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Dr. Shah has been a valued member of the Lilavati Hospital team for 20 years, bringing with him 30 years of comprehensive experience.

Areas of Interest:

• General Psychiatry
• Bipolar Disorders
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Sexual Disorders

• President, Bombay Psychiatric Society (2004-2005)
• President, Indian Medical Association, Chembur (1998-1999)
• Life Fellow, Indian Psychiatric Society
• Life Member, Indian Association of Private Psychiatry
• Life Member, Bombay Psychiatric Society
• International Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, USA
• Life Member, Geriatric Society of India

• "Physical Treatments in Psychiatry" – Chapter in API Textbook of Medicine, 1985.
• "Pornography: A Psychoanalytical Viewpoint" – Paper presented at the Asian Regional Conference on Exploitation of Women and Children, New Delhi, 1988.
• "Adolescent Education in Sexuality: A Strategy to Combat AIDS in Developing Countries" – Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on AIDS, San Francisco, 1990.
• "Schizophrenia: Treading a New Path" – Biomed, 2000;7(1).  
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• "Conversion Disorders & Dissociative Disorders" – Pharmacology for General Practitioners, 2000;2(2).
• "Menopause & Mental Health" – Pharmacology for General Practitioners, 2001;2(3).
• "Sexual Problems in Couples" – The Journal of Marriage Counseling, 2001;V.
• "Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Patients Attending General Hospital" – Archives of Indian Psychiatry, 2006;8(1).  
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• "Self-Harm" (Review Article) – Archives of Indian Psychiatry, 2006;8(1).
• "Substance Use in Schizophrenia" – Poster presented at ICONS, Chennai, 2006.
• "Anxiety and Depression in Patients Attending a General Hospital" – Paper presented at IPS, West Zone, 2006.
• "Insight and Disability in Schizophrenia" – Paper presented at ANCIPS, Chennai, 2007.
• "Study of Psychiatric Morbidity in Geriatric Patients" – Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Geriatric Society of India, Gulbarga, 2007.
• "Study of Psychiatric Morbidity in Patients with Chronic Backache" – Somaiya Medical Journal, 2014;Issue 2:111-116.
• "Study of Facial Emotion Recognition Patterns, Cognitive Impairment & Psychopathology in Patients of Schizophrenia" – Paper presented at the Annual Conference of IPS West Zone, Aurangabad, 2014.
• "Seeing the Unseen: Charles Bonnet Syndrome Revisited" – Psychogeriatrics. 2014. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12091.
• "Study of Sexual Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder" – Paper presented at the Annual Conference of BPS Mumbai, 2015.
• "Antidepressants: A Focus on SSRIs and SNRIs" – Somaiya Medical Journal, 2015;2(1):60-68.  
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• "Study of Relation Between Disability and Symptomatology with Recovery in Schizophrenia" – Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. 2015. DOI10.1007/s40737-015-0035-4.
• "Study of Impact of Impulsivity and Understanding of Alcoholism on the Severity of Alcohol Dependence" – Paper presented at the Annual Conference of IPS, Bhopal, 2016.