Vision, Mission, and Objectives
Vision
To be a national leader in the area of Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology and to evolve state-of-the-art approaches to diagnostic services, community programmes, and fundamental and translational research.
Mission
To establish expertise in the field of Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology
To establish and provide the highest standards in diagnostic facilities in Toxicology
To contribute to capacity building by providing training in fundamental and translational research in Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology
To develop and strengthen inter-disciplinary, inter-institutional and international collaboration to foster basic and clinical research in Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology
Objectives
Psychopharmacology
To conduct fundamental and translational research in Psychopharmacology
To contribute to manpower development and research training in the field of Psychopharmacology
The present thrust is on clinical research rather than on basic science research.
Neurotoxicology
To establish diagnostic facility for toxicants in urine, blood, and tissue samples
To quantitate the accumulation of pesticides, metals, and other neurotoxins in the general population to assess the role of environmental toxins
To test industrial and environmental toxins/pesticides in workers and in patients attending NIMHANS OPD with suspected exposure to toxic compounds
To conduct fundamental research that complements the clinical research and diagnostics in neurotoxicology relevant to Karnataka and India
To develop novel neuroprotective strategies and other therapeutic technologies for neurotoxicological and neurodegenerative conditions
To conduct public out-reach programmes and epidemiological analysis of neurotoxicology relevant to Karnataka and India
To contribute to manpower development and research training in the field of neurotoxicology
To serve as a referral centre for clinical toxicology studies