Darshan Shadakshari

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry| Addiction Psychiatry| Community Mental Health| Chess

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Dr. Darshan's presentation on "Physician and Substance use" for #NAMAHECHO
Key takeaways
1️⃣ Unique vulnerabilities: Easy access to medicine, stress, isolation & "pharmacological invincibility"
2️⃣ Higher risk specialties: Anesthesiology (opioids), ER Medicine (stimulants), Psychiatry (sedatives)
3️⃣ Career progression: Non-prescription → prescription substances as career advances
4️⃣ Treatment involves Confidential referral, combined therapy & structured return-to-work
5️⃣ Prevention is key: Prescription monitoring, work-life balance & early detection of vulnerabilities

12 weekly online programme "Well-being, Mental health, and Resilience of #doctors #physicians"

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Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

We are delighted to share the first flyer for our CME, scheduled for March 22, 2025.
The flyer includes our confirmed speakers, with more exciting additions to come.

We warmly invite you to register and look forward to your participation.

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The youngest challenger, the youngest king!
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A huge candle vigil in remembrance of the departed soul, was attended by doctors, nurses, scholars and employees of NIMHANS and nearby institutes.
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🗓️26 Jun 2024
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#WorldDrugDay
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Theme: The evidence is clear: Invest in Prevention
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Prof. Benegal, PI of C-VEDA & PARAM
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@UNODC_ROSA & diverse panel
RT for wider reach

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Congratulations @NIMHANS_BLR, India for being bestowed the prestigious 2024 Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion for its work focusing on young people and child protection in primary mental health care. The award, presented at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, recognises outstanding contributions to public health and was jointly awarded to Professor Bontle Mbongwe of Botswana.

NIMHANS is a globally renowned centre for mental health, neurosciences, and allied fields. This award spotlights the critical importance of mental health, which has been identified as a key priority by Regional Director @drSaimaWazed

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NIMHANS bags the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion, 2024 by the World Health Organization. Director @pratimamurthy receives the award at Geneva @WHO. This is a testament of our continued efforts & dedication in patient care in the area of mental health & neurosciences.

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We are delighted to announce our collaboration with the East Zone IPS to organize the 2nd CME and PG Development Program in Addiction Medicine (CPDPAM) on 26-27 June 2024, The theme of the program is "Addiction Medicine - Contemporary Dialectics." Please Register.

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Addiction Rx #mobileapp for #doctors can be a guidance tool for management of #alcohol #tobacco #Opioids and other #addictive disorders .
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17-year-old Indian prodigy 🇮🇳 Gukesh D makes history as the youngest-ever player to win the #FIDECandidates! 🔥

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We have a vacancy of Psychologist. It involves learning and co-developing #digital tools. in #addiction #odia https://t.co/ATmuFlpa4F

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NIMHANS has been awarded with the prestigious Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion 2024 by @WHO! This recognition reaffirms our steadfast commitment to championing mental health & well-being on a global scale. Heartfelt gratitude to our dedicated team & supporters.

[Darshan Shadakshari @drsdarsh]

@narasimha_gvl @NIMHANS_BLR Thank you sir!

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@drmahi17 Physicians suffering with Substance Use Disorders is another major concern
It effects the Clinical care & service delivery, the work environment, causes ethical issues at workplace, effects the career growth
Dr Darshan @NIMHANS_BLR studied the impact
Link
https://t.co/bPBlXHxPjp

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Just published an article on designing & testing 'Quest', a relapse prevention app for patients with alcohol dependence. Although the app's acceptability was high, the pilot study found no significant difference in outcomes. We're committed to continuing research to improve addiction recovery resources and #capacity building. #addictionresearch #mhealth, Development and pilot testing of 'Quest', a smartphone-based r... https://t.co/EKY8iGgP98 Thanks @PsychiatryAsian, @drsdarsh

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The #CAM @NIMHANS_BLR Team

✅ @addicon2022 the largest and well organised Addiction Psychiatry conference (with 1200+ registrations) in India

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The largest ever #AddictionPsychiatry Conference in India starts today!
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Stay tuned for more updates!

[Darshan Shadakshari @drsdarsh]

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Interesting quiz everyday at 8pm on @addicon2022 till conference!
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