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.
| Date | Title | Category | PDF of slides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.01.2021 | Association of constitutional type of Ayurveda with cardiovascular risk factors, inflammatory markers and insulin resistance | Journal Club | Link |
| 01.01.2021 | Concept of Prakruti | Seminar | Link |
| 11.12.2020 | Concept of Agni and Ama | Seminar | Link |
| 04.12.2020 | Yoga as applied Philosophy | Seminar | Link |
| 06.11.2020 | Concept of Shad Darshanas | Seminar | Link |
| 23.10.2020 | Concept of Om | Seminar | Link |
| 11.09.2020 | Concept of Dhatu | Seminar | Link |
| 04.09.2020 | Multiple Sclerosis | Seminar | Link |
| 14.08.2020 | A new instrument for measuring insight: the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale | Journal Club | Link |
| 07.08.2020 | Counselling in Patanjali Yoga Sutra | Seminar | Link |
| 17.07.2020 | Tridosha Sidhanta | Seminar | Link |
| 10.07.2020 | Integrated Yoga and Shirodhara | Journal Club | Link |
| 03.07.2020 | Parkinson's Disease | Seminar | Link |
| 12.06.2020 | Neurotrophic Factors | Seminar | Link |
| 22.05.2020 | Schizophrenia risk from the complex variation of complement component 4 (C4) | Journal Club | link |
| 15.05.2020 | Yoga and its effect on HRV in Psychiatric disorders | Seminar | Link |
| 08.05.2020 | Biomechanics of Yoga | Seminar | link |
| 06.04.2020 | Yoga for Stress Management | Seminar | Link |
| 13.03.2020 | Concept of Vishada (Depression) | Seminar | Link |
| 06.03.2020 | Concept of Unmada in Ayurveda (Psychosis) | Seminar | Link |
| 07.02.2020 | Role of Yoga in Pain Disorders | Seminar | Link |
| 21.01.2020 | Introduction to Upanishads | Seminar | link |
| 17.01.2020 | Pharmacology of Ayurveda: Medhya Dravya | Seminar | link |
| 10.01.2020 | Behavioral and psychophysiological effects of a Yoga intervention on high risk Adolescents: A Randomized control trial | Journal Club | link |
| 20.12.2019 | How Yoga Changes Your Brain | Journal Club | link |
| 06.12.2019 | Understanding Anxiety Disorder from Ayurveda perspective | Seminar | link |
| 22.11.2019 | Psychometric Analysis of Trigunas | Journal Club | Link |
| 15.11.2019 | Wellness | Seminar | link |
| 08.11.2019 | Acceptability of a mindfulness intervention for depressive symptoms among African American women in a community health center A qualitative study | Journal Club | link |
| 11.10.2019 | Five week yin yoga based interventions decreased plasma adrenomedullin and increased psychological health in stressed adults A randomised controlled trial | Journal Club | link |
| 04.10.2019 | Concept of Self in Schizophrenia | Seminar | |
| 13.09.2019 | Cellular Markers of Yoga | Seminar | link |
| 06.09.2019 | Neurobiology of Yoga in De-Addiction | Seminar | link |
| 23.08.2019 | Treating major depression with yoga: A prospective, randomized, controlled pilot trial | Seminar | link |
| 12.07.2019 | Introduction to Panchakarma | Seminar | link |
| 05.07.2019 | Definitions of Yoga as per scriptures and Misconceptions & Contra-indications | Seminar | link |
| 14.06.2019 | Creativity in yoga | Seminar | link |
| 07.06.2019 | Yoga for Anxiety Disorder A Systematic review and meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials | Journal Club | |
| 24.05.2019 | Moral Stories in Upanishads | Seminar | link |
| 17.05.2019 | Therapeutics of Traditional Healing Methods | Seminar | |
| 10.05.2019 | Asana | Seminar | |