RK Meher MD (Psychiatry) is currently Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, VSS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Burla, Odisha. He completed his MBBS from Medical College Kolkata, West Bengal, and MD in psychiatry from Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam. He finds immense pleasure in taking classes of undergraduate students and thoroughly understands their needs and lacunae. He has been taking lectures in psychiatry and clinical classes of MBBS and nursing students for the last 5 years. He is deeply engaged in academics and involved in a number of research projects at his current institution.
<div class="short-description" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"><div class="std" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">This book covers all the competencies in psychiatry as per the Competency Based Undergraduate Curriculum prescribed by National Medical Commission for Indian medical graduates. The text has been written as a conceptual framework and in a lucid manner to make it more interesting and engrossing for the undergraduate students. Some difficult to understand topics such as psychoanalysis, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality psychology have been written in such a manner that makes it easy to understand and memorise.</p><div><div id="product_tabs_description_tabbed_contents" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"><ol style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 15px 0px; list-style: none;"><div class="std" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Textbook also covers some basic topics which are necessary to have an in-depth understanding of psychiatry, such as neuroanatomy and neurophysiology pertaining to psychiatry, and psychopharmacology.Simple and easily reproducible illustrations and tables have been introduced at relevant places in the text to help the undergraduate student understand the core concepts in psychiatry better, especially the neurobiological aspects of psychiatric illnesses.</p></div></ol></div><div id="product_tabs_additional_tabbed_contents" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: none; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"></div></div></div></div>
