RAVI KANT, MD
Ravi Kant, MD has been in practice since 1992. He has been practicing general adult and child/adolescent psychiatry in addition to neuro-psychiatric issues related to concussion and other brain trauma. He also studied and practiced acupuncture.
He was the director of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Clinic at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA and the director of the Residential Program for children at Fox Run Hospital in St. Clairsville, OH. He was also a staff psychiatrist at the Bradley Center and Vision Quest residential treatment facilities in the Pittsburgh area.
He has extensively published clinical research in the areas of brain injury and child psychiatry in peer-reviewed, prestigious, international journals. He has presented his research at national and international conferences.
Dr. Kant looks at problems in a holistic manner and believes in the minimal use of medications. He looks for the underlying cause(s) of a problem, including allergies, nutrition, sleep, medication interactions, etc. It is not uncommon that at times simple, natural interventions have profound effects without the need for any medications. He looks for correcting underlying physiological processes such as sleep, nutrition, exercise, daily routines, energy balance, etc.
He believes that lifestyle modifications including dietary adjustments are needed to get a lasting effect rather than just depending on medications and patients need to be willing to make the changes to see positive changes in their life.
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Research
Apathy Syndrome
Apathy syndrome after head injury and treatment outcomes Ravi Kant, M.D. Emotional and personality changes are common after [...]
Apathy Secondary to Neurologic Disease
Apathy secondary to neurologic disease James D Duffy and Ravi Kant The phenomenology and treatment response of secondary [...]
Prevalence of Apathy – Head Injury
Prevalence of apathy following head injury R. Kant, J. D. Duffy, and A. Pivovarnik Although several studies have [...]
Post Concussion Syndrome
Post Concussion Syndrome - A Neuropsychiatric Perspective Ravi Kant, M.D. Introduction More than two million closed head injuries [...]
Head Injuries in Children
Head Injuries in Children (Letter published in Post Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA) This letter is regarding the May 25th [...]
Impact of Clozapine on Clinical Outcomes – Severely Ill
Impact of Clozapine on Clinical Outcomes and Aggression in Severely ill in-Patients with Childhood Onset Schizophrenia L. Chalasani, [...]
Treatment of Apathy Syndrome
Treatment of Apathy Syndrome After Acquired Brain Injury - A Case Series Ravi Kant, MD Abstract: Apathy syndrome [...]
Outcome of Laminectomy
Outcome of laminectomy for civilian gunshot injuries of the terminal spinal cord and cauda equina: review of 88 [...]
Anterior Cervical Debridement and Strut-Grafting
Anterior cervical debridement and strut-grafting for osteomyelitis of the cervical spine Stone JL, Cybulski GR, Rodriguez J, Gryfinski [...]
ECT
ECT as a therapeutic option in severe brain injury Kant R, Bogyi AM, Carosella NW, Fishman E, Kane [...]
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder after closed head injury: review of literature and report of four cases Kant R, Smith-Seemiller L, [...]