Dr. Sonali Aggarwal

Expertise

• Experienced in managing outpatients and inpatients.
• Clinical experience in diagnosing and managing acute exacerbations of major mental illness, severe mental illnesses, Covid 19 patients, disability assessment.
• Hands on experience in somatic therapies like ECT.
• Have experience of community mental health services in district mental health center, various shelter homes, prison, old age homes, orphanages, and homes for the intellectually disabled. Had been associated with various NGOs.
• Also, have hands-on experience in psychological tests and therapies like supportive therapy, CBT, DBT, BT and so on.
• Experience in psychiatric rehabilitation and managing patients in mental health institute.

Qualification Details

• MD Psychiatry from Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, 2023
• MBBS from Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, 2019

Conferences

• Annual midterm CME of IPS NZ, 2020
• Basic course in biomedical research, 2020
• Introductory workshop on transgender health organised by ATHI, HPQI, IPS, May, 2022
• ACIPS NZ 2022
• NCIASP 2022
• ADDICON 2022
• ANCIPS 2023
• Attended workshop on recent somatic therapies like rTMS, tDCS

Publications

Original research

• Sidana A, Aggarwal S, Arshdeep, Kardam K. Extent and severity of Internet Addiction in persons with Common Mental Disorders: A cross-sectional study. Accepted to be published in Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2022
• Aggarwal S, Arun P, Mehta S. Personality traits and psychiatric comorbidities in individuals with internet use disorder (Thesis). Completed and sub, titled in the university. 2022
• Chauhan N, Aggarwal S. Piracetam Induced Psychotic Symptoms in A Preadolescent Girl with Intellectual Disability. Indian J Pharm Drugs Stud. 2022;2:47-8. Available from: https://mansapublishers.com/index.php/ijpds/article/view/3102
• Singh G pal, Aggarwal S. The implications of COVID-19 on the mental health of patients with treatment-resistant depression: challenges and recent strategies. Indian J Integr Med. 2022;4. Available from: https://mansapublishers.com/index.php/ijim/article/view/3476