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 Dr Archana Singh                                                  Dr Archana Singh received the Youth Icon of Bihar award based on

                                                                   her popularity among the youth. Her centre collaborates with many

                                                                   schools to run school mental health programs. Dr Singh believes that
 Psychiatrist                                                      early detection and management of mental health issues in children

 MBBS, MD, DPM                                                             can help in enhancing their growth and development.

 Fellow IPS, IAPP, APSI, IMA




                                      She wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth; she   addiction psychiatry. Her team hold   Working Committee of the IMA
                                   has strived hard to see the light of this day. She was born   various programs to create awareness   Bihar State Branch for 2022-2023.
 here’s   a famous saying that “anyone can hold the   in  a  middle-class  family  in  Varanasi.  Dr  Singh’s  father,   regarding substance-related issues.  Considering her services to the
 helm  when  the  sea  is  calm”,  but  Dr  Archana  Singh   a  bank  employee,  and  mother,  a  housewife,  moved  to   In conversation with the Dinesh   people of Bihar and treatment of
 made her way by beating all odds and reached the top-  Varanasi (UP) in their early carrier, where she received all   Anand, she narrated how painful it   needy people during disasters and
 notch  by  her  courage,  fierce  willingness  to  hold  her   her school education with her three siblings. Her parents   is to see lives suffering from mental   crises via an NGO called ‘Yugaantar’
 grounds  in  the  male-dominating  and  a  not  so  open-  had a broader vision, always supported her dreams, and   illnesses without treatment and how   and  also  under  the  banner  of
 minded community of Bihar. She wears her heart on   wanted her to itch a mark in society and have an identity   we as a society lack compassion   Divyansh Foundation, a famous
 her sleeves and has emerged as the apex prototype   of her own. Dr Singh suffered a major setback when she   towards persons with mental illnesses.   National Magazine bestowed on her
 of  a  successful,  confident  and  yet  humble   lost her elder sister in Tsunami in 2004, right at the time   Lack of awareness, education,   ‘Visionaries of Bihar’ award in 2021.
 psychiatrist.                     of her MBBS internship. It won’t be wrong to say that her   poverty and stigma associated with   It was honoured by renowned actor
 Dr Archana Singh did her MBBS from Calcutta   life has been no less than a roller coaster ride. Her entire   mental disorders are some of the   Mr Pankaj Tripathi.
 National  Medical  College,  Kolkata,  in  2005,  and  M.D  in   pregnancy passed running up and down from Patna to   major reasons for the treatment gap.   Dr Archana Singh received the
 psychiatry after doing DPM from the famous Central   Varanasi only to be able to arrange and provide the best   To address these issues, her centre   Youth  Icon  of  Bihar  award  based
 Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi. After completing   treatment for her father, who had been battling cancer for   runs various campaigns, awareness   on her popularity among the youth.
 her  studies,  she  opened  her  psychiatric  centre,  ‘Divyansh   a very long time, but he finally succumbed. She took this   programs and support programs   Her  centre  collaborates  with  many
 Neuropsychiatry Centre’ at Ashiana Nagar, Patna, to treat   news courageously and moved forward, setting up her   to  reduce  the  treatment  gap  and   schools to run school mental health
 psychiatric disorders and psychological issues. Dr Singh’s   centre and catering to the needs of psychiatric patients.   enhance patients’ lives.    programs.  Dr  Singh  believes  that
 centre offers not just the necessary investigations like EEG,   All this while she received constant love and support from   Dr Singh is affiliated with many   early  detection  and  management  of
 ECG,  and  psychological  testing  but  also  the  need-based   her husband; therefore, it would be no exaggeration if we   professional  organizations. She  is   mental health issues in children can
 psychotherapeutic  management,    alter  an  adage  and  say  that  behind  the  most  successful   an active and fellow member of the   help in enhancing their growth and
 biofeedback,  and  counselling  to   women, there’s a man                      Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS), the   development.
 clients and patients from all strata   Dr Archana Singh, a mother of nine-year-old Divyansh   largest organization of psychiatrists   Her patients, irrespective of age,
 of society. Dr Singh is an assistant   Baladitya  Singh  and  four-year-old  Aadvik  Baladitya   in India, the Indian Association of   gender, or socioeconomic status,
 professor at Netaji Subhash Medical   Singh, says that her focus and emphasis are primarily on   Private  Psychiatry  (IAPP)  and  the   have shown faith in her treatment,
 Dr Singh is affiliated with many professional organizations. She is an   College and Hospital,  Patna. Dr   the mental health of women and children. Women face   Addiction Psychiatric Society of   followed by her words of compassion
                                                                                India (APSI).
                                   different challenges and change at every age, e.g. during
 Singh firmly believes that promoting
                                                                                                              for over a decade.
 active and fellow member of the Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS), the   mental health and attaining their   pregnancy, while giving birth and postpartum. They go   She  is  also  an  active  member   We sincerely hope for her that
 largest organization of psychiatrists in India, the Indian Association   potential  and  improved  quality  of   through so many changes at the physical and emotional   of the Indian Medical Association   next  time  she  wouldn’t  need  any
                                                                                                              introduction and that her name
                                                                                (IMA) and had awarded with National
                                   levels. During this, sometimes situations are as such
 life is the right of every individual.
 of Private Psychiatry (IAPP) and the Addiction Psychiatric Society   Because of this,  and to  make her   or are created that adversely affect their mental health,   President Special Appreciation Award   would suffice. We wish her well and
 of India (APSI).   centre  more  approachable,  she   which must not be ignored. We should talk openly and   of IMA in 2021 for her extraordinary   success in life.
                                                                                organizational  skills.  She  has  been
 provides free consultation and
                                   frankly with such patients to administer timely treatment.
 medications to patients with poor   Other  areas  of  her  interest  are  geriatric  psychiatry  and   nominated as a member of the State
 socioeconomic status.
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