Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry was established in 1999, with the establishment of Yenepoya Medical College, a constituent college of Yenepoya University, Mangalore. Inter-disciplinary PhD started in 2009 and postgraduate course (MD) was started in the year 2011 and currently, 3 seats in M.D. Psychiatry have been sanctioned by the National Medical Commission/Medical Council of India. The department excels in academic programmes for post-graduates in the department. Case conferences every Wednesdays, Grand rounds every Thursdays and seminar on alternate Tuesdays are conducted regularly. Additionally, on the 1 st Tuesday of every month, there is a Journal club programme and once a month College Scientific society meeting. Our Department also provides innovative teaching methods including Case vignettes, simulated patient learning and visits to our psychiatric rehabilitation centre, YENCOURAGE.
The Department excels in providing affordable mental health care without compromising on the quality of the services provided. The department has seen a steady increase in the number of patients utilizing our services over the years.
Vision
- To be one of the premier psychiatry departments in the country based on our education, scientific investigation and health care delivery.”
Mission
- Strive to provide outstanding clinical care, which is comprehensive, affordable and delivered compassionately, appropriately responsibly and efficiently.
- The patient care provided will be done in a manner that supports and advances education and research.
Goals
- To be in the forefront of providing mental health care, education along with cutting edge research and innovation.
Meet our Experts
Dr. Anil K.
- DesignationProfessor & HOD
- Email anilpsychiatry@yahoo.co.in
MBBS-Sree Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur-Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore-August 2002
DPM-National Institute of Medical Health and Neuro Sciences-NIMHANS-August 2005
MD-Psychiatry-K.M.C. Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education -April 2008
Tutor (Pathology)-K.S. Hegde Medical College, Mangalore from 16.09.2002 to 01.09.2003
Junior Resident (Psychiatry)-NIMHANS, Bangalore from 09/2003 to 08/2005
Junior Resident (Psychiatry)-K.M.C. Manipal from 02.05.2006 to 30.04.2008
Assistant Professor-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore from 07.05.2008 to 31.10.2012
Associate Professor-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore from 01.11.2012 to 15.04.2018
Professor & HOD-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore from 16.04.2018 to Till date
Kakunje A, Kanaradi H, Chand P, Pai G, Sharma PSVN, Puthran S. Psychiatric morbidity in Alcohol Dependence with and without Cirrhosis: A Hospital Based Comparative Study. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatry Society. 2012 Jul; 9 (1):15-18.
Kakunje A, Kanaradi H, Chand P, Sharma PSVN, Pai G, Puthran S. Personality Profile of Persons with Alcohol Dependence with and without Cirrhosis: A Hospital Based Comparative Study. International Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. 2012;1(2):94-98.
Kiran Kumar P.K, Sukesh, Anil Kakunje, Prashantha Bhagavath, Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders in Deliberate Self Harm Victims, Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences, Vol. 2, 7, 18, 2013, 738-44.
Puthran S, Vaswani V, Jain A, Kakunje A. Perception of autonomy of psychiatry patients/illness among psychiatry nursing staff, Research Journal of Social Science and Management, 2013; 3 (7) : 47-3.
Kanila S, Kakunje A. A Pilot Study To Identify The Problems Faced By The Wives Of Persons With Alcohol Dependence. International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS). 2017 Feb;4(2).
Shettar M, Karkal R, Kakunje A, Mendonsa RD, Chandran VM. Facebook addiction and loneliness in the post-graduate students of a university in southern India. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. May 2017; 63(4): 325-329.
Shettar M, Kakunje A, Chandran M, Mendonsa RD, Karkal R. Presenting complaints in somatoform disorders: a hospital based south Indian study. National Journal of Medical and Dental Research, 2017 Jan-March;5(2):106-111
Ammati R, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Nafisa D, Kini G, Chandrashekaran P. Smartphone Addiction among Students of Medical University in South India: A Cross-Sectional Study. Annals of International Medical and Dental Research. 2018 April;4(2):1.
Nafisa D, Pinto D, Pavithra R, Kakunje A. Prevalence of thyroid function abnormality in admitted male patients with alcohol dependence syndrome. J of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. 2018 Feb; 6 (1).
Mahatme N, Kakunje A, Nafisa D, Srinivasan J, Puthran S, Becker-Ebel J. Knowledge and Attitude of Mental Health Professionals Towards Psychodrama as a Psychotherapeutic Tool. Telangana Journal of Psychiatry. 2018; 4 (2): 92-95.
