Honors/Awards
1. Student of the year, British Association for Sexual & Relationship therapists, UK, 2010
2. Gold medal for the best outgoing post graduate for the year 2003 from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
Other professional achievements
● Deshpande S, Meyer M, Rana A, Yates A, Coburn S, Trigwell P, The Leeds Psychosexual Medicine Service: evaluation of an NHS service for sexual dysfunction, Journal of Sexual and Relationship therapy, 2013 (awaiting print, available online)
● Bhardwaj R, Deshpande S, Audit on Antimuscarinic drugs, In: 101 recipes for Audit in Psychiatry, RCPsych Publications (2011).
● Rattehalli RD, Deshpande S, Introduction to Mental Health and its relevance to Dentistry, In: Textbook of Oral Medicine, Elsevier Publications (2010).
● Rattehalli RD, Deshpande S Jayaram M., Agitation and Sexual Disinhibition with Zopiclone: A Case Report, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, Vol 13, Issue 3, May/June 2009, 20-25
● Kannabiran M, Deshpande S, Walling A, Alagarsamy J, Protheroe D, Trigwell P, Cross sectional survey of disturbed behaviour in patients in general hospitals in Leeds, Postgraduate Medicine 2008; 84:428-431
● Siddiquee RA, Deshpande S, A case of genital self mutilation in a patient with psychosis, German Journal of Psychiatry 2007;10:25-28
● Reddy YC, D'Souza SM, Shetti C, Kandavel T, Deshpande S et al. An 11- to 13-year follow-up of 75 subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2005 Jun;66(6):744-9
● Deshpande S, Kar N (2006). Preventing Dementia: Gathering Evidence base on Risk Factors. In: Kar N, Jolley D, Mishra B (Eds). The Handbook of Dementia, Anshan Ltd
● Siddiquee RA, Deshpande S, Care pathway for the dying patient with dementia, Old Age Psychiatrist 2005,40:10-11
● Deshpande S, 'A comparative study of the clinical profile and the psychiatric co-morbidity in tension headache and migraine'. Dissertation accepted by Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) in Jul 2003.
● Deshpande S, Murali N, Sharma PSVN, “A Clinical Profile of 65 alcohol induced psychotic disorder patients from a General Hospital Psychiatry unit” Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2002; 44 (supplement):14 (abstract)