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Dr. Hemendra Singh

Associate Professor

  • School

    Medical College

  • Department

    Department of Psychiatry

Dr Hemendra Singh is MD in Psychiatry from NIMHANS, Bangalore and is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Ramaiah Medical College & Hospitals, Bangalore. Dr Singh has vast experience in the field of psychiatry particularly in the area of suicide prevention for more than 13 years and has won various national (including prestigious Dr SS Jayaram Awardof Indian Psychiatric Society) and international awards & grants. He has more than 60 publications in peer reviewed national and international journals. In addition, he is in-charge of Intentio0nal Self harm & Suicide Prevention clinic at Ramaiah Memorial Hospital. He conducted various symposia on suicide prevention at national & internal conferences.

Qualifications

  • (PG with Specialization)

    National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 2013

  • (UG with Specialization)

    Govt. Medical College Trichur, Calicut University, Kerala, 2008

  • (PhD with Specialization)

  • General Hospital Psychiatry
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Substance Abuse

  • Two

National Conference Papers
  • Efficacy of Brief Intervention Module in the Reduction of Suicide Related Cognitions: An Exploratory Study. 74th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society- Bhubaneshwar, India, 2023
  • Characteristics and patterns of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among patients with current suicide attempts. 74th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society- Bhubaneshwar, India, 2023
  • Suicide Prevention During COVID-19 Pandemic: Hemendra Singh, Anita Gautam, Manaswi Gautam, 21st Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Private Psychiatry, 6th Dec 2020, Hyderabad, India
  • Attempted Suicides and Suicide Prevention: Indian Perspective, Hemendra Singh, V. K Radhakrishnan, Sathesh V. at 1st Feb Lucknow, India 2019
  • Attempted Suicide and Suicide Prevention: Hemendra Singh, Anita Gautam, Manaswi Gautam, 20th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Private Psychiatry, 14 to 17 Nov 2019, Mumbai, India
  • A study of Clinical Characteristics and Pattern of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Psychiatric patients with suicide attempts. First National Conference of Young Psychiatrist- Indian Psychiatry Society, Aurangabad, India, Nov 3rd, 2018.
  • Hemendra Singh, Manaswi Gautam, Satish V. Attempted Suicide and Suicide Prevention: Indian Perspective. 19th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Psychiatry, 30th Nov -2nd December 2018. Hyderabad
  • A study of clinical characteristics and pattern of non-suicidal self-injury among patients with suicide attempts: a tertiary care centre study Hemendra Singh, Mrs Radhika Kunnavil, Prof. Murali Thyloth. 69th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society, Raipur, Chattisgarh, January, 5 – 8 Jan, India, 2017
  • A Study of Gender Differences in Psychiatric Patients with Attempted Suicide: Hemendra Singh, Prabha S Chandra, V Senthil Kumar reddi, 68th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society, Bhopal, India 21-24, Jan. 2016.
  • Clinical correlates of suicide in Suicidal Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Affective Disorders. Hemendra Singh, Prabha S Chandra, V Senthil Kumar redid, 68th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society, January 2016.
  • Clinical correlates of suicide in Suicidal Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Affective Disorders. Hemendra Singh, Prabha S Chandra, V Senthil Kumar reddi, 48th Annual Conference IPS – South Zone Brance, 16-18th October, 2015.
  • Clinical correlates of suicide in psychiatric patients with high suicidal risk, Hemendra Singh, V. Senthil Kumar Reddi, Prabha S Chandra, at the 67thAnnual National Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society, Hyderabad, Jan 16-19, 2015.
