Darshan Shadakshari

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" More namahnimhans.in @NIMHANS_BLR @aiims_newdelhi @AIIMS_Guwahati @AiimsJammu @AIIMSBhubaneswr @aiims_jodhpur @mangalAiimsAP @aiims_rbl @aiims_patna @deoghar_aiims @NMC_BHARAT @MoHFW_INDIA

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.

The youngest challenger, the youngest king! Amazing achievement!🙂💪 Congratulations to @DGukesh for winning the World Chess Champion! #ChessConnectsUs #DingGukesh #worldchampion #topplayer #amazing 📷 Eng Chin An

A huge candle vigil in remembrance of the departed soul, was attended by doctors, nurses, scholars and employees of NIMHANS and nearby institutes. #BENGAL_HORROR #Nirbhaya2 #WeWantJustice @PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn

🗓️26 Jun 2024 --------------- #WorldDrugDay --------------- Theme: The evidence is clear: Invest in Prevention --------------- Join online; to register, scan now👇 --------------- Prof. Benegal, PI of C-VEDA & PARAM --------------- @UNODC_ROSA & diverse panel RT for wider reach

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

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.

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.

Addiction Rx #mobileapp for #doctors can be a guidance tool for management of #alcohol #tobacco #Opioids and other #addictive disorders . This is based on Standard Treatment Guideline by @MoHFW_INDIA . Do drop your feedback at Profile section of the app. This will be a great help for us. #MedTwitter

17-year-old Indian prodigy 🇮🇳 Gukesh D makes history as the youngest-ever player to win the #FIDECandidates! 🔥 📷 Michal Walusza

We have a vacancy of Psychologist. It involves learning and co-developing #digital tools. in #addiction #odia notifications.nimhans.ac.in/applications-a…

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.

@narasimha_gvl @NIMHANS_BLR Thank you sir!

#Centre for #Addiction Medicine @NIMHANS_BLR Congratulations @drsdarsh #Gaurav completing the DM Addiction Psychiatry All the best!

@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 doi.org/10.1177/025371…

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... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Thanks @PsychiatryAsian, @drsdarsh

The #CAM @NIMHANS_BLR Team ✅ @addicon2022 the largest and well organised Addiction Psychiatry conference (with 1200+ registrations) in India @vknNIMHANS_ECHO @pratimamurthy @JayantMahadevan @lekhanshshukla @DiptadhiM @jayanishere @V_i_n_i_t_ @drsdarsh @docsudhee

The largest ever #AddictionPsychiatry Conference in India starts today! #ADDICON2022 @addictionpsyin Stay tuned for more updates!

Evening quiz continues @addicon2022 app! Go on to engage section of the app and participate! #vocal4local #addicon2022 #6days2go @DepartmentAiims @lekhanshshukla @V_i_n_i_t_ @DiptadhiM @jayanishere @JayantMahadevan Link to install app: play.google.com/store/apps/det…

Interesting quiz everyday at 8pm on @addicon2022 till conference! Do participate! @narasimha1988 @DiptadhiM @JayantMahadevan @lekhanshshukla @V_i_n_i_t_

Only 3 days to go to register for UG and PG quiz @addicon2022 A quiz which will not be lacking in fizz !!! We can promizz !!! Registration at addicon2022.com