Mrs. P. Pangajam

Mrs. P. Pangajam

Assistant Professor

Area: Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychology
Affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre , Kattankulathur Campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

Email ID: pangajaa@srmist.edu.in

Other Details:

Courses

• Speech Department, Psychiatric Social Work.

Research Interests

• Psychological intervention for menstrual-related problems for students

Selected Publications

• Pangajam.p , Veeramani .T(2018)Cognitive Behavior Therapy for students with psychological problems of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS): A Prospective Study, International Journal of education and psychological researches, Volume 7, Issue 3, September.ISSN: 2349 - 0853, e-ISSN: 2279 – 0179, Available online at www.ijepr.org
• P. Pangajam, T. Veeramani (2019) mindfulness based stress reduction for students with psychological problems of premenstrual syndrome (pms): a prospective study. Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR), Vol 8, Spl Issue 2, March 2019,pg 162-170.
• The impact of stress in marital satisfaction and quality of life among primary infertile, secondary infertile and fertile women in the Indian journal of psychological researches. Volume 60, august 2016.ISSN 0022-3972.
• Management of a Child with Generalized Anxiety Disorder using Play Therapy: A Case report in the journal of applied psychology, Vol 53 2016. ISSN 0019-5073.
• Social network and negative social interaction among patients with depression and their relationship to disability in the journal of humanities and social science studies, Vol 5(4).ISSN 2319-829X in December 2016.

Papers Presented

• Presented a paper on “The relationship between neurocognitive functioning, coping style and personality factors in persons with schizophrenia in remission” Biennial Conference on Cognitive Clinical neuropsychology (CRE Programm) held on 18th to 20th October, 2018 at SRM Medical College Hospital &Research Centre.
• Presented a paper in the research day held on 29th February, 2019 at SRM institute of Technology on Motivation to use cannabis among college students in Chennai.
• Presented a paper on Mindfulness based stress reduction for students with psychological problems of premenstrual syndrome(PMS);A prospective study in the  UGC sponsored two day national conference on recent trends in psychotherapy held on 5th &6th March 2019 organized by department of psychology at Avinashilingam institute for home science and higher education foe women ,Coimbatore.
• Presented a Paper on Management of a Case of Depression with Marital and Cognitive Behavior Therapy – Case Analysis in 2002.

Working Papers

• Coping style and quality of life of students with premenstrual syndrome

Work in Progress

• Motivations to use Cannabis.

Academic Experiences

• Worked as a Lecturer from Oct. 1998 to Aug. 2000 in Kavimoni College of Physiotherapy, United Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
• Worked as a Clinical Psychologist from April 2003 to Jan. 2006 in Raja Hospital, Trissur, Kerala State.
• Worked as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist from Jan.2006 to Feb.2008 in ATHMA Institute of Mental Health & Social Sciences (Post Graduate Institution accredited to DNB (Psychiatry), NBE, New Delhi), Trichy, Tamilnadu.

Workshops /Seminars/Conferences

• Participated in the National Conference on Autism-“Evidence-based practice in Autism”. Held at SRM
• College of occupational therapy on 28th &29th June 2018.
• Participated in the state level conference on “Rights of persons with disabilities Act 2016-Implications for PwD’s” , Held on 23-24th January 2019 at SRM Medical College.
• Participated in the two-day workshop on Solution-focused brief therapy on 26th &27th April 2019 at SRM Medical College Hospital &Research Centre.
• Participated in Biennial Conference on Cognitive Clinical neuropsychology (CRE Programm) held on 18th to 20th October, 2018 at SRM Medical College Hospital &Research Centre.

Memberships

• Member of Internal Complaints Committee of SRMIST
• Member of Student Counseling Services
• Rehabilitation Council of India-A 27463,                                       
• Indian Association of Clinical Psychologist