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Officer In Charge 

Naveen

Dr. Naveen Kumar C, MBBS, DPM, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Officer in Charge NIMHANS Digital Academy
Consultant Adult Psychiatry Unit-5
Head of Community Psychiatry & Consultant Forensic Psychiatry,
Department of Psychiatry.
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Email:nda.nimhans@gmail.com / ndainfo@nimhans.ac.in

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Officer In Charge 

Naveen

Dr. Naveen Kumar C, MBBS, DPM, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Officer in Charge NIMHANS Digital Academy
Consultant Adult Psychiatry Unit-5
Head of Community Psychiatry & Consultant Forensic Psychiatry,
Department of Psychiatry.
 Click for CV
Email:nda.nimhans@gmail.com / ndainfo@nimhans.ac.in

NIMHANS eLearning Primers

Self-paced certificate modules from the Centre for Addiction Medicine & NIMHANS Digital Academy

🆘 Suicide Prevention: A Gatekeeper Training Approach NEW

  • Addresses India's high burden of suicide, especially ages 15–29
  • Gatekeeper-model training for early recognition

🍻 Alcohol Use Disorder NEW

  • Neurobiology of alcohol and the reward pathway
  • Screening with AUDIT and clinical assessment

💬 Psychosocial Counselling Skills in Addiction Recovery NEW

  • For counsellors, psychologists, social workers & lay counsellors
  • Distress tolerance, assertiveness & problem-solving skills

🩺 NAMAH: Mental Health and Resilience for Physicians

  • Built from 5 NAMAH ECHO cohorts with 100+ physicians
  • Evidence-based approaches + Indian contemplative traditions

💊 Addiction Pharmacology

  • Neurobiology & pharmacological management of SUD
  • Medications across tobacco, alcohol, opioid, cannabis, sedative-hypnotic & stimulant use

🧠 MNS Disorders Care

  • Recognising & managing common mental, neurological & substance use disorders
  • Assessment, early intervention & referral pathways

🚭 Tobacco Cessation

  • Evidence-based tobacco cessation strategies
  • Designed for healthcare professionals & counsellors

🤝 Motivational Interviewing in SUD

  • Core principles & spirit of Motivational Interviewing
  • Practical skills to enhance patient motivation

🔄 Relapse Prevention in SUD

  • Comprehensive theoretical framework of relapse
  • Identifying triggers & high-risk situations

🌿 Cannabis Use Disorder

  • Cannabis taxonomy, neurobiology & epidemiology
  • Screening tools: CUDIT-R, CAST
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Centre for Addiction Medicine (CAM) & NIMHANS Digital Academy — nimhanselearning.org
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