National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, abbreviated as NIMHANS, is a public university of higher education, learning and research and is located in Bangalore, India. The university was formed in the year 1925 as a mental hospital but later in late 1974 the university was renamed and declared as NIMHANS. The university conducts research in neuroscience, psychiatry and psychology as well as runs clinical work.
It offers programs in neurology, neurosurgery, neurology, child & adolescent psychiatry and etc. The admission process is done through the common entrance examination conducted by the university only. The academic department of the university includes Biophysics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Human Genetics, Mental Health Education, Clinical Psychology, Neuroanaesthesia, Neurochemistry, Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, Neurology, Clinical Neurosciences, Neuromicrobiology, Neurovirology, Neuropathology, Neurophysiology, Neurosurgery, Nursing, Psychiatric and Neurological Rehabilitation, Psychiatric Social Work, Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology and Speech Pathology & Audiology Department of psychiatry includes Child Psychiatry, De-addiction services, Geriatric Psychiatry, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Clinic, Perinatal Clinic, Tobacco Cessation Clinic, Metabolic Clinic, Prenatal Nutrition and Cookery Clinic and Community Mental Health Services.
There are five statutory body of the university which includes rehabilitation committee, ethics committee, academic committee and building and works committee. The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience is sponsored by the Indian Government and other international agencies which includes Department of Science and Technology (DST), WHO, Desperates United UNICEF, Oxfam, ICMR, CSIR and Alcoholics Anonymous. There funds also gathered through some charity resources. The institute also offers facilities like hostels ( separate for girls and boys), labs, research departments, sports club, gym, banks, post office and many more.
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences is a deemed located at in Bangalore district of Karnataka, India.
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