Weekly MBBS Phase 1 Teaching Schedule
The Department of Psychiatry at GIMS organizes teaching sessions for MBBS Phase 1 students, covering essential topics in Psychiatry to support their foundational medical education.
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry · GIMS
About Department
The Department of Psychiatry at GIMS offers outpatient, inpatient and consultation-liaison services for a wide range of psychiatric and behavioural disorders. The department is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, mental health awareness programmes and research, with a focus on early identification, holistic management and destigmatisation of mental illness.
Our Vision
Our vision is to integrate recent advances in psychiatry into the medical curriculum while strengthening clinical and research facilities for student training, patient care and mental health promotion.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide comprehensive and accessible patient care, establish excellence in medical education for undergraduates, postgraduates, nursing and paramedical staff, and to undertake and encourage scientific research in the field of mental health.
Department Information
| Sr. No. | Heading | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name of the Department | Psychiatry |
| 2 | Department Email | psychiatrygims19@gmail.com |
| 3 | Date of Inception | 13.11.2017 |
| 4 | Name and Qualifications of the Head of Department | Dr Kiran Jakhar MD, DNB, MNAMS |
- 02 Psychiatry OPD consultation rooms
- Clerk Room
- Waiting area for patients
- Patient education poster
- 10 Patient beds with suction, side table and stool
- Electrophysiology lab
- Nursing station.
- Duty Room
- Wards are constructed in such a way that Nursing Station is able to have an overview of all the patients in the wards.
- Examination and Treatment Room
- Resident Doctor and student’s duty room
- Pantry Room
- Store room for linen and other equipment
- Clinical Demonstration room
- 1. Out Patient Consultation
- 2. In Patient Care
- 3. Clinical Examination
- 4. Clinical Psychological Consultation and Counseling
- 5. Specialty Clinics – De-addiction Clinic, Child Guidance Clinic, Psycho-sexual Clinic, Geriatric Clinic
- 6. MECT and EEG
- 7. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) – Ayushman Bharat
- OPD- 45-50 patients/day
- Deaddiction clinic
- Child guidance clinic
- Psycho-sexual clinic
- Geriatric clinic
- MECT and EEG
- Department faculty member is actively involved in COVID care as COVID Isolation Faculty In charge
- Outpatient consultation
- Clinical examination
- Clinical Psychological consultation and counseling
- Specialty Clinic- De-addiction clinic, Child guidance clinic, Psycho-sexual clinic, Geriatric clinic
- MECT and EEG
- Pradhanmantri Jan AarogyaYojana, Ayushman Bharat
- OPD- 45-50 patients/day
Patient Work Load (2018 – 2025)
- OPD- 45-50 patients/day
- IPD – 7-8/day
Patient Workload Report
Department Work Statistics
- Teaching of MBBS students Second Professional, Third Professional Part 1, Third Professional Part 2 as per NMC.
- Supervision of M Phil Clinical Psychology students involved in patient care.
- Involved in teaching program of DNB Internal Medicine as internal rotatory posting
- Regularly involved in departmental academic activities like presentation, clinical meets and seminars (as per NMC norms) and Ethical seminar.
- Regular teaching of nursing staff, senior residents, non-academic junior residents.
- COVID training of nursing staff every fortnightly regarding mental health.
- Training of all health professional of Gautam Budh Nagar in COVID through webinar “Psychological care of COVID-19 patients”.
- Lectures were undertaken during Foundation Course of MBBS batch 2021-22and DNB induction session batch 2021-2022.
- Demo Room
- Audiovisual aids
- Letter of permission from Medical Council of India vide letter No. MCI-34(41) (E-60)/2019.Med/ 115574 dated 20th May 2019 for starting MBBS course for 100 students. First batch of 100 students have been admitted and classes have been commenced since 01 Aug 2019, Short Term Training and Observership in the department is available, Rotatory 3 months training for M.Phil Clinical Psychology students from GBU.
- A pilot study on usefulness of foundation course
- A cross sectional study on psychological impact- stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in Covid-19 patients
- Coping mechanisms, perceived stressors and mental health outcomes among frontline and second line health workers in COVID-19 pandemic- A comparative study.
