IMC Sugar Apollo features specialist psychiatrist
MUSCAT: Dr Anand Kumar is a specialist psychiatrist with over 8 years experience. He has worked extensively in private psychiatry settings in renowned DNB Accredited hospitals in India. He has expertise in psycho-pharmacology (medications for psychiatric illness) and therapies/counselling. He is an active public speaker and strives to reduce the stigma associated with psychiatric illness and create awareness. He has presented many academic papers and has been speaker at state level conferences back in India.
Psychiatry is a branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, thought and perceptions. High levels of stress, traumatic events, family history of psychiatric illness, maladaptive personality and poor coping skills can lead to psychiatric illness. In a minority of people these problems might start even without a reason.
In recent decades stress has become an integral part of every person’s life. It has been clearly observed that persistent stress can lead to a multitude of physical and mental health issues. Stress can precipitate and worsen medical illness. Chronic stress can lead to major psychiatric problems including depression and anxiety. Hence stress can directly affect a person’s quality of life. Hence it is imperative that principles of stress management are adopted to reduce stress. These include strategies like adaptive coping, promoting resilience, learning relaxation techniques and anger management. Good social support and investing in spirituality are other ways of reducing stress.
Dr Anand Kumar has had experience in treating psychiatric illness like depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, psychosis, substance addiction in adults. He is also adept at counselling and therapies over the years. He also has experience in treating psychiatric issues in children including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, school refusal, diagnosing intellectual problems/ learning disabilities. Treatment of other childhood disorders like psychotic illness and mood disorders have also been part of his repertoire.
Contact details 97086924.