Dr Migita Michael D' Cruz

Old age psychiatry

Healthy ageing

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

Late-life mental health

Memory in late life

Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders

Post-stroke mental health

Post head injury mental health

Post neuro-infection mental health

Cognitive retraining

Cognitive rehabilitation

Developmental disorders of childhood and adolescence

Addiction and substance use disorders

Problematic internet use and gaming disorders

Women’s mental health

LGBTQIA mental health

Gender identity and sexual orientation

Sexual health and wellness

Psychotherapy

Counseling Psychology

History of Psychiatry

Health Research Methodology

Public Health and Advocacy

Best outgoing student, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 2018

Best psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 2018

Best SERVICE (Services with enhanced recovery and care) case, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 2018

Young Bioethicist of the Year, Forum for Medical Ethics Society, India, 2019

World Association of Social Psychiatry Early Career Psychiatry Fellowship, World Congress of Social Psychiatry, Bucharest, 2019

Professional Affiliations:

Life Member, Indian Medical Association

Life Member, Indian Psychiatric Society

Life Fellow, Indian Association of Social Psychiatry

Life Fellow, Indian Association of Geriatric Mental Health

Life Member, International Psychogeriatric Association

Life Member, Indian Gerontological Association

Planning and Policy Making:

International Psychogeriatric Association Advocacy Task Force.

International Psychogeriatric Association Name Change Task Force.

International Psychogeriatric Association Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Week Task Force.

Mentorship Programmes:

Mentor on the Action Potential Advising Programme by Simply Neuroscience for Youth (High School and Under Graduate Students)

Part of the Women in Neuroscience Repository

Editorial Position:

International Psychogeriatrics – Triage Editor, Editorial Board

International Psychogeriatric Bulletin – Assistant Editor, Editorial Board

Frontiers in Ageing – Review Editor

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine – Editorial Board

Peer Reviewer: 27 scientific journals

Scientific Papers Published: 30 in peer-reviewed journals

Conference Presentations: 15 posters and papers

Textbook Chapters Published: 2

Contribution to Science:

MD Thesis on Functional asymmetry of cortical language processing areas during word generation in male subjects with schizophrenia having continuous auditory hallucinations - a case-control study (NIMHANS)

DM Thesis on Longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of the predictors of dementia in Alzheimer’s disease (DAT) - a cohort study (NIMHANS)