- A cross sectional study on impact of Covid-19 pandemic on previously diagnosed case of fibromyalgia
- Barriers to and enablers of plasma donation by previously covid-19 positive patients treated at a tertiary care hospital in North India- a cross sectional study.
- A cross sectional study of proportion of spectrum of headache and its impact on quality of life.
- Predictors of mental health and quality of life in health care workers suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)- a cross sectional study at a tertiary level health centre in Western Uttar Pradesh.
Academics
UG/PG Teaching schedule (Training Program)
MBBS SECOND PROFESSIONAL
| S NO | Type of teaching | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clinical Posting | 2 weeks |
MBBS THIRD PROFESSIONAL PART I
| S NO | Type o f teaching | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clinical Posting | 2 weeks |
| 2. | Lectures | 25 Hours |
| 3. | Tutorials/SDL | 10 Hours |
MBBS THIRD PROFESSIONAL PART II
| S NO | Type o f teaching | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clinical Posting | 2 weeks |
| 2. | Lectures/SDL/Tutorial | 25 Hours |
Competency
| Code | Topic | No of competency |
|---|---|---|
| PS1 | Doctor-patient relationship | 4 |
| PS2 | Mental Health | 5 |
| PS3 | Introduction to Psychiatry | 12 |
| PS4 | Substance/Alcohol disorder | 7 |
| PS5 | Psychotic disorder | 6 |
| PS6 | Depression | 7 |
| PS7 | Bipolar disorder | 7 |
| PS8 | Anxiety | 7 |
| PS9 | Stress related disorder | 7 |
| PS10 | Somatoform disorder | 7 |
| PS11 | Personality | 7 |
| PS12 | Psychosomatic disorder | 7 |
| PS13 | Psycho-sexual & gender identity disorder | 7 |
| PS14 | Psychiatric disorder in childhood & adolescence | 6 |
| PS15 | Mental retardation | 5 |
| PS16 | Psychiatric disorders in the elderly | 5 |
| PS17 | Psychiatric emergencies | 3 |
| PS18 | Therapeutics | 3 |
| PS19 | Miscellaneous | 6 |
PG Training
- For the orientation course, taken classes on
- Communication and counselling in Medicine
- Soft skills & breaking of bad news
- Involved in teaching program of DNB Internal Medicine as internal rotatory posting
- Orientation classes for MBBS interns.
13. Result – UG/PG
Not applicable
14. CME/WORKSHOP
Conducted 1st mental health workshop. Theme: psychometric assessment and application of psychiatric tools in mental health nursing 6.12.25
Attended CMEs: Dr Kiran Jakhar
- “Role of Pharmacovigilance in Patient Safety” Sept, 2025 GIMS
- Attended workshop on basic molecular diagnostic techniques Nov, 2025 GIMS
- 29 National Conference Of Indian Association For Social Psychiatry 2022 • 18 – 20 November 2022 •
- CME on Hemovigilance on 06/04/2021 at GIMS
- CME cum Workshop- on COVID 19 preparedness training for doctors, 16-18/12/2021 at GIMS
- Revised Basic Course Workshop, 8-10/04/2021 at GIMS
- “Curriculum implementation support programme II” 3 days training programme held at Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida, UP on 9th and 10th September 2020.
- “Good Clinical Practice” workshop held on 23rd October 2020.
- 1st Annual Digital Conference of IPS – UP State conference on “Mental health issues in COVID-19” on 11th and 12th December 2020.
Training activities
- Teaching of MBBS students Second Professional, Third Professional Part 1, Third Professional Part 2 as per NMC.
- Supervision of M Phil Clinical Psychology students involved in patient care.
- Involved in teaching program of DNB Internal Medicine as internal rotatory posting
- Regularly involved in departmental academic activities like presentation, clinical meets and seminars (as per NMC norms) and Ethical seminar.
- Regular teaching of nursing staff, senior residents, non-academic junior residents.
- COVID training of nursing staff every fortnightly regarding mental health.
- Training of all health professional of Gautam Budh Nagar in COVID through webinar “Psychological care of COVID-19 patients”.
- Lectures were undertaken during Foundation Course of MBBS batch 2021-22and DNB induction session batch 2021-2022.
