Shashank Arunachal U
St. Johns Medical College, India
Biography
Shashank Arunachal U pursued his medicine (MBBS) degree from K.S. Hegde Medical Academy from Rajiv Gandhi University. He is interested in psychopharmacology and has volunteered in ‘Community Intervention Programme in Schizophrenia Patients’ for period of 3 years a project run by National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in a Taluk Headquaters (Local Governing Body). During this time he indulged himself in interviewing patients, psycho education of patients/family members, administering rating scales, blood sample collection, conducting home visits, co-ordinating follow-ups and entering the data. During this period he worked on 2 papers ‘Arecanut use in rural South Indian Schizophrenia Patients- a comparative study’ & ‘Epidemiology of Tardive Dyskinesias in Community dwelling Schizophrenia Patients in rural South India’. Currently, he is pursuing his 2nd year Post-graduation in Pharmacology at St. John’s Medical College. At present he is also working on ‘Drug- Induced Acute Akathisia: A Case-Control Study in Patients taking Neuroleptic Agents at a Tertiary Care Hospital’ as a part of his Post-graduation thesis project.