Overview

Dr. Irene Mary Ike is a psychiatrist with postgraduate training in Psychiatry and clinical experience in inpatient, outpatient, emergency, consultation-liaison, and community mental health settings. She recently worked as Senior Resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

She has been trained in the assessment and management of mental, emotional and behavioural disorders across the lifespan, with stated experience in psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, psychoeducation, multidisciplinary teamwork, undergraduate teaching, and academic activities.

Education

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, under Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka.

Medical Experience

• Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

• Junior Resident, MD Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

• Non-academic Junior Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, non-COVID ICU setting, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, Kerala

Areas of Expertise

• Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and management of mental, emotional and behavioural disorders in inpatient and outpatient settings.

• Psychopharmacology and psychotherapy-based interventions.

• Psychoeducation, supportive psychotherapy, and counselling.

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT).

• Good Psychiatric Management (GPM), Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI), Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), Sensate Focus Therapy (SFT), and anxiety reduction therapy.

• Management of acute and chronic psychiatric conditions, including severe mental illness.

• Consultation-liaison psychiatry for medical, surgical, oncology, obstetric and gynaecology referrals.

• De-addiction, perinatal psychiatry, suicide prevention, disability services, and opioid substitution therapy clinic exposure.

• Community mental health services, including district mental health programme exposure and public mental health awareness activities.

Certifications and Professional Memberships

• Harvard Medical School online certificate in General Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder

• Basic Course in Biomedical Research certificate

• Good Clinical Practices certificate

• Basic Emergency Course for Doctors, including Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and Basic Life Support

• Infection Prevention and Control training

• Registered with Kerala State Medical Council

• Indian Psychiatric Society life ordinary member