Dr. Gayathri Rajan

Dr Gayathri Rajan is a highly compassionate and skilled Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist dedicated to supporting young individuals and their families through a spectrum of complex mental health challenges. With extensive advanced training from India's leading medical institutions, she provides expert care in diagnosing and managing emotional, behavioral, developmental, and psychological issues in children and teenagers. Dr. Rajan’s empathetic, family-centered approach has established her as one of the most trusted pediatric psychiatrists in Kerala, currently affiliated with Aster MIMS Calicut. 

Dr Gayathri Rajan completed her MBBS from KMCT Medical College, Kozhikode, followed by MD in Psychiatry from Government Medical College, Kozhikode, and later obtained DM in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, where she received specialized advanced training in supporting children and adolescents.

Clinical Expertise and Focus

Dr. Rajan possesses specialized expertise honed to address the unique mental health landscape of youth:

• Neurodevelopmental Differences: In-depth understanding and specialized skills in the developmental trajectories and challenges faced by individuals and their families with neurodevelopmental differences.
• Comprehensive Psychiatric Care: Expert diagnosis and evidence-based management of a wide range of psychiatric conditions, including anxiety, depression, behavioral disorders, and developmental concerns.
• Therapeutic Support: Utilizing integrated treatment modalities, including pharmacotherapy and psychological interventions, tailored to the specific needs of the child and family.

Skills

• Detailed assessment for Autism and ADHD and administration of standardized rating scales and liaison with schoolteacher/counselor
• Parent Management Training for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Intellectual disability, including conducting Parent Support Groups.
• Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Management of behavioral issues secondary to primary medical issues such as pediatric post operative delirium, autoimmune encephalitis, type 1 diabetes, and other chronic physical comorbidities in child and adolescent population.
• Management of anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders in child and adolescent population
• Bio-psycho-social-model based case formulation and treatment planning for childhood onset mood and psychotic disorders.
• Habit reversal training for Tics, Tourette Disorder, Trichotillomania, Excoriation disorder in pediatric population.
• Play observation and play assessment and Play-based Therapies.
• Exposure and response prevention in pediatric obsessive compulsive and related disorder patients.
• Family assessment and family-based therapy for management of family conflicts leading to child and adolescent mental health issue