Teaching and Training
One of the primary objectives of the department is to impart training and human resource development in the field of mental health and Neurosciences, specifically integrated services including Yoga and Ayurveda. To achieve the same, the department will be starting postgraduate, graduate courses and fellowships from July 2021.
Details:
Sl.No. | Name of the Course | Number of seats | Eligibility Criteria | |
Institute fellowship | External fellowship | |||
Ph.D. in Integrative Medicine (Ayurveda, Yoga and Biomedicine)Note: The candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of External Research fellowships to apply for Ph.D. program | – | 4 | MBBS/ BAMS/ BNYS OR M.A or M.Sc. or M.Phil in Yoga, M.Phil in Clinical Psychology OR M.Sc. Nursing OR M.Pharma OR Masters in Physiotherapy | |
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry | 1 | 1 | MD/DNB degree in Psychiatry | |
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Integrative Mental Health and Neurosciences | 1 | 1 | MD in Ayurveda (Kayachikithsa / Manasaroga / Panchakarma) OR MD (Yoga) | |
MSc. Yoga Therapy (Mental Health & Neurosciences) | – | 4 | B.Sc. (Yoga)/BNYS OR A Science/Medical/Paramedical/Physiotherapy/Nursing Graduation Level Degree with one-year Diploma or equivalent in Yoga Science | |
MD in Manasa Roga (Ayurveda) :
The Department also plans to introduce MD in Manasa Roga (Ayurveda) course for BAMS graduates once additional requirements of faculty/ resident posts are sanctioned.
The Department of Integrative Medicine is also involved in training post-graduates from psychiatry, yoga and ayurveda from various institutions who are posted here. Department has also trained one batch of nurses from Dharwad Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (DIMHANS) and also has trained several nurses within the institute.
Short-Term Courses:
Certificate course for Yoga for Mental Health
The Department of Integrative Medicine (IMD) has initiated a certificate course on “Yoga for Mental Health” for training of AYUSH professionals from January 2019. Course is conducted once in 6 months and three courses have been completed. Twenty six professionals from various streams have completed the course till now.
Yoga Appreciation Course (YAC)
The department runs a one month certificate course for faculty, staff and students of NIMHANS, their family members, and staff from neighbouring medical institutes. This course enables the participants to understand and practice the basics of yoga. More than 30 batches of this course have been completed and more than 500 participants have been trained.
Academics:
The department conducts weekly academic programs (seminars, journal clubs, and research presentations pertaining to yoga, Ayurveda, neuroscience principles & techniques and research methodology & statistics) every Tuesday and Friday involving all the faculty, staff and students. Guest lectures are also held monthly where speakers from other departments as well as outside NIMHANS are invited to share their knowledge and expertise. The department also plans to have collaborative academic programs with the Department of Psychiatry to benefit students from both departments.
| Title | Seminar/Journal Club | Link for the presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Case Conference | - | view |
| Agni and Gut Microbiome | Seminar | view |
| Importance of Yogic diet in well-being | Seminar | view |
| Large-scale genomic study reveals robust activation of the immune system following advanced Inner Engineering meditation retreat | Journal Club | view |
| Effect of yoga breathing exercises (pranayama) on airway reactivity in subjects with asthma | Journal Club | view |
| Yoga Nidra | Seminar | view |
| Neurobiology of Schizophrenia Role of yoga in Schizophrenia | Seminar | view |
| Immunological & metabolic responses to a therapeutic course of basti in obesity | Journal Club | view |
| Panchakarma In Ayurveda | Seminar | view |
| Excessive Internet Use: A behavioral problem, and potential role of Mind-Body intervention | Seminar | view |
| Scope of yoga in Covid-19 | Seminar | view |
| Effect of yoga as add-on therapy in migraine (CONTAIN): A Randomised Clinical Trial. | Journal Club | View |
| Meditation Based Lifestyle Modification (MBLM) in outpatients with mild to moderate depression: A mixed-methods feasibility study | Journal Club | View |
| Effects of Yoga on Attention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity in Preschool-Aged Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms | Journal Club | view |
| Development and validation of a test on anasakti (non-attachment): an Indian model of well-being | Journal Club | view |
| Efficacy of yoga on post partum depressed women: A randomised controlled trial | Journal Club | view |
| Mudras and Bandhas | Seminar | view |
| Concept of Avarana - pathology in ayurveda | Seminar | view |
| Autism Etiopathogenesis and the role of Integrative Approach to Treatment | Seminar | view |
| Association of constitutional type of Ayurveda with cardiovascular risk factors, inflammatory markers and insulin resistance | Journal Club | view |
| Doshaja Prakruti | Seminar | view |
| Yoga as applied philosophy | Seminar | view |
| Concept of Ama and Agni | Seminar | view |
| Dharshanas | Seminar | view |
| Concept of Om | Seminar | view |
| Dhatu Siddanta - The Theory of tissue formation and differentiation | Seminar | view |
| Multiple Sclerosis | Seminar | view |
| A new instrument for measuring insight: the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale | Journal Club | view |
| Counselling Techniques in Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Seminar | view |
| Introduction to Tridosha Sidhanta | Seminar | view |
| Feasibility & Pilot Efficacy Testing of Integrated Yoga and Shirodhara (Ayurvedic Oil-Dripping) intervention on Clinical Symptoms, Cognitive Functions and Sleep Quality of Adults with Anxiety Disorder | Journal Club | view |
| Introduction to Parkinsons Disease | Seminar | view |
| Neurotrophic Factors | Seminar | view |
| Schizophrenia Risk from the complex variation of complement component 4 | Journal Club | view |
| Yoga and its effect on Heart Rate Variability in Psychiatric Disorders | Seminar | view |
| Biomechanics of Yoga | Seminar | view |
| Concept of Vishada | Seminar | view |
| A Psychometric analysis of the three gunas | Seminar | view |
| Concept of Unmada in Ayurveda Psychosis | Seminar | view |
| Role of Yoga in Pain Disorders | Seminar | view |
| Introduction to Upanishads | Seminar | view |
| Neurobiology of yoga in deaddiction | Seminar | view |
| Pharmacology of Ayurveda - Medha Dravya | Seminar | view |
| Understanding anxiety disorder from ayurveda perspective | Seminar | view |
| Cellular markers of Yoga | Seminar | view |
| Definitions of Yoga as per scriptures and misconceptions and contraindications | Seminar | view |
| Creativity in Yoga | Seminar | view |
| Wellness | Seminar | view |
| An Introduction to Panchakarma | Seminar | view |
| Moral Stories in Upanishads and its concepts | Seminar | view |
| Five-week yin yoga-based interventions decreased plasma adrenomedullin and increased psychological health in stressed adults: A randomised controlled trial | Journal Club | view |
| Acceptability of a mindfulness intervention for depressive symptoms among African-American women in a community health center: A qualitative study | Journal Club | view |
| Concept of Self in Schizophrenia | Seminar | view |
| How yoga can change your brain | Seminar | view |
| Treating major depression with yoga: A prospective, randomized, controlled pilot trial | Journal Club | view |