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Psychiatry

                          Department of Psychiatry, Assam Medical College has a glorious history. Initially it was attached with the Department of Medicine as allied science of Medicine till 1974. Dr Indreswar Dutta was the founder professor of the department and Dr. Pranit Kumar Choudhury was the first Registrar to join in 1976. During that period Department of Psychiatry undergone a lot of development under the leadership of Dr. Indreswar Dutta. On 3rd November 1982 Department of Psychiatry got the present premises. From 1986 to 89 Department of Psychiatry AMC was lead by another pioneer of Psychiatry Dr. P. N. Goswami. He was a very noble person, dynamic leader and very good physician. From 1991 Dr. Pranit Kumar Choudhury, who was the first Registrar of the department took the charge as HOD, under his leadership the Department got many development. In 1995 Drug De-addiction Centre was opened with the help of Government of India under National Drug De-addiction Programme. 


                              Department of Psychiatry AMC has been proving outpatient as well as in-patient services. It also has child guidance clinic, De-addiction clinic and Geriatric cum memory clinic. Community services are being provided in the form of outreach clinic, awareness programmes etc. This Department was also the Nodal centre for the implementation of the District Mental Health Programme in Tinsukia. Since the inception, Department of Psychiatry has conducted many state, national conferences, CME and Workshop. 


                                 The postgraduate course was started in the Department in 2004. Initially there were both MD and DPM course, from 20-21 academic years all the DPM seats have been converted to MD seats. At present there are eight (8) MD seats in the Department. Till now this Department has created more than eighty psychiatrists, most of them are now serving the people of Assam as well as India, few of them even working outside India.

 

  1. 1.    Number of Beds & Units: 70 beds & two units
    2.    Services providing to patients: Outdoor and Indoor
    3.    Special clinics (if any): De-addiction clinic, Geriatric & Memory clinic, Child guidance clinic
    4.    Govt. schemes available in the department (if any): Ayushman Bharat PM Jan arogya Yojana

                                                                                 Former Prof. & Head of the department 

 

Late Prof. Indreswar Dutta
Former Prof. & Head
Late Prof. P N Goswami
Former Prof. & Head
(1986- 1989)

 

Prof. Pranit Kumar Choudhury
Former Prof. & Head
(1991 - 2010)
Prof. Hiranya Kumar Goswami
Professor & Ex-Principal, AMCH
 
 

                                                                              List of the Faculty Members of the Department 

 

 
Dr. Sabita Dihingia
Associate Professor
Dr. Dhruba Jyoti Bhuyan
Associate Professor
Dr. Kavery Bora
Assistant Professor
Dr. Mustakim Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Dr. Simanta Talukdar
Assistant Professor
Dr. Bandita Phukan
GDMO
Dr. Tribeni Bhuyan
Registrar
 
 
 
Name of faculty
Publications
Dr. Lakshimi Borgohain

 

    Borgohain L, Das A, Phukan J. Serum Protein and Its Fractions in Patients of Alcohol Dependence and Healthy Individuals – A Comparative Study, Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research (JMSCR) Vol||05||Issue||10||Page 29596-29603||October 2017 ISSN (e)-2347-176x ISSN (p) 2455-0450.

    Das A, Borgohain L. Evaluation of Hepatic Enzymes in Uncomplicated Alcohol Withdrawal State and Alcohol Withdrawal State with Convulsions – A Comparative Study, International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR), Volume – 2, Issue –6, November – December - 2017, Page No. : 57-64. ISSN- O: 2458 - 868X, ISSN –P: 2458 – 8687.

    Das A, Borgohain L. An Explorative Study of Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase and Mean Corpuscular Volume as Biomarkers in Patients of Alcohol Dependence, International Journal of Scientific Research. Volume-6 | Issue-10 | October-2017 | ISSN No 2277 - 8179 | IF : 4.176 | IC Value : 78.46.

    Borgohain L, Gupta H, Prevalence of depression and its impact on Perceived Social Support in Elderly Hospitalized Patients: A Cross-sectional Hospital-based study. JMSCR Vol 06, Issue 10 Page 1087-1094, October 2018

Dr. Sabita Dihingia

 

    Dihingia S, Chaudhury P K, Deka K, Who is more disable – Major Depressive Disorder or Alcohol use Disorder? IOSR – JDMS, Volume – 16, Issue 10 (Version XI) Oct. 2017, 50 – 54.

    Ghosh S, Dihingia S, Non Psychiatric Referral Amongst Hospital Psychiatric Patients, IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Science, Volume 16, Issue 12 (Version X) Dec 2017, 56-59

    Dihingia S, Deka B, Bhuyan D. Women: Understanding distinctiveness, sufferings, struggles and Path to sanctification and well being in Dihingia S, Bhuyan D, Das BS (Editors): Psychiatry Update, 2018:337-343

    Dihingia S, Deka B, Bhuyan D J. Women: Understanding Distinctiveness, sufferings, struggles and path to sanctification and well being in Dihingia S, Bhuyan D J,  Das B S  editors. ‘Psychiatry Update’, August 2018, 337-353

Dr. Dhruba Jyoti Bhuyan

 

    Ghosh S, Bhuyan D, Talukdar B. Paranormal Phenomena in Psychiatry in Dihingia S, Bhuyan D, Das BS (Editors): Psychiatry Update, 2018: 3-24