Karkal R, Goyal N, Tikka SK, Khanande RV, Kakunje A, Khess CR. Sensory gating deficits and their clinical correlates in drug-free/drug-naive patients with schizophrenia. Indian journal of psychological medicine. 2018 May;40(3):247-256.
Ashish Rana, Ravichandra Karkal, Anil Kakunje, Ganesh Kini. Perception of Sexual Dysfunction in Male Patients with Alcohol Dependence. Saudi Journal of Medicine; February 2018, 3 (2), 49-54.
Divya AR, Ravichandra Karkal, Anil Kakunje, Mendonsa Rohan. Sexual Dysfunction in Women Being Treated with SSRIs. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences; February 2018, 6 (2), 711-716.
Kakunje A, Kanaradi H, Pai G, Karkal R, Nafisa D, Chandrasekaran P. Drinking pattern in persons with alcohol dependence with and without cirrhosis: A hospital-based comparative study. Indian J Psychiatry. 2018;60(2):189-194.
Shettar M, Kakunje A, Karkal R, MendonsaRD, Kini G, Chandran VVM. Sucidality in Somatization and Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorders: A Hospital - Based Study. Archives of Medicine & Health Sciences. 2018 Jan-June; 6(1):36-39.
Sahana K S, Bhat S S, Kakunje A, Study of prenatal, natal, and neonatal risk factors associated with autism. Indian Journal of Child Health. 2018Jan; 5 (1).
Kakunje A, Nishad PM, Kini G, Sathyanath S, VV MC. Unusual/unconventional psychoactive substances of abuse. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry. Jan-June 2018;31(1).
Kakunje A, Ammati R, Tolar P, Puthran S, Swaroop M. Snakes and their relevance to psychiatry. Annals of Indian Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 1;3(1):63.
Ammati R, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Kini G, Srinivasan J, Nafisa D. Stressful life events and quality of life in patients with somatoform disorders. Indian J Soc Psychiatry. 2019 Jan; 35:108-13.
Akhilesh
M, Kakunje A & Abdulla H. Knowledge And Attitude Of Mental Health
Professionals Towards Transactional Analysis. International Journal of Indian
Psychology. 2019Jan-Mar; 7(1): 947-953.
Mahatme N, Shettar M, Kakunje A, Kini G. Epigenetics in Psychiatry. Indian J of Mental Health and Neurosci. 2019 Jan (1): 5-11.
Akhilesh M, Kakunje A & Abdulla H. Knowledge And Attitude Of Mental Health Professionals Towards Transactional Analysis. International Journal of Indian Psychology. Jan-Mar 2019: 7(1), 947-953.
Kakunje A, Punnoose VP, Ponnusamy KP, Mysore AV, Daniel SJ. Revisiting postgraduate (PG) psychiatry training in India. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2019 Jul;41(4):380-7.
Nishad PM, Dilshana NB, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Chisty MK. Attitude of non mental health professionals towards the mental illness in a tertiary care center. Indian Journal of Mental Health and Neurosciences. 2019 Jul;2(2):23-28.
Kakunje A, Pookoth R, Ahmed AN, Puthran S, Nambiar A. Aspiration of hijab pin is sharply rising among young women---A preventable health problem. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2019 Aug;8(8):2681-2684.
Yadav P, Karkal R, Kakunje A, Mahatme N, Akhilesh M. Prevalence of depressive disorders among head-and-neck cancer patients: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2019 Jul;61(4):409-414.
Sadashiv M, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Ganganna SH. Twin-center study comparing stigma among males and females with alcohol dependence. Social Health and Behavior. 2020 Apr 1;3(2):38-42.
Kishor M, Menon V, Vinay HR, Bhise MC, Isaac M, Chandran S, Kumar A, Nebhinani N, Gupta R, Dere SS, Kakunje A. COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need to reconsider psychiatry training of Indian medical graduate. International Journal of Health & Allied Sciences. 2020 Apr 1;9(5):104.
PMA Nishad, K Ravichandra, K Anil, VV Mohan Chandran, MK Chisty. When Breath Becomes Air (Book review). Kerala Journal of Psychiatry. 2020; 33(1): 85-7. doi: 10.30834/KJP.33.1.2020.184.
