Dr. Poonam Santhosh

Dr Poonam Santhosh is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Mangaluru with 16 years of experience, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Attavar.

She specialises in mood disorders, anxiety, addiction psychiatry, schizophrenia, child and adolescent mental health, and women's mental health, and is a Life Fellow of the Indian Psychiatric Society and an ICMR guide for undergraduate research projects.

She consults in English, Hindi, and Kannada.

Area of Expertise

Mood and Emotional Disorders

Dr Poonam Santhosh evaluates and manages patients with depression, anxiety, and related emotional health conditions using evidence based psychiatric care:

• Depression diagnosis and management
• Anxiety and phobia treatment
• OCD assessment and therapy
• Stress disorder management
• Somatic symptom disorder care

Addiction and Sleep Disorders

Patients with substance use disorders and sleep related conditions are managed by Dr Santhosh with structured clinical interventions:

• Addiction psychiatry and de addiction care
• Delirium tremens assessment and management
• Sleep disorder evaluation and treatment
• Substance use disorder rehabilitation
• Relapse prevention planning

Schizophrenia and Psychosis

Dr Poonam Santhosh manages patients with severe and chronic psychiatric conditions requiring long term clinical monitoring:

• Schizophrenia management
• Psychosis evaluation and treatment
• Quality of life assessment in long term psychiatric patients
• Antipsychotic therapy planning
• Rehabilitation and community reintegration support

Child, Adolescent and Women's Mental Health

Patients in the child, adolescent, and women's health categories are assessed and managed by Dr Santhosh with age and gender appropriate psychiatric interventions:

• Child and adolescent behavioural issues
• Women's mental health consultation
• Perinatal psychiatry care
• Family counselling
• Individual counselling

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University (2010)
• MD Psychiatry, St John's Medical College, Bangalore (2014)
• Post Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (2022)
• Registration: Karnataka Medical Council, Registration No. 86509 (2010)

Academic and Research Contributions

• Recognised PG Teacher for guiding dissertation work of postgraduate medical students
• ICMR Guide for undergraduate research projects
• Co guide and guide for multiple PG student theses
• Active research on student attitudes and social distance toward mental illness
• Research on factors associated with Delirium Tremens
• Study on proportion of reattempts among patients with attempted suicide

Professional Memberships

• Life Fellow, Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS)

Research and Publications

Dr Poonam Santhosh has published in peer reviewed medical journals. Selected works include:

• Depression in chronic heart failure
• Coping strategies in chronic heart failure
• Screening of depression in early onset type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Quality of life among long term psychiatric patients

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliations

Dr Poonam Santhosh currently consults at:

• Manipal Hospital, Attavar, Mangaluru

Previous Associations

• Senior Resident and Assistant Professor, KMC Mangalore
• Assistant Professor, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru
• Associate Professor, KVG Medical College, Sullia

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