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Google Scholar jayantmahadevan@gmail.com < Back to People Page > Team Lead Dr Jayant Mahadevan Assistant Professor, Centre for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Genetic Testing & Genetic Counseling Services We offer comprehensive genetic testing services to diagnose and understand various neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. Our services include molecular diagnosis for conditions such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Huntington’s disease, and spinocerebellar ataxia. By providing accurate and timely genetic information, we support clinicians in making informed decisions about patient care and personalized treatment strategies. Who Will Benefit? Individuals suspected of having specific neurological or psychiatric illnesses, as determined by their treating specialist (neurologist or psychiatrist), will benefit from our services. How to Get an Appointment Appointments can be made through the GCAT clinic, which operates on Saturdays in collaboration with Neurology and other services. An initial workup, including a neurological or psychiatric evaluation, is essential to determine the necessary tests. Tests Done HD SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, SCA12, SCA27B (SCA50) SMA DMD FRDA

shwetasagrahar27@gmail.com < Back to People Page > Clinical Team Shweta S Agrahar Clinical Project Associate

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Google Scholar sjain.nimhans@gmail.com , docsanjeev.jain@gmail.com < Back to People Page > Team Lead Dr Sanjeev Jain Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychiatry Sanjeev Jain is a clinician and a teacher, and researches the genetic correlates of psychiatric and neurological disease. He studied medicine at the Delhi University (Maulana Azad Medical College); and did his post-graduate studies at the NIMHANS. He has been a Commonwealth Fellow at Cambridge (UK), and the co-Director of a NIH-Fogarty training and mentorship program. He has provided the lead for, and participated in, several population and cohort studies, and also provides genetic testing for several neuro-degenerative disorders, as well as counseling services for these families. This work includes the genetics of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s disease, as well as addiction and OCD. Over the past few years, discussions and collaboration with other colleagues at NIMHANS, the NCBS and inSTEM, have extended the research from the clinic, to the bench, using both clinical assessments (including MRI, EEG etc.) as well as tools of cellular and molecular biology, including WES, iPSC and neuronal cell lines from individuals diagnosed to have psychiatric illnesses, and their affected and unaffected relatives. He has been a member of the committee for drafting the Mental Health Policy document for India; and is also an Adjunct Faculty at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore. His other interests include the history of mental health services in India, from the colonial to the contemporary period. This work has helped understand the interface between science and medicine, and social responses to mental illness in India. The work has been supported by various funding agencies in India (DBT, ICMR, DST and the CSIR), as also the Wellcome Trust, NIH (Fogarty) and the MRC-ICMR.

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