Javed J, Karkal R, Nafisa D, Kakunje A. Folie a deux in monozygotic twins with childhood trauma: A case report. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 4:102192
Topiramate (1000 mg) abuse for weight loss in an adolescent with anorexia nervosa - Kakunje Anil; Mithur Rajesh, Shihabuddeen Ismail, Sowmya, Shetty Shwetha in Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 40(3):312-314, May/June 2020.
Sameed S, Panicker M J, Mendonsa R D, Kakunje A, Karkal R. Clinical, cognitive and sociodemographic variables in melancholic versus non melancholic depression. Soc Health Behav. 2020Jul;3:103-109.
Kakunje A, Prabhu A, Pookoth R, Priya ES, Karkal R, Kumar P, Gupta N. A perspective on predictive markers of alopecia. Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences. 2020 Jul 1;8(2):263.
Chisty MK, Kini G, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Nishad PM. Types of Psychiatric Presentation to Emergency Room of a Tertiary Care Center: A Record-based Retrospective Study. Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry. 2020 Jan;14(1):6-8.
Mahatme NS, Kakunje A, Karkal R. Comparison of maternal stress and psychiatric morbidity among mothers of children having psychiatric disorders and those of typically developing children. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2020 Nov;62(6):707-712.
Mahatme NS, Kakunje A, Karkal R. Comparison of maternal stress and psychiatric morbidity among mothers of children having psychiatric disorders and those of typically developing children. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 1;62(6):707.
Akhilesh M, Priyamkari A, Kakunje A, Karkal R. Cross sectional study on burden and psychiatric morbidity in the caregivers of patients of major psychiatric illness in a tertiary healthcare centre. Arch Ment Health [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2021 Dec 16].
Janisar Javed, Anil Kakunje; "A One year study on the usuage of Psychiatry Helpline Number ? 9108919025" (Accepted for publication in the in the Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry).
Panicker MJ, Kakunje A. Clinical profile of patients with delirium who presented to the department of psychiatry of a tertiary care teaching hospital. Current Medical Issues. 2021 Apr; 19(2):78.
Bhat M, Kini G, Amithabh S, Kakunje A. A rare case of frontotemporal dementia with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Arch Ment Health 2021;22:162-4.
Bhat M, Kakunje A, Mithur R, Shenoy M M, Mashood K A, Puthran S, Joy A. Stevens Johnson Syndrome while on lamotrigine and NSAID: a case report. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry 2021, 34 (1):64-67.
Amithabh S, Ganesh K, Kakunje A. Comparison of socio-demographic and clinical factors between "unipolar mania" and bipolar affective disorder. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry 2021; 34(2).
Dr. Madhavi Bhat, Dr. Dilshana N B, Dr. Anil Kakunje, Dr. Rajesh M, Dr. Ravichandra Karkal; Levels of stress among post graduate junior residents during their post graduation in Medical Colleges of Coastal Karnataka,- accepted in Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine, May 2021.
Kakunje A, Mithur R, Puthran S, Joy A, Shetty S. History of psychiatric rehabilitation in India. Arch Med Health Sci 2021;9:163-70
Panicker MJ, Kakunje A, Nimgaonkar VL, Deshpande S, Bhatia T, Sathyanath S. A pilot open-label study of oral acetazolamide for sodium valproate-associated weight gain in bipolar affective disorder. Archives of Mental Health. 2022 Jan 1;23(1):7.
Shettar M, Karkal R, Kakunje A, Mendonsa R. Internet addiction and sleep quality in medical undergraduates of a university in southern India. Arch Ment Health [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2021 Dec 24]. Available from: https://www.amhonline.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=325653
Kakunje A. Lunar Effect or Transylvania Effect: The Moon and Mind Connection. Ind J Priv Psychiatry 2021;14(2):47-50.
Nafisa D, Kakunje A. Aripiprazole-induced obsessive-compulsive symptoms - A case report.. Industrial Psychiatry J 2022;31:158-61.
Kakunje A, Shetty N, K Kumar KP, Puthran S. A new behavioral addiction: NEWS addiction. Ann Indian Psychiatry 2021;5:185-7
Priyamkari A, Kakunje A, Shenoy MM. Perceived stress and appearance anxiety among people with acne vulgaris. BLDE Univ J Health Sci 2021;6:189-93
Bhat SS, Kalal BS, Veena KM, Kakunje A, Sahana KSR, Rekha PD, Chandra J, Nasreen I. Serum and salivary immunoglobulin G4 levels in children with autism spectrum disorder from south India: a case-control study. Am J Clin Exp Immunol. 2021 Dec 15;10(4):103-111.
