Dr. Amod Borkar completed graduation in MBBS in Rural Medical College,…read more Loni, Pune University in 2001 & his post graduation in psychiatry from K.E.M.(King Edward Memorial) Hospital, Pune in 2004. While he was a chief resident(CR) in psychiatry during his residency, he developed an interest in neuro-psychiatry. He enjoyed working with a special population with different disabilities for 6 weeks in Hartheim University, Austria in 2006.
Psychiatry is his passion. he look forward to helping people in their difficult times emotionally, distressing situations where all avenues to come out seem bleak or shut down. When someone feels his/her life has become stagnant & kind of stuck.
Neuropsychological disorders like Alzheimer's & other dementias, stroke,traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, memory problems with minimal cognitive impairment (MCI), mood disorders, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, schizophrenia & other psychosis, substance abuse, OCD, PTSD, GAD( generalised anxiety disorder), ADHD, autistic spectrum disorders, mental retardation, family & relationship problems, personality disorders, sexual problems that cripple the lives of many; are his areas /topics of interest.
Taking workshops, seminars or group discussions with specific target population such as teenagers, old age people, addicts, mentally ill & their caregivers depending upon most relevant issues. Awareness, one on one therapy sessions, online counseling & rehabilitation programs are the routine key tools he uses to extend professional help & guidance for needy members of the society. Adolescent problems, adult psychiatric illnesses, old age problems, neuro-psychiatric problems, de-addiction, relational problems & deliberate self-harm issues are his areas of expertise.read less