2002 

M.B.B.S. 

VSS Medical College 

 

2010

M.D.

Banaras Hindu University 

Winner of the Torrent Young Scholar Award Programme (east zone) 2009. 

Member Indian Psychiatric Society, Member Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Member Indian Association of Geriatric Mental Health, Member Indian Association of Social Psychiatry 

International Publications:

Parakh P. Adverse health effects of nonmedical cannabis use. Lancet 2010; 375 (9710): 196-7.

Parakh P, Srivastava M. The many faces of trichotillomania. International Journal of Trichology 2010; 2(1): 50-2.

Parakh P. Gender issues in life event research in India: A critical appraisal of the presumptive stressful life events scale. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2011; 4: 19–21.

Grover S, Nebhinani N, Chakrabarti S, Parakh P, Ghormode D. Metabolic syndrome in antipsychotic naïve patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2012; 6: 326-31.

Mattoo SK, Parakh P. Mephentermine dependence: an emerging challenge. CNS Neurosciences and Therapeutics 2012; 18(6): 509-10.

Malhotra S, Subodh BN, Parakh P, Lahariya S. Brief Report: Childhood disintegrative disorder as a likely manifestation of vitamin B12 deficiency. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2013 Jan 20. [Epub ahead of print] DOI 10.1007/s10803-013-1762-6

Parakh P. Letter by Parakh Regarding Article, "Cannabis-Related Stroke: Myth or Reality?" Stroke 2013 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print]

Parakh P, Basu D. Cannabis and psychosis: Have we found the missing links? Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2013 May 3. [Epub ahead of print]

Grover S, Parakh P, Sharma A, Rao P, Modi M, Kumar A. Catatonia in systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report and review of literature. Accepted for publication in Lupus.

National Publications:

Parakh P, Srivastava M. Delirium in the elderly – A review. Indian Journal of Gerontology 2010; 24(2):170-77.

Srivastava M, Parakh P, Srivastava M. Predictors and prevalence of nicotine use in females: A village-based community study. Industrial Psychiatry Journal 2010; 19(2):125-9.

Parakh P, Basu D. Recent advances in the pharmacological management of psychoactive substance dependence. Accepted for publication in Drugs Bulletin.

Book Chapters:

Parakh P. Teratogenic effects of psychotropic medications. In, Sharma I (ed). Women Mental Health. Varanasi, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2009;77-84.

Srivastava R, Parakh P. Control of maternal anaemia: Relationship with mental health of mother and baby. In, Sharma I (ed). Women Mental Health. Varanasi, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2009;273-85.

Parakh P. Gender issues in mental health. In, Sharma I (ed). Women Mental Health. Varanasi, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2009;332-47.