Junaidi S, Safoorah A, Rajaratnam A, Kakunje A. A comparative study to assess the prevalence of depression among postnatal mothers undergoing normal versus caesarean delivery . Indian J Obstet Gynecol Res 2021;8(1):100-102.
P Vatsal Suchak, Ganesh Kini K, Anil Kakunje. Narcissism between generation X and generation Y (Millennials) - A cross sectional comparative study. Annals of Indian Psychiatry (Accepted)
Anupama Priyamkari R, Kakunje Anil, Kini Ganesh. An open label study of oral acetazolamide for prevention of antipsychotic associated weight gain. Industrial Psychiatry Journal (Accepted)
Vaddar V, Jeyaram S, Prasad CG, Kandavel T, Anil K. Effectiveness of tele-counselling services among the suspected COVID-19 quarantined individuals with a history of international travel. Indian J Psychiatr Soc Work 2021;11(2):5-17.
Yogya Akkineni, Anil Kakunje. Suicide Reporting In Electronic and Print Media: A Cross Sectional Observational Indian Analysis. Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum. Accepted for publication on 28 Jan 2022.
Bhat M, Kakunje A, Mithur R. A Study of clinical profile and stressors in patients with dissociative disorder to a tertiary care teaching hospital. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry. June 2022 (Accepted).
Dr. Janisar Javed, Shashwath Sathyanath, Malcom Pinto, Anil Kakunje, Manjunath Shenoy Mala. "Oxcarbazepine-induced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: A rare case report" Indian Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, June 2022, (Accepted).
Sajeev A, Kakunje A, Karkal R. Hopelessness and quality of life in the elderly: A community based cross sectional study. Journal of Geriatric Mental Health.2022; 9 (1): 21-5.
Suchak V, Sathyanath S, Kakunje A.
Neuropeptides in psychiatry. Arch Med Health Sci 2022; 10: 59-67.
Dr. Ravichandra Karkal
- Designation Professor
- Email docspike@gmail.com
MBBS-Mysore Medical College, Mysore, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore in March 2009
MD in Psychiatry-Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore in April 2013
Junior Resident-Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi (May 2010-April 2013)
Junior Resident-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore(26.06.2013-31.07.2013)
Assistant Professor-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore (01.08.2013-Till date)
Associate Professor-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore (01.08.2018-25.12.2022)
Professor-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore (26.12.2022-Till date)
Sathyanath S, Mendonsa RD, Thattil AM, Chandran VM, Karkal RS. Socially restrictive attitudes towards people with mental illness among the non-psychiatry medical professionals in a university teaching hospital in South India. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2016 May; 62(3):221-226.
Somaraj V, Shenoy RP, Panchmal GS, Jodalli PS, Sonde L, Karkal R. Knowledge, attitude and anxiety pertaining to basic life support and medical emergencies among dental interns in Mangalore City, India. World J Emerg Med. 2017;8(2):131-135
Shettar M, Karkal R, Kakunje A, Mendonsa RD, Chandran VM. Facebook addiction and loneliness in the post-graduate students of a university in southern India. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2017 May; 63(4): 325-329.
Shettar M,Kakunje A,Chandran M, Mendonsa RD,Karkal R. Presenting complaints in somatoform disorders: a hospital based south Indian study. National Journal of Medical and Dental Research, 2017Jan-March;5(2):106-111.
Ammati R, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Nafisa D, Kini G, Chandrashekaran P. Smartphone Addiction among Students of Medical University in South India: A Cross-Sectional Study. Annals of International Medical and Dental Research. April 2018;4(2):1.
Karkal R, Goyal N, Tikka SK, Khanande RV, Kakunje A, Khess CR. Sensory gating deficits and their clinical correlates in drug-free/drug-naive patients with schizophrenia. Indian journal of psychological medicine. 2018 May;40(3):247.
Ashish Rana, Ravichandra Karkal, Anil Kakunje, Ganesh Kini. Perception of Sexual Dysfunction in Male Patients with Alcohol Dependence. Saudi Journal of Medicine; 2018 Feb, 3 (2), 49-54.
Divya AR, Ravichandra Karkal, Anil Kakunje, Mendonsa Rohan. Sexual Dysfunction in Women Being Treated with SSRIs. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences; 2018 Feb, 6 (2), 711-716.