    Bhuyan D, Chaudhury PK, Saikia H. Mood, motor, and speech abnormalities in schizophrenia, mania, and other psychotic disorders: a comparative analysis. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2019;10:68-72. doi: 10.5958/2394-2061.2019.00018.1

    Bhuyan D, Deka B. Dhat syndrome: past and present - the journey of an Indian culture-bound syndrome across the globe. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2018 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print]

    Borah K, Bhuyan K, Bhuyan D, Alcohol Use disorder in Adolescents from Network Theory Perspective, International Journal of Current Research and Review 11(13) July 2019: 16

Dr. Kavery Bora

 

    Bora K, Das A, Deka K, Family Burden and Coping in caregivers of Chronic Schizophrenia – A hospital based study, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) Vol 6 Issue 10, October 2017 
 
    Bora K, Das A, Deka K, Family Burden and Coping in caregivers of Bipolar affective Disorder – A hospital based study, Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS) Vol 5 Issue 10 E, October 2017 

    Bora K, Das A, Coping in Caregivers of Chronic Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder – A comparative study, Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR –JDMS), Vol 16, Issue 11, Ver. 10, Pg No – 58-64, November 2017. 

    Bora K, Singh S, Dutta C, Das BS, Gender Identity with comorbid psychosis- A case report, IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, Volume 18, September 11, 2019

Dr. Bitupan Kalita

 

    Kalita B. Drug monitoring in Psychiatry – its future, in Kalita K. N, Kalita A editors. Psychiatry Update – Psychopharmacology 2018. P. 48-56 ISBN 978-93-87494-14-5

    Dihingia S, Kalita B, Das A, Dissociative Disorder in a patient with schizophrenia, Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research. Nov 2017, Vol 05, Issue 11, Pg 31068 – 31071

    Kalita B, Dihingia S, The women with habit of eating uncooked rice. International Journal of Scientific Report, Vol 4, Issue 2, February 2018, 44-45

Electroconvulsive therapy
Biofeedback
Different psychological test

Research Projects

Drug Treatment Clinic Name of PI: Dr. D. J. Bhuyan
 
Prevalence of Fragile X syndrome and its neuropsychological correlates among children with developmental delay attending OPD services of Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh Name of PI: Dr. D. J. Bhuyan
National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance use in India (North East Region II) Name of PI: Dr. D. J. Bhuyan
Name 
Awards/Achievements
Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan

 

•    Dr. D. Bhuyan got Bharat Vikas award from Institute of Self reliance, Bhubaneswar for contribution in creating awareness and popularizing psychiatry in the community.
•    Received the certificate of excellence in Young Faculty Categories in TOP-25 LIST AWARDS-2018 by EET CRS Research wing for Excellence in Professional Education and Industry
•    Received theYoung Faculty award in 3rd South Asian Education Awards-18 by EET CRS Research wing for Excellence in Professional Education and Industry
•    Was nominated from the IPS East Zone to represent the zone and deliver a lecture on How to write a relevant paper at National Mid Term CME 2018 at Orchha
•    Selected for Baba Sahed Dr. Ambedkar National Fellowship award 2019 to be conferred by Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi on 08th& 9th December 2019
•    Selected for Prestigious Dr. R. B. Davis memorial oration award 2020 by Indian Psychiatric Society, East Zone
•    Author of Clinical Practice Guideline for Psychiatrists in India  for Psychotherapies and Alternative methods of Treatment in Psychiatry and contributed on Brief Intervention for Substance Use Disorders ( Authors: Dr. Siddharth Sarkar, Dr Ashish Pakhre, Prof. Pratima Murthy, Dr. Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan)

PGT

 

•    Dr. Abhilekh Das – 1st Prize in Late Dr. Indeswar Dutta memorial paper presentation, Oct 2017
•    Dr. Malleeka Bora – 2nd Prize in Late Dr. Indeswar Dutta memorial paper presentation, Oct 2017
•    Dr. Swati Singh – 2nd Prize in Extempore speech in Sun PG CME 2018 in Patna.
•    Dr. Himanshu Gupta – 2nd Prize in TYSA Zonal Competition, Sept 2018.
•    Dr. Chinmoy Dutta – 3rd prize in TYSA Zonal Competition, Sept 2018.
•    Dr. Bikashita Deka – 1st Prize in Late Dr. Indeswar Dutta memorial paper presentation, Sept 2018
•    Dr. Pinky Poddar – 2nd Prize in Late Dr. Indeswar Dutta memorial paper presentation, Sept 2018
•    Dr. Bikashita Deka won the Best Paper Award in ‘Siddharth Memorial Award at CEZIPS 2018’ at BodhGaya for the paper Vitamin D levels and its association with positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia – a hospital based cross sectional study.
•    Dr. Bikashita Deka won third prize in the ‘Prof. Sarat Ch. Gohain Memorial Best Thesis’ Competition held in AMCH, Dibrugarh organized by the Science Society, AMCH.
•    Dr. Monalisha Boro won the Best Paper Presentation Award in the Skill Training Exercise for Psychiatry PostGraduates (STEP) 2019 held on 1st & 2nd March, 2019 at Bengaluru for the paper titled Profile of Patients attending drug deaddiction centre of Assam Medical College & Hospital’.