Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS) is an Indian

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institute in

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

under the

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. The permanent campus of the institute is situated adjacent to the

Government Medical College, Kozhikode Government Medical College, Kozhikode, also known as Calicut Medical College (CMC), is a school of medicine in Kozhikode (formerly Calicut) in the Indian state of Kerala. The college was established in 1957 as the second medical college in Keral ...

The institution was set up through a government order in 1983 and was chosen to be a centre for excellence by the

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in 2009. The institution leads the

Community mental health service Center for Mental Health Services''(CMHS), also known as community mental health teams (CMHT) in the United Kingdom, support or treat people with mental disorders (mental illness or mental health difficulties) in a domiciliary setting, instead o ...

s in the state of Kerala with support from the Kerala State Mental Health Programme

Education

IMHANS is a teaching hospital with postgraduate programmes in

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. The academic programme is affiliated with the

Kerala University of Health Sciences Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) is a state university located in Thrissur, Kerala, India. It was established by the Kerala University of Health Sciences Act 2010, for ensuring proper and systematic instruction, teaching, training, a ...

. Additionally M.Phil. programmes in Clinical Psychology and Psychiatric Social work are offered. The institution also offers a specialized post-basic diploma programme in Psychiatric Nursing

Research

The Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences has a state of art molecular laboratory with infrastructure for molecular assays including real-time polymerase chain reaction equipment, Capillary Sequencer, and other instruments required for bioinformatics, biochemical and neurophysiology studies. A recent agreement with the

Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) is a scientific research institute devoted primarily to biological research. It is a part of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. The institute was founded i ...

aimed at developing a laboratory for molecular genetics diagnosis and research is in the anvil. This initiative aims to develop the Neuroscience Research laboratory at the institute into a centre of excellence in genetic diseases.

References

External links

Official website
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