  • Psychiatric and medical co-morbidities among patients with sleep-related disorders, Hemendra Singh, Dahale Ajit Bhalchandra, Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi, at the 65th Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society, NIMHANS, Bangalore, 10-13 January 2013
International Conference Papers
  • Intervention for suicide prevention: An exploratory study: Hemendra Singh. Asia Pacific Hybrid Congress, 16th – 18th September, 2021, New Delhi, India.
  • Prevalence of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and its Relationship with Co-rumination and Stressful Life Events among Young Adults. Hemendra Singh, Rahul Rao, Murali Thyloth. International Conference for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 13th-14th December, 2019, Bangalore.
  • Factors Associated with Suicide Attempts among Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Tertiary Care Centre Study. 29th World Congress of International Association of Suicide Prevention, Kuching, Malaysia, July, 2017.
  • Isoniazid Induced Psychosis: Pathophysiological Mechanism. Hemendra Singh, MD; Mamatha Chabaria; Kartik Shekar; Gayatri Devi. 2nd Global Conference of Biological Psychiatry, Bangalore, 12 – 14 August, 2016.
  • Psychosis Associated with Left Temporal Meningioma. A Clinical Enigma. Hemendra Singh; Mamatha Chabaria; Kartik Shekar. 2nd Global Conference of Biological Psychiatry, 12-14 August, 2016.
  • Is Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) an Independent Risk Factor of Suicide in Psychiatric Inpatients with High Suicidal Risk? A Tertiary Care Centre Study. Hemendra Singh, V. Senthil Kumar Reddi, Prabha S Chandra. 12th World Congress of World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR), November 4th 2015, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Suicide and Attempted Suicide and Psychosocial Rehabilitation. Hemendra Singh. 5th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Bengaluru, 6-8 Feb 2015.
  • Attitude towards Suicide Prevention among Non-Mental Health Professionals. Hemendra Singh, Richa Choubey, Murali Thyloth. 8th International Conference of SAARC Psychiatry Federation, Lumbini, Nepal, 27-29 November 2014.
  • Lithium Induced SILENT (Syndrome of Irreversible Lithium Effectuated Neurotoxicity): A Case Report with Review of Literature. Hemendra Singh, Sundarnag Ganjekar, Murali Thyloth. 1st Global Conference of Biological Psychiatry, Delhi, 27 September 2014.
  • Circumstances and Methods Used for Suicide Attempts - Are They Distinct Between Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders and Affective Disorders. Hemendra Singh, V. Senthil Kumar Reddi, Prabha S Chandra. 16th World Psychiatry Congress, Madrid, Spain, 14-18 September 2014.
  • Association of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Attempts in Psychiatric Patients. Hemendra Singh, V. Senthil Kumar Reddi, Prabha S Chandra. 5th Asian Pacific Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Chennai, India, 29 November - 2 December 2012.
National Journal Papers
  • Shailaja B, Singh Hemendra, Chaudhury S, Thyloth M. COVID‑19 pandemic and its aftermath: Knowledge, attitude, behavior, and mental health‑care needs of medical undergraduates. Ind Psychiatry J 2020;29:51‑60(Pubmed)
  • Kumari M, Singh Hemendra, Keerthi GDU, Mudigubba MK. Neuropsychiatric manifestations in multiple sclerosis: clinical case report and review of literature. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2020;11:127-9. doi: 10.5958/2394-2061.2020.00018.X. Epub 2020 Apr 12 (Index Copernicus, DOAJ)
  • Bhaumik U, Singh Hemendra. Psychosis associated with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2020;11:43-5. (Index Copernicus, DOAJ)
  • Hemendra Singh, Anil Kukinje; Neurobiology of Suicidal Behaviour and Suicide. Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry. Indian Association of Biological Psychiatry. 2019-20. (Book Chapter)
  • Subeesh, V., Maheswari, E., Singh, H., Beulah, E. Adverse drug reactions due to atypical antipsychotics in the absence of other centrally acting drugs among patients with mental illness. Arch Pharma Pract 2019;10(2):105-9. (Scopus Indexed)
