“Bridging Minds …Connecting Generations”

Dr NM Patil, Dr Swaminath G and Dr Abhay Matkar, three psychiati’ists with more than 100 years of cumulative experience, are ideally placed to share their perspective on the theme “Bridging minds .. connecting Generations”, a much needed theme at this time. Their experience of interacting with mental health professionals, patients, caregivers, media and public over 4 decades facilitates charting the transformation in the practice of our discipline. In thc seminar they intend to chronicle the changes in psychiatric practice bridging yesterday with that of tomorrow. The topics of discussion will focus on yesterday’s first generation drugs, direct ECT, Narcoanalysis , Indlan Lunacy Act, the present day’s topics of sccond gencration drugs, modificd ECT, rTMS, MHA & MCHA and provide a glimpse of the future through the topics of newer drugs, neuromodulation techniques, genomics, etc. The symposium will briefly mention on changing psychotherapcutic techniques too.