Bangalore Gangadhar

About

Dr. B. N. Gangadhar has completed his MBBS and MD in Psychiatry from Bangalore University, Bangalore. He is currently working as Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru. He is Professor of Psychiatry and served as Head, Department of Psychiatry from 2007 to 2009. He is Program Director for NIMHANS Integrated Centre for Yoga from its inception. He was Chief for De-addiction Center from 2003 to 2006. Besides he has been visiting professor to some other institutions like Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana and Vienna University. His areas of research include biological psychiatry, electroconvulsive therapy, schizophrenia and yoga. He has more than 350 publications in National and International journals and several articles in the books. He has been principal investigator and co-investigator for many WHO, Fogarty International, DST, ICMR, AYUSH, CCRYN, and CCRAS funded projects. Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, honoured him with Sir C V Raman award for medical sciences in 1998. He got Dr. D. S. Raju Memorial Oration Award from Indian Psychiatry Society in 2001. Besides he has been co-recipients of many other awards.

Employment

• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Director
  2016 - Present
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Medical Superintendent
  2008 - 2010
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Program Director
  2007 - Present
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Head
  2007 - 2009
• Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana Visiting Professor
  2005 - Present
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Chief, De-addiction Center
  2003 - 2006
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Professor
  2001 - Present
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Additional Professor
  1992 - 2001
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Associate Professor
  1987 - 1992
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Lecturer
  1982 - 1987
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Senior Resident
  1981 - 1982
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Junior Resident
  1978 - 1981

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (324)

• Comment on: “Elevated Clozapine Concentrations in Clozapine-Treated Patients with Hypersalivation”
  Clinical Pharmacokinetics 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-021-01021-1
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• Impact of antipsychotic medication on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) effects in schizophrenia patients.
  2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.11.042
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• Dermatoglyphic correlates of hippocampus volume: Evaluation of aberrant neurodevelopmental markers in antipsychotic-naive schizophrenia.
  2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.09.007
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• Erratum to: Schizophrenia Patient or Spiritually Advanced Personality? A Qualitative Case Analysis.
  2015 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0009-6
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• Is the human mirror neuron system plastic? Evidence from a transcranial magnetic stimulation study.
  2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2015.06.014
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• Schizophrenia Patient or Spiritually Advanced Personality? A Qualitative Case Analysis.
  2015 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-014-9994-0
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• Cascading and combined effects of cognitive deficits and residual symptoms on functional outcome in schizophrenia - A path-analytical approach.
  2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.07.022
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• Serum vitamin D and hippocampal gray matter volume in schizophrenia.
  2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.06.006
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• Successful treatment of tuberous sclerosis with psychosis and obsessive-compulsive disorder: A case report.
  2015 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12307
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• 500-mA ECT--A Proof of Concept Report.
  2015 DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000214
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