Dr. A. Rakesh Kumar
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultation fee
₹700
Paid at the hospital desk on the day. Nothing to pay to book.
In practice
10 yrs
MBBS, MD Psychiatry · Psychiatry
At the desk
24 hrs/day
Every day · Open 24 Hours
Where to go
Consulting room 6
Road No. 4, Near Asian Cinema, Baala Samudhram, Hanamkonda, Telangana – 506001
Ready when you are
Pick a time, give a number, done.
What Dr A. Rakesh Kumar does
The hardest part of this clinic is getting through the door, so it is worth saying plainly what happens on the other side of it. The first visit is a conversation, usually forty minutes. Nothing is written on a board, nothing is announced to the waiting room, and what you say stays in your record like any other medical fact.
Most of what is seen here is common and treatable: depression, anxiety and panic, sleep that has broken down, stress that has started showing up as chest pain, headaches or stomach trouble, alcohol and tobacco dependence, and the low mood that follows a bereavement or a diagnosis.
Treatment is not automatically a tablet. Where medication is right it is explained properly - what it does, how long it takes, what the side effects genuinely are and when it can be stopped. Where talking therapy is the better route it is arranged, and the two are often used together.
Special interests
- Depression and anxiety in adults
- De-addiction
- Adolescent and student mental health
- Perinatal mental health
Qualifications, in plain words
- MBBSBachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - the basic medical degree, five and a half years including a year of internship.
- MD (Psychiatry)Doctor of Medicine - three years of postgraduate training in psychiatry.
Council registration, society memberships and published work are listed once the consultant supplies them. We publish the degrees the hospital holds on record and nothing beyond that.
What this clinic sees
- Depression and persistent low mood
- Anxiety and panic attacks
- Sleep problems and insomnia
- Stress-related physical symptoms
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Schizophrenia and psychosis
- Alcohol, tobacco and substance dependence
- Grief and adjustment difficulty
- Postpartum depression
- Adolescent mental health
- Memory and behaviour change in older people
Mental health care without stigma - depression, anxiety, sleep, addiction and serious mental illness.
Usually done in-house on the day: Depression · Anxiety · Sleep.
Everything psychiatry coversProcedures and services
- Psychiatric assessment
- An unhurried first consultation to understand what is happening before anything is prescribed.
- Medication management
- Starting, adjusting and eventually stopping medicine, reviewed against how you are actually doing.
- Counselling and psychotherapy
- Structured talking therapy, on its own or alongside medication.
- De-addiction treatment
- Supervised withdrawal and relapse prevention for alcohol, tobacco and other dependence.
- