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Two psychiatrists, neurologist nominated to neuropsychiatry association

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Receive certificates of honorary membership

CONVOCATION: (From left) E.S. Krishnamoorthy, secretary-general, INA-India; Sarada Menon, psychiatrist; S.P. Thiagarajan, Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras; Krishnamoorthy Srinivas, neurologist, and Dinesh Bhugra, Dean, Royal College of Psychiatr ists, United Kingdom, at the convocation of the Indian Chapter of the International Neuropsychiatry Association, in Chennai on Sunday.

CHENNAI: Eminent psychiatrist Sarada Menon, neurologist Krishnamoorthy Srinivas and the Dean of the Royal College of Psychiatrists-United Kingdom, Dinesh Bhugra, who have been nominated by the executive council of the International Neuropsychiatry Association (INA-India) received certificates of honorary membership at the convocation of the association here on Sunday.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras, S.P. Thiagarajan, presented the certificates.

Introducing the honorary members, E.S. Krishnamoorthy, Member of the INA executive council and secretary general of INA-India, said the honorary membership "is limited to those individuals who have made unique contributions to mental health and neurosciences over a substantial period of time. The nominations have been made by a quorum of members of the international executive council. The honorary members distinguish and inspire the Indian chapter of INA by their very presence."

Prof. Thiagarajan, in his convocation address, stressed the importance of HIV as an interdisciplinary palate for those interested in neuropsychiatry. Neuropsychiatric problems such as anxiety, depression and dementia were common in that condition, and there were unique transcultural differences in the prevalence and manifestation of these symptoms, when Indian patients were compared with those in the western word, he said.

These differences could have both biological and psychological explanations, and their study would necessarily be interdisciplinary, he said, stressing the importance of psycho-neuroimmunology in studying HIV related problems.

Over 100 multi-disciplinary professionals from the country including neurologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, psychologists and social scientists took the INA-India pledge dedicating themselves to the Indian neuropsychiatry movement and received certificates of inaugural membership from Prof. Thiagarajan.

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