Kakunje A, Kanaradi H, Pai G, Karkal R, Nafisa D, Chandrasekaran P. Drinking pattern in persons with alcohol dependence with and without cirrhosis: A hospital-based comparative study. Indian J Psychiatry. 2018; 60(2):189-194.
Shettar M, Kakunje A, Karkal R, MendonsaRD, Kini G, Chandran VVM. Sucidality in Somatization and Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorders: A Hospital - Based Study. Archives of Medicine & Health Sciences. 2018 Jan-June; 6(1):36-39.
Ammati R, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Kini G, Srinivasan J, Nafisa D. Stressful life events and quality of life in patients with somatoform disorders. Indian J Soc Psychiatry. 2019 Jan; 35:108-13.
Yadav P, Karkal R, Kakunje A, Mahatme N, Akhilesh M. Prevalence of depressive disorders among head-and-neck cancer patients: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2019 Jul; 61(4):409-414.
Nishad PM, Dilshana NB, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Chisty MK. Attitude of non mental health professionals towards the mental illness in a tertiary care center. Indian Journal of Mental Health and Neurosciences. 2019 Jul 1; 2(2):23-8.
Sadashiv M, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Ganganna SH. Twin-center study comparing stigma among males and females with alcohol dependence. Social Health and Behavior. 2020 Apr 1;3(2):38-42.
Sameed S, Panicker M J, Mendonsa R D, Kakunje A, Karkal R. Clinical, cognitive and sociodemographic variables in melancholic versus non melancholic depression. Soc Health Behav. 2020; 3:103-109.
PMA Nishad, K Ravichandra, K Anil, VV Mohan Chandran, MK Chisty. When Breath Becomes Air (Book review). Kerala Journal of Psychiatry. 2020; 33(1): 85-7. doi: 10.30834/KJP.33.1.2020.184.
Kini G, Karkal R, Bhargava M. All's not well with the "worried well": Understanding health anxiety due to COVID-19. J PREV MED HYG. 2020;61:E321-3.
Javed J, Karkal R, Nafisa D, Kakunje A. Folie a deux in monozygotic twins with childhood trauma: A case report. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 4:102192.
Ransing R, Kukreti P, Raghuveer P, Mahadevaiah M, Puri M, Pemde H, Karkal R, Patil S, Nirgude A, Kataria D, Sagvekar S, Deshpande SN. Development of a brief psychological intervention for perinatal depression (BIND-P). Asia Pac Psychiatry. 2021 Mar; 13(1):e12436.
Chisty MK, Kini G, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Nishad PM. Types of Psychiatric Presentation to Emergency Room of a Tertiary Care Center: A Record-based Retrospective Study. Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry. 2020 Jan;14(1):6-8.
Akhilesh M, Priyamkari A, Kakunje A, Karkal R. Cross sectional study on burden and psychiatric morbidity in the caregivers of patients of major psychiatric illness in a tertiary healthcare centre. Arch Ment Health 2021.
Hegde S, Karkal R. Explanatory Models of Depression in a Rural Community of Coastal Karnataka, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2021 Dec 3].
Shettar M, Karkal R, Kakunje A, Mendonsa R.
Internet addiction and sleep quality in medical undergraduates of a university
in southern India. Arch Ment Health [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2021 Dec
24]. Available from: https://www.amhonline.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=325653
Dr. Madhavi Bhat, Dr. Dilshana N B, Dr. Anil Kakunje, Dr. Rajesh M, Dr.
Ravichandra Karkal; Levels of stress among post graduate junior residents
during their post graduation in Medical Colleges of Coastal Karnataka,- accepted
in Journal
of Current Research in Scientific Medicine, May 2021.
Ransing R, Kukreti P, Mahadevaiah M, Raghuveer P, Karkal R, Rana S, Yadav R, Choudhary V, Patil I, Sonkar S, Deshpande SN. COVID-19 Pandemic and Stepped Care Model for Perinatal Depression in Rural India: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2021; 1-7.
Hegde S. and Karkal R. Explanatory Models of Depression in a Rural Community of Coastal Karnataka, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Indian J Psychol Med. 2021;1-7.
Sajeev A, Kakunje A, Karkal R. Hopelessness and quality of life in the
elderly: A community based cross sectional study. Journal of Geriatric Mental
Health.2022; 9 (1): 21-5.
Dr. Ganesh Kini K.
