Dr. Aditi Singh

Dr. Aditi Singh has finished her MBBS from LTM medical college, Mumbai. She then went on to do her MD in psychiatry from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. She has subsequently worked in NIMHANS as a senior resident in NIMHANS for three years which included experience in the specialist Obsessive Compulsive Disorder clinic. She has subsequently joined the M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and Hospitals as an Assistant Professor. She is a strong advocate of promoting mental health awareness as well as positive mental health especially among segments of the community who do not have adequate access to mental health treatments owing to various reasons. She considers herself to be an ally. Her areas of interest include women’s mental health, adolescent mental health, obsessive compulsive disorders and trauma and stress induced disorders. She is a proponent of rational pharmacotherapy and holistic management.

Dr. Aditi Singh

Consultant Psychiatrist

MBBS, MD

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Doctor of Medicine in Psychiatry MD – National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore – 2014

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBBS – Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical college and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai – 2010

Post MD, Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry (Clinical, academic and Research) – National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore – June 2014 to April 2017

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry (Clinical, academic and Research) – Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore – April 2017 – till date

  • Women’s mental Health
  • Adolescent Mental Health
  • Personality disorders, trauma and stress induced disorders
  • Obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders
  • LGBTQIA
  • Psychotherapy – dialectical behaviour therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, Cognitive behaviour therapy
  • Liaison Psychiatry and rational pharmacotherapy
  • Public health – awareness and outreach
  • Positive Psychology and mental health

Journal articles:

  1. Singh A, Satheesan S, Nagpal A, Nitturkar A, Shetty PH, Nanjundaswamy MH, et al. Behavioural therapy in persons with intellectual disability and OCD: an effective augmentation strategy. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2013 Sep; 47(9):883–4.
  2. Gowda GS, Singh A, Ravi M, Math SB. Mephentermine dependence syndrome – A new emerging trend of substance use. Asian J Psychiatry. 2015 Oct; 17:101–2.
  3. Hegde A, Singh A, Ravi M, Narayanaswamy JC, Math SB. Pramipexole in the Treatment of Refractory Depression in a Patient with Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder. Indian J Psychol Med. 2015 Dec;37(4):473–4.
  4. Gowda GS, Sadh K, Singh A, Math SB. OCD with obsessive slowness mimicking catatonia in an adolescent. Journal of obsessive compulsive disorder, 2017 Apr; 13:14-17.
  5. Singh, A., & Singh, H. (2018). Interventions for suicide prevention: The need of the hour. Global Journal of Addiction and Rehabilitation Medicine, 5(1). https://doi.org/DOI: 10.19080/GJARM.2018.05.555651.
  6. Singh A, Rani A, Menon PG, Nair BS, Thennarasu K, Jaisoorya TS. Lifetime child sexual abuse assessed at age 18: A survey of college students from Kerala, India. Ind Psychiatry J. 2022 Jan-Jun;31(1):172-176. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_201_20.

Book chapters:

  1. Reddy, Y. C. J., & Singh, A. (2021). Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. In V. Kumar, O. P. Singh, & P. K. Singh (Eds.), IPS Textbook of Undergraduate Psychiatry (1st ed., pp. 159–168). essay, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
  2. Singh, A., & Basavarajappa, C. (2019). Maladjustments. In J. TS (Ed.), Jeevani – module for college counsellors (Vol. 2, pp. 69–74). essay, Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala.
  3. PS, K., & Singh, A. (2019). Promoting Positive Mental Health. In J. TS (Ed.), Jeevani – Module for college counsellors (Vol. 2, pp. 146–149). essay, Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala.

Ongoing research projects:

  1. An exploratory, qualitative study to understand the barriers and facilitators to seeking mental healthcare among the elderly -a study from rural south India. –Principal Investigator, Non-funded peer reviewed, Ethics Committee approved project.
  2. Cognitive, emotional, and behavioural processes in the subjective experience of chronic pain: an exploratory, qualitative study –Principal Investigator, Non-funded peer reviewed, Ethics Committee approved project.
  3. Binge eating and night time eating disorder in diabetes mellitus – Student project – co-guide.

Attended:

  1. “EEG: Theory and Practice” conducted at SDM Medical sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, India, August 2012.
  2. Workshop on “Research & Publication Skills” under the guidance of Dr. Dinesh Bhugra, President, Royal college of Psychiatry, UK in August 2013.
  3. “Recent Advances in Schizophrenia CME 2014” conducted at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India, January 2014.
  4. “Multidisciplinary inputs in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders CME 2011” conducted at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India, 2011.
  5. Talk on “Recent advances in diagnosis and management of bipolar disorder” by Professor1 Lakshmi N Yatham, Professor UBC Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the Mood Disorders Clinical Research Unit, University of Toronto.
  6. Recent advances in psychiatric classification – CME, conducted at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, 2014.
  7. 1ST symposium on Non- Invasive Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, conducted at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, 2015.
  8. 2nd Symposium OCD and Related Disorders: An Update on Research & Treatment Practices, NIMHANS, Bangalore, October 2017.
  9. Legal Regulation of Doctor-patient relationship and Medical Research on Humans National Law school of India University and Bar Council of Kerala Jan 12, 2018, National Law School of India University Campus.
  10. Genetic counselling training with special emphasis on prenatal, postnatal diagnosis and reproductive genetics cytogenetics division, central research laboratory Feb 06, 2018, Ramaiah Medical College Hospital.
  11. Psychoanalysis in the consulting room – reading Winnicott Tara Clinic, Calicut Oct 27, 2018, Sampurna Montford College, Bengaluru.
  12. Workshop on introduction to systematic reviews and meta analysis in health research, Indian Council for Medical Research, virtual, March 2021.
  13. Revised Basic Medical Education Technology Workshop, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, July 2021.
  14. Workshop on “Blueprint in Assessment”, Medical Education Unit, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, October 2021.
  15. National Conference for Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, virtual/ hybrid, November 2021.

Talks and Presentations:

  1. Workshop on psychological and pharmacological management of OCD: Indian Psychiatric Society, Odisha State Branch- Management of conditions comorbid with OCD, October 2016.
  2. Postgraduate Development Program – Central zone “OCD inside out”: “Diagnosis and clinical features of OCD” – Guest Speaker, Agra, India August 2017.
  3. “Stress Management for Women”: Guest Speaker – Air force Wives Association, Jallahalli, Bangalore, October 2017.
  4. “Genetic Counselling”. – Guest speaker, Indian Psychiatric Society, Thrissur Branch, Thrissur, April 2018.
  5. Women’s Day Celebrations – “Mental health in women” – Guest Speaker – Central Beaurau of Investigation, RT Nagar, 2018.
  6. Mythri FACEMI workshop on “OCD and OCD Mixed – clinical and coping aspects”, “OCD and OCD mixed – clinical aspects, Guest speaker, February 2020.
  7. World Mental Health Day celebration – “Mental health and students” – guest speaker, Ramaiah University- Faculty of Dental Sciences, 2021.
  8. CME on tobacco cessation, “Neurobiology and Clinical Features of Nicotine Addiction“– Guest lecture – Ramaiah University – Faculty of Dental Sciences, March 2022.

CMEs and Workshops conducted:

  • Co-Organizing secretary: Gender identities – medico socio legal aspects department of psychiatry, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, August, 2018.
  • Co-Organizing secretary: Perspectives on mental health in Refugees, Disaster victims and migrants, advanced learning centre, Ramaiah University, September 2019.
  • Co-organizing secretary: Recent Advances and Challenges in Psychiatric rehabilitation during COVID-19, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, March 2021.