Dr. Rakesh K Chadda

Dr Rakesh K Chadda has been a former Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry and Chief, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. In the past, he has been Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences, Delhi and Head, Department of Psychiatry at UCMS & GTB Hospital, Delhi. Dr Chadda has also served as Consultant Psychiatrist in National Health Service of the UK in 2004-05.  Dr Chadda has over 40 years of experience in psychiatry. 

Dr Chadda specialises in general adult psychiatry, consultation liaison psychiatry (psychosomatics), addiction psychiatry, psychiatric rehabilitation and psychotherapy. He has a long experience of treating mental illnesses like schizophrenia, mood disorders, depression, anxiety disorders like panic and phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, personality disorders and other.  

Dr Chadda is Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of the UK, Distinguished International Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Honorary Fellow, World Association of Social Psychiatry, Honorary Member, World Psychiatric Association and Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences of India.  

Currently Dr Chadda is also President Elect, World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP) for triennium of 2022-25. In the past, he has served as Secretary General, WASP during 2019-22.  

Dr Chadda has over 320 publications to his credit including 12 books and monographs, 58 chapters and over 250 research papers in leading international and national journals.

Some of his books include including “Mental Health at Cross Roads”, Social Psychiatry: Principles and Clinical Perspectives, and Mansik Rog: Pehchan aur Upchar, Essential Psychiatry, Handbook of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Clinical Methods in Psychiatry, Covid-19 Pandemic and Mental Health.

Research work of Dr Chadda has been published in leading international journals like the British Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, Lancet, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Psychiatric Research, BJ Psych International and many others. 

MBBS, MD (Psychiatry). FAMS. FRCPsych (UK), DFAPA (USA) 

• VN Bagadia Oration, GS Medical College-KEM Hospital Research Society, 2019
• Venkoba Rao Oration. Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, 2017
• NN De Oration Award, Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, 2016.
• General Amir Chand Oration, National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), 2015
• DLN Murthy Rao Oration Award, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2013
• BB Sethi Award, Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, 2013
• Balint Award, Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, 2001.
• Dr Vimla Virmani Award, National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), 2001
• Tilak Venkoba Rao Oration Award, Indian Psychiatric Society, 1999.
• Tilak Venkoba Rao Award, Indian Council of Medical Research, 1997
• PPA II Award, Indian Psychiatric Society, 1997
• NIDA (USA) Travel Award, August 1995,
• G.C.Boral I Award, Indian Association for Social Psychiatr, 1995
• PPA I Award, Indian Psychiatric Society, 1990
• Bhagwat Award, Indian Psychiatric Society, 1991