Dr. Parvathy Devi (IND)

Dr. Parvathy Devi MD (Ayu) is the leading Ayurvedic psychiatrist and psychotherapist in India.
For the last 25 years, she has been the Chief Physician and Superintendent of the prestigious Govt. Ayurveda Research Institute for Mental Health in Kottakkal, Kerala. In important publications, seminars and invitations to the most important national and international Ayurveda congresses, she shares her special wealth of experience in the treatment of depression, bipolar disorders, psychoses and other mental illnesses with the professional world. She is a member of the State Mental Health Authority, Kerala.
Her holistic approach to therapy demonstrates the amazing possibilities of Ayurvedic treatment based on the far-reaching recommendations of traditional Ayurveda in an area of health disorders that is becoming increasingly important today.
She works as the state coordinator for the project "Manasika" in 14 districts and "Harsham - Depression Clinics" in 6 districts of Kerala under the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and the National Ayush Mission.
She launched the project "Anavadya" for the treatment of mental health problems in transgender persons and initiated important steps for "Medha" - a school health program for the academically retarded, "Sudheeram" - for the therapeutic management of test anxiety in selected schools, "Solace" - for the holistic management of occupational stress, "Susmritam" - for the management of mild cognitive impairment and "Kusrti" - for the management of ADHD.
Her special commitment lies in the opening of a pediatric psychiatric department in her hospital.