Department of Psychiatric Social Work
| Name :: | Mr. Mayank Kumar |
| Qualification:: | MSW, PGD in Human Rights, M.Phil. in Psychiatric Social Work, PhD (Pursuing) |
| Designation:: | Assistant Professor & HOD, Department of Psychiatric Social Work |
| Email ID:: | hello.mayank21@gmail.com / psw.dept@iopkolkata.ac.in |
| Area of Interest:: | Mental Health, Social Legislation & Social Policy, Human Rights, Social Work in Correctional Setting, De-Addiction/ Substance Misuse, Mental Health of Sex Workers and their Children, Mental Health of Sexual Minorities/ Persons Living with HIV/AIDS, Disability Affairs, Work-life Balance, Geriatric Mental Health, Social Work in School Setting, Psychosocial Intervention & Rehabilitation, Counselling & Psychotherapy, Family based Intervention & Therapy. |
Experience :
- Guest Lecturer, Post Graduate Department of Social Work at Mahishadal Girl’s College.
- Guest Faculty, Regional Institute of Correctional Administration (RICA), Govt. of West Bengal.
- Invitee Lecturer on Social Work & Mental Health at different public Universities.
- Done training projects with National Human Rights Commission India (NHRC)/ Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) – ERC.
- Worked with various NGOs on Well-being & Empowerment of vulnerable & neglected population.
- Consultant at West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights, 2016-2017
- Project Head – Family Counselling Centre at West Bengal Commission for Women, 2014-2016
Research Experience :
- Mondal, S., Kheto, P., Mukherjee, A., Kumar, M. , & Mandal, R. (2025). A case series on management of conduct disorders with poor treatment adherence and parent-child conflict: Exploring psychiatric social work and medication interventions. Indian Journal of Health Social Work , 7_ (1), 121–126. https://aiamswp.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Vol-71-Jan-to-June-25-125-130.pdf (Corresponding Author)
- Mukherjee, A., Das, R., Kumar, M. , Chakraborty, A., & Das, S. (2024). Combined cyproheptadine and dexamethasone dependence: Is it rare or underreported? A case series. Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, 26 (6), 24cr03731. https://doi.org/10.4088/PCC.24cr03731
- Das, R., Mukherjee, A., Sarkhel, S., & Kumar, M. (2024). Cognitive impairment in long COVID patients presenting with psychiatric sequelae: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. https://doi.org/10.7860/jcdr/2024/73094.20130
- Kumar, M., Das, R., Mukherjee, A., Paul, A., & Chakraborty, B. (2022). Effectiveness of Psychosocial Intervention in the Management of Alcohol Dependence Syndrome with Poor Marital Adjustment: A Case Report. International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal, 18(2), 28–36. 10.9734/indj/2022/v18i2348
- Kumar, M., Das, R., Mukherjee, A., Paul, A., & Chakraborty, B. (2022). Psychosocial intervention for reducing relapse and improving treatment adherence in bipolar affective disorder with poor socio-occupational functioning and high expressed emotion in the family: A case report. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 12(7). https://doi.org/10.36106/ijar/3816457
- Understanding Expressed Emotion and Social Support Dynamics for Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder: A Case Series Exploring the Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions. (Submitted for publication. Authors: Suparna Sen, Mayank Kumar, Aniket Mukherjee, Riyal Das).