Dr Kaviya Balasubramanian MBBS.,MD,MRCPsych

A self-made Psychiatrist, Author, Yoga Therapist

• Buy happiness from a bookshelf with a 21-day inner exploration program, available on Amazon (a self help book for adults)
• For our kids, by Dr. Kaviya Thamizhi (surname changed for a personal reason), available on Amazon (a book on children's mental health)

• Young Achiever Award from the Indian Medical Association in July 2023
• Passed MD with honors
• Got distinction marks in basic sciences paper in MRCPsych

References available upon request.

• Special interest in Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia - by integrating western psychiatry and eastern concepts of mental health.
• Have experience in single handedly treating patients who are severely suicidal and psychotic as well. Expert in inculcating psychopharmacology principles with talking therapies, thereby doing the right thing at the right time, reducing the morbidity period and improving functionality at the earliest.
• Experience in managing acutely ill manic patients in the least restrictive models at the comfort of their own homes, by liaising with a home care nurse and social worker. (It is challenging in the Indian community where emotions are explicit, but soulfully rewarding when we see recovery).
• Updated with the latest treatment modalities including ketamine therapy for patients with impending suicidal thoughts.
• Have in depth experience in implementing the concept of "Phoenix House" model for schizophrenia patients making them lead self sustaining lives and return to near normal ways of life.
• Interested in re-classification of mental illnesses which would help deal with a patient as a human being and not as a bunch of diagnostic criteria.

Learning new languages