Responsibilities
National Institute of Behavioural Sciences Kolkata
Psychological Consultant & Research Coordinator
Duties involved assessment of clinic patients, doing psychometry, using test-batteries; Therapeutic intervention – behaviour & cognitive therapies, supportive and emotive therapies, mindfulness & other techniques; periodic evaluation of clinic patients; Preparing report and checking clinical reports for the patients, computer data base maintenance and statistical interpolation; Coordinating counselling course offered by the institute and all research activities; To initiate & conduct research & maintaining drug research protocols, supervising data collection by other interns, researchers, and writing manuscripts for publication in scientific journals; Coordination mental health works in Sundarban areas; Writing regular columns on psychosocial and clinical aspects for a health-related monthly publication (Angel); Conducting various seminars, meets for the students, teachers, and mental health activists besides participating regularly in mental health related rallies, promotions etc. (Research publications are enclosed).
Salt Lake Hospital, Salt Lake, Kolkata
Senior Associate Psychology
Responsibilities involved assessment & psychological evaluation of outdoor patients at Psychiatry Dept, psychometric assessments, coordinating with neurologists & other doctors, writing reports and assist psychiatrists for clinical evaluation & assess medication outcome. Initiating various interdepartmental (in hospital) clinical research and publication of the results in journals. (Research publications enclosed).
R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata
Research Fellow & Project Associate
Collection of clinical data from outdoor patients, evaluation using various test-batteries, assisting psychiatrists in the dept, drug protocol maintenance and research collaboration with other medical depts, journal publication.
The Ohio State University Medical Center, OH, USA
Research Associate & Fellow of Neuropsychiatry
Work at Ohio State University Medical Center (USA) involved working at Neuropsychiatric Division (Anxiety Disorder Clinic & others) being responsible for assessment of patients coming to the facility, evaluating drug effect on patients, using various tests, analysis & interpretation of collected data, comparing with other clinical data, transcribing, statistical evaluation of clinical data & interpretation; preparing research materials and publication. Other responsibilities involved testing animal model on sensory gating as happens in Schizophrenia in human. This involved doing histological, biochemical & other lab works as well. (Research publications are enclosed).