  • Anitha Shivanand, Hemendra Singh, Nandini, Mahesh Eswarappa. A Study of Quality of Life and Coping Style among Haemodialysis Patients. The International Journal of Indian Psychology. 7(1):908-9015
  • Hemendra Singh, Udayan Bhaumik, Adarsh Basaveshwara, Aditi Singh. Bowel Incontinence associated with Risperidone: A Case Report, Telangana Journal of Psychiatry, Jan-June 2019:5(1). (Index Copernicus)
  • Hemendra Singh, Sahana Amarnath Boggaram, Mamatha Krishna Murthy, ATK Rau. Acute olanzapine toxicity in a toddler: a case report and review of literature. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2019 Apr 16. (Index Copernicus, DOAJ)
  • Hemendra Singh, Udayan bhaumick. Neuropsychiatric manifestations associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report and selective review of literature. Telangana Journal of Psychiatry, July-December 2018:4(2):106-108. (Index Copernicus)
  • Hemendra Singh, Murali Thyloth. Psychosocial Rehabilitation. Social psychiatry Principals & Clinical Perspectives Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, Oct, 2018 (Book Chapter)
  • Santhoshi Kashyap, Hemendra Singh. A Study of Pattern of Mobile Use among Urban Indian Students, Indian Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2018.
  • Hemendra Singh. Suicide in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Review of Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates. Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry, January-June 2018;12(1):1-7 (Index Copernicus)
  • Hemendra Singh, Santhoshi Kashyap, Archadhaa Sivakanthan. An overview of obsessive compulsive disorder and suicidal behaviour. Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences. Jan, 2018 (Index Copernicus, DOAJ)
  • Hemendra Singh,Mamtha K, Santh T Rani, Sandra Magdalene, Jency S sabu, Reshma E Jeny. A study of adverse drug reactions associated with antipsychotic drugs among female patients attending outpatient psychiatry department. Andhra Pradesh journal of Psychosocial Medicine, Nov, 2017 (Scopus Indexed)
  • Hemendra Singh, MariayaYaccob, LettySabu, Mamtha K,. Adeverse Drug reactions monitoring of psychotropic drugs: a tertiary care center study. Open Access Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, May, 2017. (Index Copernicus, DOAJ)
  • Hemendra Singh,Mamta S Chabaria, Meenakshi P. Giri.Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infection (PANDAS). Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry, April 2016. (Index Copernicus)
  • Hemnedra Singh, Hannah Awayz, MuraliThyloth. An Unusual case of Phobia: Hodophobia. International Journal of Indian Psychology, March 4(2)(95); 2017
  • Hemendra Singh. Non- Suicidal Self Injury and Suicidal Behaviour: From continuum to Dichotomy. Psychiatry and Mental Health, 1(1), 2017.
  • Hemendra Singh, Gayathri Devi HJ, MamathaChabaria, KarthikShekar. Isoniazid Induced Psychosis: Case Series from Tertiary Care Center. The Open Journal of Psychiatry& Allied Science, 2017 (DOAJ, Index Copernicus)
  • Hemendra Singh,MeghaShalavadi, MuraliThyloth. A Study of Attitude towards Suicide Prevention among Non Mental Health Care Providers. Telangana Journal of Psychiatry, 2017 (Index Copernicus)
  • Hemendra Singh, Padaminigiri, Anand Kale Gowda. A Case of Post Partum Psychosis associated with Right Parietal Lobe Venous Infarct. Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry, Sept, 2017. (Index Copernicus)
  • Hemendra Singh, MamthaChabaria, MuraliThyloth. Psychosis associated with Left Temporal Meningioma. A Clinical Enigma. Telangana Journal of Psychiatry, 2017. (Index Copernicus)
  • Hemendra Singh,Mamta S Chabaria, Meenakshi P. Giri . Post Stroke Othello Syndrome: A Rare Clinical Presentation of Right Parietal Lobe Infarct, Telangana Journal of Psychiatry, 2015:1(1);53-54. (Index Copernicus)
  • Hemendra Singh, Prabha S Chandra, V Senthil Kumar Reddi. A Study of Gender Differences in Psychiatric Patients with Attempted Suicide. Telangana journal of Psychiatry,2016:2(1):42-47. (Index Copernicus)
  • Mural Thyloth; Hemendra Singh; Vyjayanthi S. Increasing burden of mental illnesses across the globe - Current Status. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, Jan 2016;32(3):254-56. (Index Copernicus)
