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Dr. Nilamadhab Kar

Consultant Psychiatrist
Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
 

Brief Biography:


Nilamadhab Kar is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, in the West Midlands, UK. He has previously worked at Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi; Mental Health Institute, Cuttack; National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore and Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. Dr Kar has research interest in the field of disaster mental health with a focus on post-traumatic psychiatric disorder and preventive psychiatry. He is the author of more than 125 journal publications and book chapters; he has also written and edited six books. He is a member of the editorial boards of a few journals and is a regular reviewer for medical journals. He is associated with Quality of Life Research and Development Foundation and Geriatric Care and Research Organisation (GeriCaRe). He is a Life Fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society, Association of Industrial Psychiatry of India, Indian Association of Child and adolescent Mental Health, Behavioural Medicine Society of India, Academy of General Education and Indian Association of Social Psychiatry.

 

Academic positions:


Consultant Psychiatrist, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

 

Research interests:


Preventive Psychiatry, Disaster related mental health, Clinical Psychiatry, Psychiatric epidemiology, Quality of life

 

 

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