Schizophrenia Case Series, Part 4: Differential Diagnosis and Management of Akathisia

Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH
Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, is Director of Psychiatric Drug Research for the R/D Clinical Research Center at Lake Jackson, Texas.

Dr. Jain attended medical school at the University of Calcutta in India. He then attended graduate school at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, where he was awarded a National Institute/Center for Disease Control Competitive Traineeship. His research thesis focused on alcohol abuse issues. He graduated from the School of Public Health in 1987 with a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree.

After graduate school, Dr. Jain completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Research Psychiatry with the Gerontology Center of the University of Texas Mental Sciences Institute in Houston. He received the National Research Service Award for the support of the postdoctoral fellowship. After this, he served a three-year residency in Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston as well as a two-year fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dr. Jain is currently involved in multiple research projects studying the effects of medications on short-term and long-term treatment of depression, anxiety, pain/mood overlap disorders, and psychosis in adult and child/adolescent populations. He is the author of several articles on the issue of mood and pain conditions. He serves on several Boards focusing on drug development and disease state education. He was recently named “Public Citizen of the Year” by the National Association of Social Workers, Gulf Coast Chapter, in recognition of community and peer education and championing of mental health issues. He was also recently awarded the “Extra Mile Award” by the local school district, in recognition of the service to the children of the school district and consultation to the teachers and counselors.

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