  • Singh Hemendra, Chandra PS, Reddi VSK. Clinical Correlates of Suicide in Suicidal Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Affective Disorders, Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2016; 38(6):517-522. (Pubmed Indexed, PMID: 28031586)
  • Hemendra Singh,Mamta S Chabaria, Meenakshi P. Giri, Persistent Hysterical Hiccups: A Possible Pathophysiological Mechanism. Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine, Dec 2016. (Scopus Indexed)
  • Singh Hemendra, Ganjekar S, Kalegowda A, Thyloth M. Unusual manifestation of therapeutic dose of lithium as SILENT (Syndrome of Irreversible Lithium-Effectuated Neurotoxicity). Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour,2015;20:80-1. (Index Copernicus)
  • Hemendra Singh, NaliniKilara, VyjayanthiSubramaniayan, MuraliThyloth. Voriconazole induced Psychosis in a case of acute myeloid leukemia with febrile neutropenia. Indian journal of Pharmacology, 332-33,47(3), 2015. (Pubmed Indexed, PMID: 26069376)
  • Singh Hemendra, Chandra PS, Reddi VSK. Prevalence and role of auditory hallucinations in psychiatric patients with attempted suicide. Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry, 42-51; 9(1) , April 2015. (Index Copernicus)
  • Singh Hemendra, Nanjundappa GB, Reddi VSK, Chandra PS. Carbamazepine induced astrexix with hyperammonemia: a case report with literature review. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 99-101(37), January, 2015. (Pubmed indexed, PMID: 25722523)
  • Singh Hemendra, Ganjekar S, Ghandhi BP, Thyloth M. A Case of Fregoli Syndrome and Erotomania Associated with Anemia. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behavior, September, 2014. (Index Copernicus)
  • Singh Hemendra. Steroid induced psychosis in a patient with acromegaly who responded well with haloperidol. Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry, 62-63(8) April 2014. (Index Copernicus)
  • Bhalchandra DA, Singh Hemendra, Chaturvedi SK. Need for sleep clinics in psychiatric practice. Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine, 1-5 (7) 2012. (Index Copernicus)
International Journal Papers
  • Hemendra S, Swati C. Role of Gatekeepers in Suicide Prevention During COVID-19 Pandemic. Glob J Addict Rehabil Med. 2022; 6(5): 555698
  • Hemendra Singh*, Gandlamandakal Shreyash, Sureshbabu Angondahalli Ramappa, Sri Prathima Kanneganti and Viswam Subeesh. Assessment of sleep quality and its predictors among newly diagnosed psychiatric patients. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 2021 (Pubmed Indexed, PMID: 33866696)
  • Viswam Subeesh,* Eswaran Maheswari,* Hemendra Singh, Reddy Neha,* and Faizan Mazhar. Finding Early Improvement Threshold to Predict Response After 8 Weeks of Treatment Using Risperidone in First-Episode Psychosis. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2021;41: 58–61 (Pubmed Indexed, PMID: 33347025)
  • Viswam Subeesh,EswaranMaheswari, Hemendra Singh. Early prediction of clinical response in first episode schizophrenia (FES) patients receiving olanzapine. April 2020International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 24(3):1-6 ( Pubmed Indexed, PMID: 32338556)
  • Viswam SUBEESH , Hemendra SI NGH *, Jocob JISSNA, Simon SONIA Association of medication adherence and treatment satisfaction among psychiatric outpatients. Minerva Psichiatr 2019;59:000-000. DOI: 10.23736/S0391-1772.19.02021-1) (Scopus Indexed)
  • Indushree THIPPESWAMY , Hemendra SINGH*, Mukunda NARAYANA REDDY, Mahesh ESWARAPPA, Suhail KHALID. Psychogenic intermittent polydipsia. Minerva Psichiatrica 2019 December;60(4):191-3. (Scopus Indexed)
  • Hemendra SINGH, Udayan BHAUMIK. Weight loss associated with clozapine: mechanism and review of literature. Minerva Psichiatrica 2018 September;59(3):160-2. (Scopus Indexed)
  • Debaleena DAS, Nivedita MAITY , Hemendra SINGH. A study of pattern of alcohol and nicotine dependence: an observational study. Minerva Psichiatrica 2018 March;59(1):16-21 (Scopus Indexed)
