Psychiatry

Introduction - The Department of Psychiatry at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital supports the mental well-being of both adult and paediatric patients suffering from psychiatric disorders and severe emotional problems. The department offers the most comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services for psychiatric and psychosocial assessment, diagnosis and management, intending to help patients process and cope with the impact of major illnesses including substance use disorders, surgical procedures as well as loss and trauma

The Department - The Department provides exemplary care for mental health and illnesses focussed on Patient-centric treatment of psychiatric symptoms and Evidence-based individual therapy.

A team of highly experienced psychiatrists, psychologists, neuropsychologist and paediatric psychologists follow a multi-disciplinary approach to offer psychological assessment, counselling and management services related to all mental health issues, including addiction.

The department also offers marriage & family therapy services for patients, having issues like anxiety, parent counselling, divorce, single parent counselling, remarriage, depression, stress, child counselling etc.

Comprehensive Services and Treatments Offered

The Department offers state-of-the-art facilities and advanced technology for high-quality psychological and psychiatric treatments and services to patients of all age group suffering from mental health illnesses. The experts are trained into assessment and different ranges of psychotherapies including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Relaxation therapy, Interpersonal therapy, Marital Counselling, Behavioral Therapy & Cognitive Training. The department aims to reduce the distress and improve the psychological well-being of the patients.

Conditions Treated at the Department

A multidisciplinary team of doctors treat a wide spectrum of conditions related to mental health such as:

Ageing disorders and dementias
Anorexia Nervosa
Anxiety disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Binge Eating Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Bulimia Nervosa
Bullying
Child and adolescent problems (including ADHD, dyslexia, behavioural disorders etc.)
Dementias
Depressive disorders
Dysthymia
Eating disorders
Epidemiology
Genetics
Assessment of Learning Disorders
Mood disorders
Neuropsychological Conditions
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Children
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Panic and phobic disorders
Personality disorders
Phobias
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Psychotic Disorders (schizophrenia, MDP, Delusional disorders, etc.)
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Sexual disorders
Somatoform and Related Disorders
Substance Use disorders
Suicide and Teenage problems
Tourette's syndrome