- DesignationAssociate Professor
- Email drganeshkini@gmail.com
MBBS-Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore-Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore in April 2008
MD-Psychiatry-Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode-Kerala University, November 2013
Junior Resident-Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode from 05/2010 to 11/2013
Senior Resident- Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore from 26.03.2015 to 10.10.2017
Assistant Professor-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore from 23.10.2017 to 25.12.2022
Associate Professor- Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore from 26.12.2022 to Till date
Kini G, Tharayil HM, Prabhavathy KS, Haridas NJ. Relation between clinical and social variables and duration of untreated psychosis in first episode psychosis. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry 2015; 28(2):140-6
Prabhavathy KS, Kuruvilla PK, Ravindren R, et al. Treatment response in nonpsychotic vs psychotic manias - A follow up study from India. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2017; 26: 104-108
Ammati R, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Nafisa D, Kini G, Chandrashekaran P. Smartphone Addiction among Students of Medical University in South India: A Cross-Sectional Study. Annals of International Medical and Dental Research. 2018 April; 4(2):1.
Shettar M, Kakunje A, Karkal R, MendonsaRD, Kini G, Chandran VVM. Sucidality in Somatization and Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorders: A Hospital - Based Study. Archives of Medicine & Health Sciences. 2018 Jan-June;6(1):36-39.
Kakunje A, Nishad PM, Kini G, Sathyanath S, VV MC. Unusual/unconventional psychoactive substances of abuse. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry. Jan-June 2018;31(1).
Ammati R, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Kini G, Srinivasan J, Nafisa D. Stressful life events and quality of life in patients with somatoform disorders. Indian J Soc Psychiatry. 2019 Jan; 35:108-13.
Ashish Rana, Ravichandra Karkal, Anil Kakunje, Ganesh Kini. Perception of Sexual Dysfunction in Male Patients with Alcohol Dependence. Saudi Journal of Medicine; February 2018, 3 (2), 49-54.
Chisty MK, Kini G, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Nishad PM. Types of Psychiatric Presentation to Emergency Room of a Tertiary Care Center: A Record-based Retrospective Study. Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry. 2020 Jan;14(1):6-8.
Kini G, Karkal R, Bhargava M. All's not well with the "worried well": Understanding health anxiety due to COVID-19. J PREV MED HYG. 2020;61:E321-3.
Amithabh S, Ganesh K, Kakunje A. Comparison of socio-demographic and clinical factors between "unipolar mania" and bipolar affective disorder. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry 2021; 34(2):
Bhat M, Kini G, Amithabh S, Kakunje A. A rare case of frontotemporal dementia with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Arch Ment Health 2021;22:162-4.
Sundaram SHM, Kota GK, Mendonsa RD, et al. Psychotic Mania and Nonpsychotic Mania: A Comparative, Cross-sectional Study. Ind J Priv Psychiatry 2021
Kini KG, Raju SM. Clinical challenges in
managing zolpidem use disorder: a case report of Annals of Indian Psychiatry
2021;5:173-4
P Vatsal Suchak, Ganesh Kini K, Anil Kakunje. Narcissism between generation X and generation Y (Millennials) - A cross sectional comparative study. Annals of Indian Psychiatry (Accepted)
P Vatsal Suchak, Ganesh Kini K, Anil Kakunje. Narcissism between generation X and generation Y (Millennials) - A cross sectional comparative study. Annals of Indian Psychiatry (Accepted)
Anupama Priyamkari R, Kakunje Anil, Kini Ganesh. An open label study of oral acetazolamide for
prevention of antipsychotic associated weight gain. Industrial Psychiatry
Journal (Accepted)
Dr. Shashwath Sathyanath M.
- DesignationAssistant Professor
- Email shashsm@yahoo.co.in
MBBS-A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalore,Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore in March 2010
M.D. in Psychiatry, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Yenepoya Deemed to be University in April 2015
Junior Resident - Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore (30.05.2014-15.06.2017)
Senior Resident- Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Medical Sciences, Dharwad (02.06.2015 - 30.04.2016)
Senior Resident- Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore (02.05.2016-07.10.2016)
Asst. Professor-Kerala Medical College Hospital, Palakkad(10.10.2016-27.02.2017)
Asst. Professor - K.V. G Medical College & Hospital (01.03.2017-26.07.2018)
Assistant Professor- Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore (30.07.2018-Till Date)
Sathyanath SM. Pattern of Psychiatric morbidity in a Tertiary care hospital: A Descriptive study. Int. J. Curr. Res. Aca. Rev. 2015; 3(3).
