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If you are looking for a psychiatrist in Patna who treats you as a person rather than a diagnosis, Healthy Minds India is the practice patients across Bihar turn to. Led by Dr. Saurabh Kumar - an AIIMS-trained consultant neuropsychiatrist honoured with the Anil Malhotra Award by the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry - the clinic combines the rigour of academic psychiatry with the kind of unhurried, judgement-free care that makes it easier to ask for help in the first place. Whether you have been searching for the best psychiatrist in Patna, a manorog doctor near you, or a manochikitsak in Patna you can trust with a difficult conversation, this is where that search can end.
Since 2014, Dr. Kumar has treated patients from every part of the city - Boring Road, Kankarbagh, Rajendra Nagar, Bailey Road and well beyond - both in person at the clinic in Sri Krishna Puri and over video for patients calling in from elsewhere in Bihar. Below is everything you need to know about the clinic, the conditions it treats, and how to visit.
Healthy Minds India is a psychiatry (manorog) clinic in Sri Krishna Puri, Patna, built around one idea: that good psychiatric care is both evidence-based and personal. Dr. Saurabh Kumar holds an MD in Psychiatry from AIIMS, New Delhi, and an MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, with further training in medical neurosciences at Duke University and in sleep and sexual health in psychiatry at the University of Michigan, and holds University of Colorado certificates in managing ADHD, autism and learning disabilities and in providing social, emotional, behavioral and special education services in schools. He has served as a Senior Resident and Senior Research Officer at AIIMS New Delhi, and at PMCH, Patna, and is a member of the Indian Psychiatric Society and the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry. Consultations are available in person or online, in English and Hindi, with a 24/7 emergency helpline for patients already under his care.
A psychiatrist, called manochikitsak (मनोचिकित्सक) or manorog doctor in Hindi, is a medical doctor trained to diagnose and treat conditions that affect mood, thought and behaviour. At Healthy Minds India, Dr. Saurabh Kumar treats depression, anxiety and panic disorders, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, sleep disorders and insomnia, ADHD, alcohol, opioid and tobacco de-addiction, psychosexual difficulties, and stress-related and neuropsychiatric conditions - in adults, adolescents and children.
A psychiatrist and a manorog doctor are the same thing - psychiatrist is simply the English term, and manorog doctor (or manochikitsak) is how the same specialist is described in Hindi. A psychologist, by contrast, is not a medical doctor and cannot prescribe medication; psychologists are trained in talk therapy and psychological assessment. Dr. Saurabh Kumar, as a psychiatrist, can do both: he prescribes and manages medication where it is clinically needed, and combines it with therapy and counselling - so a patient is never limited to only one kind of care.
Care at Healthy Minds India is never medication alone. Dr. Kumar builds each treatment plan around what a patient actually needs - pharmacotherapy where appropriate, psychotherapy and counselling, biofeedback, and, for treatment-resistant depression and certain other conditions, in-clinic neuromodulation therapies such as rTMS and tDCS. The aim throughout is the same: symptom relief that holds up over time, not just a prescription handed across a desk.
See a psychiatrist if low mood, worry, sleep problems or a change in behaviour has lasted more than two weeks and is affecting your work, relationships or daily life - you do not need to wait until things feel unbearable. Common signs it is time to book an appointment include persistent sadness or hopelessness, panic attacks or constant anxiety, difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much, withdrawing from people you care about, using alcohol or substances to cope, or noticeable changes in mood or behaviour that people close to you have pointed out. None of these require a referral - you can call the clinic directly.
Yes - Dr. Saurabh Kumar sees patients over video consultation as well as in person, which matters if you are calling in from outside Patna city, from elsewhere in Bihar, or simply cannot get away during clinic hours. An online consultation follows the same assessment process as an in-person visit and can lead to the same prescriptions and follow-up care; only certain physical examinations and in-clinic treatments, such as rTMS, require a visit to the clinic itself. Many patients start online and move to in-person care later, or the other way round, without losing continuity of treatment.
Dr. Saurabh Kumar is an AIIMS-trained consultant neuropsychiatrist and the founder of the Bihar Healthy Mind Foundation, a non-profit running mental health awareness programmes across Bihar. In 2017 he received the Anil Malhotra Award from the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry. His published research spans lithium maintenance therapy in bipolar disorder, problematic internet use among engineering students, and the use of lorazepam-assisted interviews in resistant functional dysphonia - work that sits alongside a clinical practice built specifically around patients in Patna and across Bihar.
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Visit the clinic
Healthy Minds India is easy to find whether you are coming from Boring Road, Kankarbagh or elsewhere in Patna - the clinic sits inside Sri Krishna Puri, a short way off the main road. The address below links straight to the clinic's Google listing for turn-by-turn directions and current parking guidance.
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Patna's psychiatry clinic for depression, anxiety and psychiatric (manorog) care - in person or online.
