Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr R Shinika
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Consulting Time : 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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Dr R Shinika is a passionate Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She works with the vision to promote and protect mental health of children and adolescents.
She underwent her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training from the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore.
She has more than 6 years of experience in working with children and adolescents.
She was instrumental in developing the whole Psychiatry Unit including Child Development Unit at Naruvi Hospitals, Vellore.
She underwent her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training from the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore.
She has more than 6 years of experience in working with children and adolescents.
She was instrumental in developing the whole Psychiatry Unit including Child Development Unit at Naruvi Hospitals, Vellore.
Areas of special interest:
- Early interventions in Autism spectrum disorders
- Identification and management of various Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Adolescent depression
- Parenting program
- Life skills training in children and adolescent
Vision – Future plans:
- To establish Child Development Centre (CDC) at SKS Hospital.
- To initiate Life Skills training program for children and adolescents at schools.
Our Services
- Neurodevelopmental disorders clinic
- Child Guidance Clinic
- Interventions are offered for the following Neuro developmental disorders:
- Developmental delay/disability
- Autism
- Intellectual disability
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Specific Learning Disability
- Motor Disorder
- Language Disorder
- Speech Sound Disorder
- Stuttering
- Our Child Guidance Clinic offers assessments and interventions for children and adolescents with emotional and behavior disorders.
- Interventions are offered for the following Emotional and behavioral disorders:
- Childhood depression
- Anxiety disorders
- School refusal
- Gaming disorder
- Internet addiction
- Oppositional Defiant disorder
- Behavioral disorders in children
- Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive disorder
- Conduct disorder
- Substance use disorder
- Interventions are offered for the following Emotional and behavioral disorders:
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OFFICIAL CV
- Education
- Work experience
- Honors & Awards
- Publications
- 2007-08 – 2013-03 MBBS : Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College,Salem
- 2014-06 – 2017-06 MD(Psychiatry) : Institute of Psychiatry, Madurai Medical College
- 2019-06 – 2019-06 DNB(Psychiatry) : National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India
- 2017-08 – 2019-08 Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry : Christian Medical College, Vellore.
- Completed her formal training in DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), course conducted by authors Drs. Miller, Rathus and Linehan
- Completed her formal training in Life Skills training program, session conducted by the pioneer Dr. Srikala Bharath
- 2021/3-2023/4 : Team Lead – Department of Psychiatry, Naruvi Hospitals, Vellore
Established the Psychiatry Department along with Psychiatry Assessments and modified ECT room.
Designed and established the Child Development Unit at Naruvi.
Designed a 3-month Early Intervention program for children with Autism/ADHD/Development delays.
Had organized and headed Mental Health Awareness Programs at Naruvi.
Actively conducted three Hindu Webinars collaborating with other
medical teams at Naruvi. - 2019-09 – 2020-04 Consultant Psychiatrist : Shri Narayani hospital and research Centre, Vellore
- Won 3rd Place in TANPSYCON PG Quiz competition in 2016
- Delivered a lecture about psychiatric disorders in child and adolescent population to around 250 schoolteachers- at Chennai, July 2018, programme organized by School Education Department, Chennai
- Delivered a lecture on ‘Medications in Autism’ in “Workshop and Symposium on Practical aspects of diagnosis and management of Autism Spectrum Disorders” at CMC, Vellore on April 2023
- Gender Differences in children diagnosed with Childhood Autism- V.Geethaanjali, R.Shinika, N.Suresh Kumar. International Journal of Scientific Research. Volume 7, Issue 10, October 2018.
- Impact of prenatal, antenatal and perinatal risk factors in severity of autism- V.Geethaanjali, R.Shinika, N.Suresh Kumar. International Journal of Scientific Research. Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2019.
School Mental health program
Life Skills training programme for X to XII boys at St. Paul’s school, Salem. Discussed about the topic ‘Coping with Stress’. Students showed lot of enthusiasm and interest in this activity. And group discussion post activity was also encouraged by giving pens to spokesperson!
Life Skills Training program for class 12 students at Shri Vidya Mandir school, Rasipuram. The topic discussed was “Coping with Stress along with saying no to Suicide”! The event was organised as a part of our World Suicide Prevention day programme!
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