Dr. Sriram Raghavendran

Core Competencies

• Neuropsychiatry
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Adult Psychiatry
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Psychotherapy
• Transcultural Psychiatry
• Biological Psychiatry and Precision Psychopharmacology
• Clinical research and Teaching

Brief Profile

Dr. Sriram is a Specialist Clinician and Psychiatrist with a demonstrated history of working in hospitals and clinics for the last 14 years and treating the mentally unhealthy and the mentally ill. He is actively involved in medication management as part of Transcultural Psychiatry in UAE and skilled in Clinical Research, teaching and guiding junior colleagues. He has special interests in neuroscience research, Biological Psychiatry and Pharmacogenomics as applied to precision psychopharmacology. He is adept at handling children, adolescents, adults and geriatric population with various mental health illnesses such as ADHD, ASD, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Psychosis, Somatoform disorders, anxiety disorders and Behavioural and Psychiatric symptoms of dementia.

Dr. Sriram’s expertise in treating many rare Psychiatric disorders such as Korsakoff Psychosis, Organic Psychosis due to caudate nucleus gliosis, Resistant Somatoform disorders, and Organic Bipolar disorders. He also possesses rich clinical experience in administering Long-acting injections (LAIs) for treatment of borderline personality disorder and poor compliance Bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses. He is skilled in Motivational enhancement therapy for addictions, Family and couples Psychotherapy, Therapy for eating disorders, Dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder and Cognitive behavioural therapy for various mental health issues. He is skilled in administering Electroshock therapy and Esketamine nasal spray for treatment resistant depression.

Qualification

• MBBS
• MD (Psychiatry)