Dr. H Swarna Rekha

Consultant (Psychiatrist)

Psychiatry

Languages: English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada

About

QUALIFICATIONS:

M.B.B.S (2017) - Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bengaluru

M.D Psychiatry (2021) - National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

(NIMHANS), Bengaluru

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, JIPMER (Puducherry) - 2nd May 2022 to 18th September, 2022
Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (Bengaluru) - 23rd September, 2022 to 5th May, 2025
Assistant Professor – Department of Psychiatry - Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College & Research Institute (SABVMCRI) Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital, Bengaluru (May 2025– March 2026)

AREAS OF INTEREST:

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Addiction Psychiatry

Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Geriatric Psychiatry

Community Psychiatry

AWARDS RECEIVED:

1. Awarded Certificate of Merit for Outstanding academic performance for being among the top 0.1% of successful candidates of the All India Secondary School Examination 2009 in Social Science.

2. Presented a Paper nominated for the J.C. Marfatia award for the best unpublished paper titled “Psychological Stress and Burden in Caregivers of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorder” at the 17th Biennial National Conference of the Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (IACAMCON 2023), held at NIMHANS, Bengaluru between 16th and 18th of November, 2023.

3. Presented a poster titled “Bipolar affective disorder in a patient with Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome” at the Bipolar Disorder International Conference (BDICON) 2024, held at NIMHANS, Bengaluru, between 9th and 10th March 2024.

4. Presented a poster titled “A Bibliometric Analysis of the Cannabis Dependence and Bipolar Disorder Research Literature” at the Bipolar Disorder International Conference (BDICON) 2024 held at NIMHANS, Bengaluru, between 9th and 10th March 2024.

5. Presented a poster titled “Seizure in a patient with continuous theta burst stimulation for alcohol dependence and successful rechallenge in the NSICON 2024: 1st Annual Conference of the Neuromodulation Society (India) programme held on 29th Sept 2024 at NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bengaluru.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Book - Community Psychiatry during the Pandemic 2020, 2nd Edition Chapter - Introduction to Community Psychiatry Murugesan M, Swarna Rekha, Moirangthem S, Suresh Bada Math, Kumar CN. Introduction to Community Psychiatry. In: Dinakaran D, Manjunatha N, Moirangthem S, Kumar CN, Suresh Bada Math, editors. Community Psychiatry during the Pandemic 2020, 2nd Edition. India: Medscientist Pvt Ltd; 2020. p. 1-25.

2. Case report - Voriconazole-induced psychosis in rhino-orbital invasive aspergillosis Rekha HS, Paramasivam S, Raja K, et al Voriconazole-induced psychosis in rhinoorbital invasive aspergillosis BMJ Case Reports CP 2023;16:e254790

3. Case report - Bipolar affective disorder in a patient with Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome Shibu A, Swarna Rekha H, Ramachandraiah S, Kenchaiah R, Hanumanthapura Ramlingaiah A, Muliyala KP. Bipolar affective disorder in a patient with Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome. Bipolar Disord. 2024; 26: 626-629. doi:10.1111/bdi.13449

4. Rechallenge following seizure in a patient receiving continuous theta burst stimulation for alcohol dependence Narasimha VL, Udupa V, Rekha HS, V S, Mahadevan J, Shukla L, et al. Rechallenge following seizure in a patient receiving continuous theta burst stimulation for alcohol dependence. Brain Disorders [Internet]. 2025 Jul 1;100266. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dscb.2025.100266

She has attended various National and International Conferences during her Junior and Senior Residency period.

MEMBERSHIPS:

1. Life Member of Indian Medical Association (IMA)

2. Life Ordinary Member (LOM) of Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS)

3. Member Of Addiction Psychiatry Society of India (APSI)

4. Life Member of Indian Psychiatric Society – South Zone (IPS-SZ)

5. Life Member of Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM)

6. Life Fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society Karnataka Chapter (IPS-KC)

7. Life Fellow of Indian Association for Geriatric Mental Health (IAGMH)

Qualifications

M.B.B.S (2017)- Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute - Bengaluru
M.D Psychiatry (2021) - National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) - Bengaluru

Specializations

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Addiction Psychiatry
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Geriatric Psychiatry
Community Psychiatry