Dr Pavan Sonar
Senior Psychiatrist & Sexologist
Your blog category
How Alcohol De-Addiction Treatment Works: A Stepwise Guide for Patients and Families Alcohol dependence is a medical condition, not a lack of willpower. The good news is that recovery is possible with the right treatment, support, and follow-up care. If…
Learn practical ways to manage compulsions in OCD, understand common triggers, and see when to seek help from the Best Psychiatrist in Mumbai for OCD.
Discover the causes, warning signs, and treatment options for zombie drugs. Get expert help from the Best Psychiatrist in Mumbai for Drug De Addiction.
A detailed guide to schizophrenia symptoms, causes, treatment options, and when to seek help from the best Psychiatrist in Mumbai for Schizophrenia.
A detailed guide to anxiety and depression symptoms, causes, treatment options, and when to seek help from the best psychiatrist in Mumbai for depression and the best psychiatrist in Mumbai for anxiety.
Mumbai’s nightlife scene — from Bandra to Juhu to Lower Parel — exposes young people to recreational drugs at parties, clubs, and raves. Ecstasy (MDMA), LSD, ketamine, cocaine, and prescription medication misuse are part of Mumbai’s substance landscape, and the…
OCD is highly treatable — Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy and SSRI medications have robust evidence for producing significant improvement in most patients. Yet a substantial proportion of people with OCD in Mumbai — perhaps 40–60% — do not…
Most people know that sleep deprivation impairs concentration and mood. Far fewer know that severe or chronic sleep deprivation can produce hallucinations — vivid perceptual experiences that are not real. This connection between sleep and perceptual disturbance is clinically important…
Two of the most commonly confused mental health terms in Mumbai — and across India — are OCD and OCPD. Though they sound similar and share a few surface features, these are distinct conditions with very different presentations, causes, and…
Some of the most successful people in Mumbai — senior executives, entrepreneurs, celebrated professionals — are simultaneously living with severe depression. The “gilded cage” phenomenon describes the paradox of external success masking profound internal suffering. Understanding why high achievers are…
