Dr. Divya Gurunathan
Consultant Psychiatrist & Deaddiction Specialist

Dr. Divya Gurunathan

Psychiatry, De-addiction & Psychology

MD (Psychiatry) (NIMHANS, Bangalore)
Consults in Tamil & English & Kannada & Malayalam & Hindi
09.00am to 2.00pm
Kilpauk Medical College
Undergrad
MD
Postgraduate medicine
5
Languages spoken
Psychiatry & Deaddiction
Core specialty focus
About

Consultant Psychiatrist & Deaddiction Specialist

Dr. Divya Gurunathan is a Consultant Psychiatrist who completed her MD (Psychiatry) at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, where she was a Gold Medallist. Her special interests include child psychiatry, women's mental health, psychotherapy and neuromodulation. She has broad training across general adult, child and adolescent, addiction, consultation-liaison, community and forensic psychiatry, and is trained in non-invasive brain stimulation techniques.

Areas of Expertise

What Divya Gurunathan treats

Child and adolescent psychiatry

Women's and perinatal mental health

Psychotherapy

Addiction psychiatry / de-addiction

Schizophrenia, OCD and mood disorders

Geriatric and neuropsychiatry

Procedures & Treatments

Procedures performed

  • Non-invasive brain stimulation Modified ECT, rTMS, tDCS
  • Psychotherapy (supervised, 117 hours)
  • Telepsychiatry assessment and aftercare
Education & Training

Credentials & residency

MBBS

Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

2015-2021

MD (Psychiatry)

NIMHANS, Bangalore

2022-2025

Junior Resident, Psychiatry

NIMHANS, Bangalore (Aug 2022–Aug 2025)

Awards & Recognitions

Distinctions

Gold Medallist MD Psychiatry, NIMHANS (2025)
All-India INICET rank 287 (July 2022)
Best Psychotherapy Award (2nd place), NIMHANS (2024–25)
Gold Medal Obstetrics & Gynaecology, MBBS (2021)
First Place IPS Karnataka PG Psychiatry Quiz (2025); First Place — National CAP CME Quiz (2024)
Academic & Research

Publications

Thesis: Clinical and Neuroimaging Correlates of Cognitive Insight in Schizophrenia — A Prospective Cohort Study (NIMHANS)