- Teaching Aids available
- Demo Room
- Audiovisual aids
- Training activities & courses run MBBS
- Letter of permission from Medical Council of India vide letter No. MCI-34(41) (E-60)/2019.Med/ 115574 dated 20th May 2019 for starting MBBS course for 100 students. First batch of 100 students have been admitted and classes have been commenced since 01 Aug 2019, Short Term Training and Observership in the department is available, Rotatory 3 months training for M.Phil Clinical Psychology students from GBU.
Reseach activities by the department
- A pilot study on usefulness of foundation course
- A cross sectional study on psychological impact- stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in Covid-19 patients
- Coping mechanisms, perceived stressors and mental health outcomes among frontline and second line health workers in COVID-19 pandemic- A comparative study.
- A cross sectional study on impact of Covid-19 pandemic on previously diagnosed case of fibromyalgia
- Barriers to and enablers of plasma donation by previously covid-19 positive patients treated at a tertiary care hospital in North India- a cross sectional study.
- A cross sectional study of proportion of spectrum of headache and its impact on quality of life.
- Predictors of mental health and quality of life in health care workers suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)- a cross sectional study at a tertiary level health centre in Western Uttar Pradesh.
Research Projects
Ongoing and completed research initiatives undertaken by the Department of Psychiatry
Dr (Lt Col) Abhishek Bharti
- AFMRC Project: Vitamin D, B12 & folate deficiency and depressive disorder: Current scenario (Completed in March 2022)
Dr. Kiran Jakhar
- Prevalence and risk factors of autism spectrum disorders in pre school children in western Uttar Pradesh: a community-based study. Co-PI (ICMR funded)
- An epidemiological study of sleep related disorders and its associations with cardio-vascular risk factors in adult population of Western Uttar Pradesh. Co-PI (ICMR funded)
- Mental health and social stigma among health care personnel involved in the management of Covid-19 patients in India. (ICMR funded multi-centric project)
- Comparative evaluation of manual and iconic brushing on oral health and microbial status of individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. (Intramural Project)
Guide:
STS Project of the MBBS student selected by ICMR. A cross-sectional study of association of psoriasis severity with sleep quality, quality of life and psychological morbidity.
STS Project of the MBBS student selected by ICMR. A cross-sectional study of association of psoriasis severity with sleep quality, quality of life and psychological morbidity.
Co-Guide:
- Comparative efficacy and safety of olanzapine and cariprazine in patients of acute psychosis in a tertiary care hospital of Western Uttar Pradesh (Pharmacology)
- Efficacy of yoga along with Standard treatment versus Standard Treatment alone for sleep disturbances among perimenopausal women – a randomized controlled trial (OBG)
- A community-based study on depression and quality of life among geriatric population in a rural area of Western Uttar Pradesh (Community Medicine)
Publications from the Department during the past 5 years
Dr (Lt Col) Abhishek Bharti
- Shivakumar R, Bharti P, Bharti A, et al. “A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study of Suicidal Intent in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Schizophrenia”, IJMACR- December - 2025, Volume – 8, Issue - 6, P. No. 379 – 385.
- Kumar V, Adlakha N, Bharti A. “Sturge–Weber Syndrome: A Case Series of Five Patients Emphasizing Ocular and Psychiatric Manifestations”, IJMACR- October - 2025, Volume – 8, Issue - 5, P. No. 16 – 22.
- Bharti A, Suman C, Gopal A. Zeive Syndrome: An underdiagnosed clinical entity in alcoholic patients. Ind Psychiatry J. 2025;XX(X):XX–XX.
- Suman C, Dangi A, Bharti A. Prevalence and association of sexual dysfunction in male patients with alcohol dependence syndrome. Ind Psychiatry J. May–Aug 2025; 34(2): 298-302.
- Bharti A, Tevatia MS, Prakash J, Yadav AS, Bajaj S. Are vitamin D, B12, and folate deficiency associated with depressive disorder? A case-control study. Ind Psychiatry J. 2023 Jan-Jun;32(1):100-105.
- Bharti A, Singh H, Singh D, Kumar V. Behavior of general population toward mentally ill persons in Digital India: Where are we? Ind Psychiatry J. 2021 Jan-Jun;30(1):106-112.
- Singh J, Prakash J, Yadav P, Bharti A, Chatterjee K. Complex psychological trauma. Ind Psychiatry J. 2021 Oct;30(Suppl 1):S305-S307.