  • ViswamSubeesh,EswaranMaheswari, Hemendra Singh, Ann Mary Swaroop. Novel Adverse Events of Iloperidone: A Disproportionality Analysis in US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Database. Curr Drug Saf. 2018 Oct 25. (Pubmed Indexed, PMID: 30362421)
  • Simon SONI, Hemendra Singh*, Jacob jisna, Wiswam Subeesh. Evaluation of psychotropic drug adherence among psychiatric outpatients, Minnerva Psichiatrica, 2018 (Scopus Indexed)
  • Udaiyan Baumik, Hemendra Singh*. An unusual case of frontal lobe hemorrhage associated with cannabis abuse. Minerva Psichiatrica 2018 June;59(2):67-94 (Scopus Indexed)
  • Viswam subeesh, Hemendra singh*, Eswaran maheswari, Thomas Beulah. Novel adverse events of blonanserin: a disproportionality analysis in the united states food and drug administration adverse event reporting system database. Minerva Psichiatrica 2018 June;59(2):67-94 (Scopus Indexed)
  • Aditi Singh and Hemendra Singh*. Interventions for Suicide Prevention: The Needof the Hour. Glob J Add & Rehab Med 5(1): GJARM.MS.ID.555651 (2018)
  • Sahana A Bhogaram, Hemendra Singh*, Tadavarthi S Manikanta, E Mahaswari. An exploratory study of identification of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy. Minerva Psichiatrica 2017 December;58(4):203-8. (Scopus Indexed)
  • Hemendra Singh*, Rahul Rao M, Radhika A, MuraliThyloth. Disulfiram Induced Psychosis. Journal of Addiction and Dependence, 2017.
  • ViswamSubeesh, HemendraSingh, EswaranMaheswari, Thomas Beulah.Novel Adverse Events of Vortioxetine: A Disproportionality Analysis in USFDA Adverse Event Reporting System database. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Dec;30:152-156, 2017. (Pubmed Indexed, PMID: 28942181)
  • Nagshree V, Hemendra Singh*: A study of emotional regulation process among patients with current suicide attempts. Minerva Psichiatrica, September;58(3):113-7, 2017 (Scopus Indexed)
  • Mamatha K, Hemendra Singh*, Santh Rani Thakur. A study of adverse drug reactions associated with antidepressant drugs among female patients attending department of psychiatry. Minerva Psichiatr. 58(2), 90-96. 2017 (Scopus Indexed)
  • Mamatha K, Hemendra Singh*, Santh Rani Thakur. A study of drug utilization pattern of psychotropic drugs among female patients with psychotic disorders: a prospective study. Minerva Psichiatric58(2), 85-89, 2017. (Scopus Indexed)
  • Dableena Das, Hemendra Singh*, Cycloserine induced depression in a case of multidrug resistant tuberculosis. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Oct 2017. (Index Copernicus)
  • LettySabu, MariayaYaccob, Mamtha K, Hemendra Singh. Drug utilization pattern of psychotropic drugs in psychiatric outpatientdepartment in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Asian journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 10(1), Jan. 2017. (Indexed in Embase, EBSCO)
  • Non- Suicidal Self Injury and Suicidal Behaviour in Borderline Personality Disorders: Hemendra Singh, Journal of Addiction and dependence,J AddictDepend 2(3): 1- 2, 2015.
  • Singh Hemendra, Chandra PS, Reddi VSK: Association of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Attempts in Psychiatric inpatients with High Suicidal Risk, Suicidology Online, Nov. 2016; 7:51-57. (Indexed DOAJ)
  • Hemendra Singh; PreethyMathew;Guru S Gowda. Suicide among Major Mental Illnesses with Substance Use Disorders, Journal of Addiction Dependence;Jan 2016; 2(1):1-4.
  • Hemendra Singh, Preethy Mathew, AshwiniPavithran, Eby Mathew, Firoz Kazhungil. Baclofen-Induced Morbiliform Rashes in Alcohol Dependence:A Case Report. Journal of Addiction Dependence 1(2): 1-2. 2015.
  • Singh Hemendra, Bhalchandra DA, Sarmukaddam S, Chaturvedi SK. Readmission of psychiatric patients in India: socio-demographic factors. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 398-409(7), Oct. 2013. (Scopus Indexed)

  • Indian Psychiatric Society
  • Indian Association of Private Psychiatry
  • World Association of Psycho-Social Rehabilitation (Indian Chapter)
  • Indian Psychiatric Society (South Zone)

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M S Ramaiah Nagar, MSRIT, Bangalore 560054