghese Venugopal Duddu Sridhar Vaitheswaran Shrikant Srivastava KS Shaji Sanju George Narendra Kumar Singh Nishant Goyal Ajay Bakhla S Shaji Vikas Menon Tajamul Hussain Sandeep Grover Aseem Mehra Lokesh Kumar Singh Purushotham A Avinash Desousa Nilesh Shah Sagar Karia I Anand Shafana Afroon Ritambhara Mehta Gargi Kukreja Dimple Dadarwala Vidya KL PT Sivakumar Preeti Sinha Shivashankar Reddy Thomas Isaac Mina Chandra |
| Motor cortical plasticity in adolescents with early onset schizophrenia: A TMS-EMG study assessing the perturbation effect of intermittent and continuous theta burst stimulation | Internation al Society for Developm ental Neuroscience. | 2022 | Ashwathnarayan Purushotham Nishant Goyal Vinod Kumar Sinha Sai Krishna Tikka Shobit Garg, Pushpal Desarkar |
| Psychological Distress and Coping Among Dental Practitioners During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey From India | Cureus | 2022 | Mahendra Sahu Ajay Kumar Santhosh Rao Purushotham A |
| Anxiety among pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in India - A multicentric study | Asian Journal of Psychiatry | 2021 | Sai Krishna Tikka Sonia Parial Amrit Pattojoshi Ashlesha Bagadia Chandni Prakash Deyashini Lahiri Jyoti Jaiswal Manju Puri Prerna Kukreti Rabindra Nath Behera Sarita Agrawal Shobit Garg Surbhi Dubey Vineeta Gupta Aakash Bajaj Akanksha Agrawal Chhaya Singour Geetanjali Patel Megha Maghadep Purushotham A Sanjaya Kumar Pany Saurabhi Simran Doriai Veena Tejan Prabha S. Chandra |
| Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and its role in suicidality – A systematic review | Asian Journal of Psychiatry | 2021 | Sangha Mitra Godi Mamidipalli Sai Spoorthy Purushotham A Sai Krishna Tikka |
| Buprenorphine/naloxone maintenance for “poppy husk” dependence: A retrospective study | Wiley Asia specific psychiatry | 2019 | Sai Krishna Tikka Lokesh Kumar Singh Spoorthy Sai Mamidipalli Ashwathnarayan Purushotham K. Hari Hara Suchandra |
| Intermittent theta burst stimulation induced seizure in a child with schizophrenia: A case report | Brain Stimulatio n Elsevier | 2018 | Purushotham A Vinod Kumar Sinha Nishant Goyal Sai Krishna Tikka |