Chapters in Book: Competency Based Textbook of Under Graduate Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India
Dr. Kiran Jakhar
- Dwivedi P, Jakhar K, Badesara S, Verma R, Dixit N, Raj S. A Preliminary Study of the Proportion of Different Chronic Headache Types and Their Effect on Quality of Life at a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India. Cureus. 2025 May 16;17(5):e84224. doi: 10.7759/cureus.84224. PMID: 40525069; PMCID: PMC12168805.
- Sidhu JK, Jakhar K, Chopra D, Dhote A, Babber V, Shadman M, Tripathi CD. Adverse Drug Reactions in Psychiatry Outpatient Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Uttar Pradesh: An Observational Study. J Res Pharm Pract. 2023 Mar 24;11(3):99-102. doi: 10.4103/jrpp.jrpp_51_22. PMID: 37304221; PMCID: PMC10252573.
- Shailey M, Verma R, Badesara S, Anand KS, Jakhar K. Trait Impulsivity and Risk Taking Behaviour in Bipolar Disorder and Epilepsy. International Journal of Medical Science and Current Research 2022;5 (1):843-854.
- Kulkarni R, Prusty RK, Chakma T, Thomas B, Menon GR, Singh R, Jakhar K et al. Challenges and opportunities in mixed method data collection on mental health issues of health care workers during COVIS-19 pandemic in India. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences.2022;10(4):838-844.
- Menon GR, Yadav J, Aggarwal S, Singh R, Kaur S, Chakma T, Jakhar K et al. Psychological distress and burnout among healthcare worker during COVID-19 pandemic in India—A cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE. 2022;17(3): e0264956.
- Saxena V, Jakhar K, Kumar S, Sethi P, Solanki HK. A Cross-Sectional Study of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Previously Diagnosed Patients With Fibromyalgia. Cureus. 2022 Sep 19;14(9):e29337. doi: 10.7759/cureus.29337. PMID: 36277585; PMCID: PMC9581443.
- Jakhar K, Lone KY, Gupta R, Srivastava A, Solanki HK. A Cross-Sectional Study on the Psychological Impact of Stress, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients. Cureus. 2022 Aug 5;14(8):e27724. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27724. PMID: 36106263; PMCID: PMC9441779.
- Chakma T, Thomas BE, Kohli S, Moral R, Menon GR, Jakhar K et al. Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers in India & their perceptions on the way forward - A qualitative study. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2021.
- Srivastava A, Srivastava S, Upadhyay R, Gupta R, Jakhar K, Pandey R. Stressor Combat Strategies and Motivating Factors Among Health Care Service Providers During COVID-19 Pandemic. Cureus. 2021 Apr 27;13(4):e14726. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14726. PMID: 34079676; PMCID: PMC8160474.
- Badesara S, Jakhar K. Placental site trophoblastic tumor unprecedented by conception: a very rare presentation. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021;10(3):1180-1182.
- Deshpande SN, Mishra NN, Bhatia T, Jakhar K, Goyal S, Sharma S, Sachdeva A, Choudhary M, Shah GD, Lewis-Fernandez R, Jadhav S. Informed consent in psychiatry outpatients. Indian J Med Res. 2020 Jan;151(1):35-41. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1036_18. PMID: 32134012; PMCID: PMC7055165.
- Chopra D, Bhandari B, Sidhu JK, Jakhar K, Jamil F, Gupta R. Prevalence of self-reported anxiety and self-medication among upper and middle socioeconomic strata amidst COVID-19 pandemic. J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Feb 27;10:73. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_864_20. PMID: 34084820; PMCID: PMC8057176.
- Sharma R, Seth S, Solanki HK, Mishra N, Srivastava A, Jakhar K. COVID-19 and Obstetrical Care: Coping With New Stress. Cureus. 2020 Dec 16;12(12):e12116. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12116. PMID: 33489531; PMCID: PMC7808962.
- Badesara S, Jakhar K. A cross sectional study to find the prevalence of hyperprolactinemia in infertile euthyroid patients in a hospital. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020;9(11):4394-4397.
- Jakhar K, Rajkumar S, Verma R. Handbook of consultation liaison psychiatry. 1st ed. New Delhi: AAR Computers; 2020. Chapter 10: Assessment and management of mental health issues in end of life care; p112-121. (Book Chapter).
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