Mental Health GAP training in kashmir in collaboration with Royal College of Psychiatry and DHServices Kashmir supported by WHO

Welcome to Team of Professionals, responsible for groundbreaking cross-disciplinary initiative first of its kind in private sector destined to have a major society-wide impact on the social and emotional disorders that limit the fundamental/critical ability to connect with others. 

Depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, personality disorder aggressive behavior addiction problems and PTSD especially secondary to emotional and political turmoil in Kashmir-- all compromise an individual’s crucial capacity to form healthy relationships. According to the World Health Organization, these disorders constitute the single greatest drain on our social services systems, from schools and hospitals to courts and prisons.  And that doesn’t begin to account for the personal suffering caused by undiagnosed, misunderstood and untreated disease. 

Despite the acknowledged cost to individuals and society, we know frighteningly little about how to prevent and treat mental illness. Recent strides in genetics and neuroscience have underscored nature’s contribution to human behavior and illness. Progress has also been made in understanding the pivotal role of nurture in mental health.   

As a psychiatrist with a wealth of cross-disciplinary experience in United Kingdom for the past 10 years, I have seen firsthand the profound effects of psychological and emotional stressors on maternal and fetal health and the importance of childhood nurture on later emotional resilience.  
Only by synthesizing advances from a wide spectrum of diverse scientific fields will we find effective treatments and cures for the conditions that debilitate so many lives at such a profound cost. KNDRI is uniquely positioned to meet this challenge.
 
Under my leadership, the Team aims to make use of three important avenues to achieve our goals:
 

• Research: conducting cross-disciplinary research and translating information from basic and social neuroscience, cognitive psychology, public health databases and population epidemiology studies into clinically useful information.

• Education: training a new generation of, clinical, paramedical staff and policy makers to focus on prevention, early intervention and cure.

• Services: Testing and providing innovative treatments, intervention strategies and service delivery paradigms aimed at restoring healthy, meaningful lives; and educating families across the valley on preventive measures.

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It is the realization of the vision to which I have devoted my entire life.  With the help and support of experienced and dedicated team members I am confident that we will be able to offer the unprecedented promise of helping countless individuals lead more fully connected lives, and of ultimately improving the social fabric of our society. 
 
Whether you are visiting our site to learn about our psychiatric training or clinical services, I welcome you and I urge you to join us in our quest.

Dr. Sayed  Aqeel Hussain, MBBS (GMC Srinagar); MRCPsych (United Kingdom )

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