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About Author
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Sanu Pal on 15 July, 2009 12:38:00
 
DEAR ALL
I am Dr Sanu Pal, a qualified psychiatrist and achieved MBBS, DPM (Diploma in
Psychological Medicine), MD, and FIPS (Fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society) and
presently registered as psychiatrist with Medical council of India and New
Zealand Medical council.
Work experience: I worked as Residential Medical officer and clinical tutor in
Psychiatry department of R.G. Kar Medical college, Kolkata, India; Senior
Specialist Medical Officer (SSMO) and then as Chief of Psychiatry, Department of
Health, Papua New Guinea; Consultant Psychiatrist (Senior Medical Officer), in
Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand (current position); Consultant
Psychiatrist in Bermuda Health Board, in Bermuda.
I have been practising psychiatry since 1984 and have extensive experience in
managing all types of patients from diverse country and culture. This includes,
European, Asian (Chinese and Koreans, Japanese), African (Somalis, Ethiopians),
South-east Asian countries, pacific islanders, middle-easterners, Latin
Americans etc).
I have practiced psychiatry in rural and urban areas of West Bengal, and so
managed patients of different back ground and socioeconomic conditions and
patients both in hospital and community settings.
In Papua New Guinea, I was involved in development of ten year mental health
planning for the country, apart from I was superintendent of Psychiatric
Hospital at Port Moresby, and also taught at the University of Papua New Guinea.
And in Auckland for about six years I was involved in development and lead
psychiatrist of Trans-cultural Mental Health Service in Auckland. I was involved
in preparing Interpreters user manual in Auckland.
In Bermuda I was involved in Rehabilitation Psychiatry, also involved in
learning disability and managing patients in prisons.
Over the years I have noted that information of mental illnesses and cultural
characteristics and managing mental patients in different cultural communities
has not been adequate and beside that there is no reliable site that can address
those issues.  Information in local language in also is rare and not easily
accessible.
Doctors are also so busy that they find difficult to give enough information
about mental illness, it’s signs and symptoms and it’s management, including
the rehabilitation or recovery.  This site will provide the above information
and this can be accessed easily, the leaflets about patient information may be
downloaded and printed free. Initially the information materials will be in
English and Bengali, in near future it will be available also in Hindi.
I would appreciate your comments so that the site can be improved and useful for
patients, family and health workers. Please read the disclaimer before you
access the information.
other providers for the website will be included in near future.