Dr H Swarna Rekha

Working as a Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital, Bengaluru.

Completed MBBS from Bangalore medical college & Research Institute (BMCRI) IN 2016.

Completed MD Psychiatry from NIMHANS in 2021.

• 01/19/19, Israel’s Basket of Psychiatric rehabilitation for mentally ill - What can we learn
• 03/11/19, Family therapy research in India - Upto 2000
• 05/18/19, Psychiatric Issues in cancer chemotherapy
• 07/14/19, Orientation
• 08/18/19, Motor Speech disturbances
• 04/29/20, Role of nutrition & nutraceuticals in the management of neuro-developmental disorders
• 09/09/20, Community Interventions in Psychiatric disorders
• 02/18/21, Antipsychotics - Selection & initiation
• 02/25/21, Management of Clozapine resistant Schizophrenia
• 03/11/21, Clinical approach to depression

• 10/13/18, Child & Adolescent psychiatry CME-2018
• 02/11/19, T.S. Srinivasan - NIMHANS Knowledge Conclave 2019
• 03/03/19, Neuropsychiatric aspects of headache
• 03/24/19, World Bipolar Day- 2019 CME
• 02/07/20, T.S. Srinivasan - NIMHANS Knowledge Conclave 2020
• 07/27/20, AAIC Annual Virtual Conference (Alzheimer’s Association)
• 09/11/20, NIMHANS-TAVISTOCK PSYCHOTHERAPY CONFERENCE
• 03/12/21, Mood Disorders (Virtual) CME Programme held by Dept. Of Psychiatry (NIMHANS)
• 05/01/21, Online CME (Theme- Liasion Psychiatry and it’s Ramifications) Indian Psychiatric Society - Karnataka Chapter (IPS-KC)
• 07/23/21, Workshop on 'How to read/interpret Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis?'
• 07/26/21, AAIC Annual virtual Conference (Alzheimer’s Association)
• 09/15/21, National CME on 'ICD 11 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders: How does it impact our Psychiatric training and practice?'
• 09/16/21, WASP - Asia Pacific Hybrid Congress 2021
• 01/31/22, Virtual Workshop on 'Application of Biostatistics in Clinical Research'
• 02/26/22, Indian Medical Association Sexicon CME
• 11/11/22, Pre-symposium workshop: Psychosocial Interventions for OCD
• 12/02/22, ADDICON 2022 – 2nd Annual National Conference of Addiction Psychiatry Society of India (APSI)
• 01/21/23, Workshop on Application of Biostatistics in Clinical Research conducted at NIMHANS, Bengaluru
• 03/11/23, Mood Disorders CME-2023 held at NIMHANS, Bengaluru
• 07/29/23, ECT 75 @ NIMHANS: An Update on Electroconvulsive Therapy
• 08/19/23, Closing the loop: A Pragmatic guide to grant writing & management
• 09/14/23, Sample size and power analysis in medical research
• 09/30/23, 3rd Annual Neuropsychiatry Webinar organized by Consultation Liaison and Neuropsychiatry Services, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
• 10/07/23, Residential rehabilitation for persons with severe mental illness as part of HARSHA
• 11/16/23, 17th Biennial National Conference of the Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (IACAMCON 2023)
• 03/09/24, Bipolar Disorder International Conference (BDICON) 2024
• 09/12/24, Preconference Workshops on Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention for Neurocognitive Disorders and CBT for Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults
• 09/13/24, 20th National Conference of the Indian Association for Geriatric Mental Health (GERON 2024)
• 09/29/24, 1st Annual Conference of the Neuromodulation Society (India) – NSICON 2024
• 10/05/24, National Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) CME 2024
• 10/17/24, Forensic Psychiatry Workshop, a pre-conference event of IPSOCON 2024
• 10/18/24, IPSOCON 2024 at NIMHANS, Bengaluru
• 03/22/25, CME on Developmentally Informed Approach to Addictive Disorders
• 04/15/25, Forensic Psychiatry Conference 2025 at NIMHANS, Bengaluru

• Awarded Certificate of Merit for Outstanding academic performance for being among the top 0.1% of successful candidates of the All India secondary school examination 2009 in Social Science.
• Presented an Oral Paper titled 'Psychological Stress and Burden in Caregivers Of Adolescents With Substance Use Disorder' at ADDICON 2022.
• Presented a Paper nominated for the J.C. Marfatia award for the best unpublished paper titled 'Psychological Stress and Burden in Caregivers of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorder' at IACAMCON 2023.
• Presented a poster titled 'Bipolar affective disorder in a patient with Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome' at BDICON 2024.
• Presented a poster titled 'A Bibliometric Analysis of the Cannabis Dependence and Bipolar Disorder Research Literature' at BDICON 2024.
• Presented a poster titled 'Seizure in a patient with continuous theta burst stimulation for alcohol dependence' at NSICON 2024.
• Presented a poster titled 'Psychological Stress and Burden In Caregivers of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorder' at CAPCME 2024.

• Community Psychiatry during the Pandemic 2020, 2nd Edition, Introduction to Community Psychiatry, Co-Author
• Voriconazole-induced psychosis in rhino-orbital invasive aspergillosis, Rekha HS, Paramasivam S, Raja K, et al, BMJ Case Reports CP 2023;16:e254790, 1st Author
• Bipolar affective disorder in a patient with Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome, Shibu A, Swarna Rekha H, Ramachandraiah S, Kenchaiah R, Hanumanthapura Ramlingaiah A, Muliyala KP, Bipolar Disord. 2024; 26: 626-629., 10.1111/bdi.13449, 2nd & Corresponding author
• Rechallenge following seizure in a patient receiving continuous theta burst stimulation for alcohol dependence, Narasimha VL, Udupa V, Rekha HS, V S, Mahadevan J, Shukla L, et al, Brain Disorders [Internet]. 2025 Jul 1;100266., 10.1016/j.dscb.2025.100266, 3rd Author

• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• Addiction Psychiatry
• Psychiatric Rehabilitation
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Community Psychiatry