 Dr.S.Vijayakumar started the practice on
the 7th of June 1975. After initially being a part of the Neurology
department he later started the Department of Psychiatry at Public Health
Centre (PHC) and Voluntary Health Services (VHS) to address the growing needs
of those with mental health problems. Apart from treating mental illness with
medications Dr.S.Vijayakumar and his team also focused on various psycho therapeutic techniques to bring about an improvement in the patients
quality of life. His current areas of interest are Spirituality and positive
mental health.
 Dr.
Lakshmi Vijayakumar started her practice nearly 20years back and is famous for her
research on Suicidal Prevention Stratergies. Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar founded Sneha in 1986,
India's premier suicide prevention centre. She was instrumental in the
inclusion of suicide prevention in the National Mental Health Policy of India
and she is currently working towards decriminalization of attempted suicide.
She is a member of the WHO's Network on suicide research and prevention and a
member of the International Academy of Suicide Research. She was the Vice
President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention for four
years and is currently the national representative for India. She has been
conferred with ‘Bharathi Gnananda’, ‘Woman of the year’ and ‘For the sake’
honors awards in India. She was the first Indian Women to be awarded the
Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom. She is
Currently an Associate Professor at the university of Melbourne and adjunct
professor at University of Griffith.
 Dr.Vinayak Vijayakumar After completing his D.P.M and M.D in Psychiatry he completed a Masters degree in Addiction. He received the International Scholars in Addiction Award during his course. After completing his Masters he continues to focus in the field of Addiction. He is also part of Addiction Medicine Department in VOLUNTARY HEALTH SERVICES (VHS) , CHENNAI. His focus is on bringing international models of care in the Management of Addiction to our country.
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