Sathyanath S, Mendonsa RD, Thattil AM, Chandran VM, Karkal RS. Socially restrictive attitudes towards people with mental illness among the non-psychiatry medical professionals in a university teaching hospital in South India. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2016 May;62(3):221-226.
Kakunje A, Nishad PM, Kini G, Sathyanath S, VV MC. Unusual/unconventional psychoactive substances of abuse. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry. Jan-June 2018;31(1).
Sathyanath S, Sathyanath SM. Stigma reduction and provision of mental health services in the public health response to COVID-19. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2020 Apr 16;32(2 (Supp)):269-72.
Panicker MJ, Kakunje A, Nimgaonkar VL, Deshpande S, Bhatia T, Sathyanath S. A pilot open-label study of oral acetazolamide for sodium valproate-associated weight gain in bipolar affective disorder. Arch Ment Health [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2021 Dec 24].Availablefrom: https://www.amhonline.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=330925
Dr. Janisar Javed, Shashwath Sathyanath, Malcom Pinto, Anil Kakunje, Manjunath Shenoy Mala. "Oxcarbazepine-induced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: A rare case report" Indian Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, June 2022, (Accepted).
Suchak V,
Sathyanath S, Kakunje A. Neuropeptides in psychiatry. Arch Med Health Sci 2022;
10: 59-67.
Dr. Rajesh M.
- DesignationAssistant Professor
- Email drrajeshm10@gmail.com
MBBS-Mysore Medical College, Mysore, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore in March 2013
MD in Psychiatry, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University in May 2018
Junior Resident-Madras Medical College, Chennai from 30.05.2015 to 29.05.2018
Senior Resident-Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga from 14.08.2018 to 16.05.2019
Senior Resident-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore from 18.05.2019 to 16.07.2021
Assistant Professor-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore from 17.07.2021 to Till date
Topiramate (1000 mg) abuse for weight loss in an adolescent with anorexia nervosa - Kakunje Anil; Mithur Rajesh, Shihabuddeen Ismail, Sowmya, Shetty Shwetha in Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 40(3):312-314, May/June 2020.
Bhat M, Kakunje A, Mithur R, Shenoy M M, Mashood K A, Puthran S, Joy A. Stevens Johnson Syndrome while on lamotrigine and NSAID: a case report. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry 2021, 34 (1):64-67.
Dr. Madhavi Bhat, Dr. Dilshana N B, Dr. Anil Kakunje, Dr. Rajesh M, Dr. Ravichandra Karkal; Levels of stress among post graduate junior residents during their post graduation in Medical Colleges of Coastal Karnataka,- accepted in Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine, May 2021.
Kakunje A, Mithur R, Puthran S, Joy A, Shetty S. History of psychiatric rehabilitation in India. Arch Med Health Sci 2021;9:163-70
Bhat M,
Kakunje A, Mithur R. A Study of clinical profile and stressors in patients with
dissociative disorder to a tertiary care teaching hospital. Indian Journal of
Social Psychiatry. June 2022 (Accepted).
Dr. P.M.A. Nishad
- DesignationSenior Resident
- Email drpmanishad@gmail.com
MBBS-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore-Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore in 03/2013
MD in Psychiatry, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) in 06/2020
Junior Resident-Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore from 02.06.2017 to 27.06.2020
Senior Resident, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore from 05.10.2020 to Till date
Kakunje A, Nishad PM, Kini G, Sathyanath S, VV MC. Unusual/unconventional psychoactive substances of abuse. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry. Jan-June 2018;31(1).
Nishad PM, Dilshana NB, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Chisty MK. Attitude of non mental health professionals towards the mental illness in a tertiary care center. Indian Journal of Mental Health and Neurosciences. 2019 Jul 1;2(2):23-8.
Chisty MK, Kini G, Kakunje A, Karkal R, Nishad PM. Types of Psychiatric Presentation to Emergency Room of a Tertiary Care Center: A Record-based Retrospective Study. Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry. 2020 Jan;14(1):6-8.
PMA Nishad, K Ravichandra,
K Anil, VV Mohan Chandran, MK Chisty. When Breath Becomes Air (Book review).
Kerala Journal of Psychiatry. 2020; 33(1): 85-7. doi:
10.30834/KJP.33.1.2020.184.