For Part 4 of the Mental Health Series, we interview a leading national child and teen psychiatrist who clears many misconceptions about seeking professional help for children. Please see below for more about Dr. Raghavendra. Dr. Raghavendra Kumar K.MBBS, MD Psychiatry, DM Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (NIMHANS) Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (NIMHANS)Diploma in Psychiatry (NIMHANS)Post Graduate Diploma in Child rights Law (National Law School of India University) He has a vast and multi-dimensional experience of more than 13 years in treating Child & Adolescent Psychiatric conditions, all acquired at prestigious institutes of India. He has been the first rank holder for the national level entrance exams in NIMHANS. He is the first child psychiatrist in India to become a qualified child rights advocate after finishing his course in Child Rights Law (PGDCRL). He is one of the very few Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in the nation, who is skilled in both pharmacological as well as psychological therapies. He is a visiting Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health (IGICH) one of the most prestigious and a tertiary care paediatric hospitals in India. He is currently pursuing his Course in Developmental Neurology from Trivandrum Medical College. He will be the first Child Psychiatrist to become a qualified developmental neurologist upon completing it. He is the director of Mana Mandira Healthcare, Bengaluru; one of its kind child mental health start-up in India. He has been a guest speaker at several conferences. He has been a resource person for several parenting workshops at national as well as international level. He has been invited twice as a panelist to the workshops pertaining to child mental health by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Govt of India. General Information Subscribers are requested to look for The Hindu Parenting notification emails for new podcasts/posts in their email promotions/spam tab and personally move these into the main inbox. Thereafter all posts will be delivered to their main inbox. Thank you! For questions that you’d like us to address, please use the form below: Hindu Parenting Questions For comments and suggestions, please use the comments tab or write to us at [email protected] Please note that questions will not be answered on email. Do subscribe to our substack and follow us on our social media handles Twitter: hinduparenting Instagram: hinduparenting Telegram: t.me/hinduparenting Facebook: facebook.com/hinduparenting Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/hinduparenting Koo: hinduparenting Copyright belongs to Hindu Parenting. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hinduparenting.substack.com