Dr. Namdev Chawan

Professional Experience

• 2020-2023- Consultant Psychiatrist at Darsh Superspeciality hospital, Karnataka, India
• 2016-2019- Senior Psychiatry Registrar at Northwest Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
• 2011- 2016- Assistant professor at BRIMS and ESIC Medical colleges, Karnataka, India.

Education & Qualifications

•    MBBS – Government  Medical college, Mysore, Karnataka, India- 2006
•    MD – National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) Bangalore, Karnataka, India -2011

Memberships

• Life Fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society – LF NO 1401642020
• Life Fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society – Karnataka chapter (IPSKC)
• Life Fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society – South Zone- No47
• Life member of Indian Medical association – KAR/21129/26/561/268727/2021-22/L.

Awards/Recognition

• Received “ Best outgoing Resident” award from Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India- 2011.
• Awarded a certificate of appreciation from Government of India for exemplary performance in rendering emergency medical care during Sikkim earthquake in September 2011.

Research Papers

1. “Theta Burst for Sexual Dysfunction in Bipolar Depression – A Case Series” Journal of Psychosexual Health. (Manuscript accepted for publication in march 2022).

2. Familial Co-Aggregation of Dementia with Schizophrenia: A Cross Sectional Pedigree Analysis. Indian J Psychol Med.2022;44(4):366–370.

3. Common cardiovascular non-communicable diseases in the parental generation across different anxiety disorders: A cross sectional study using pedigree analysis. MedPulse International Journal of Psychology.

October 2021; 20(1): 06-08.

4. Performance of schizophrenia patients on self-monitoring task: A cross-sectional study. MedPulse International Journal of Psychology. September 2021;19(3): 32-35.

5. Study of depression, anxiety, stress and quality of sleep among healthcare professionals during COVID-19

pandemic in North Karnataka region. MedPulse International Journal of Psychology. May 2021;18(2): 11-14.

6. A study on nomophobia, quality of sleep and associated behavioural problems in engineering students.

Med Pulse International Journal of Psychology. February 2021; 17(2): 07-12.

7. Bilateral self-enucleation in acute transient psychotic disorder: the influence of sociocultural factors on psychopathology. Comprehensive Psychiatry 53(2012) 576-578.

Speciality Treatments

• Adult Psychiatry
• Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
• Psychotherapy

Languages

• English
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Lambhani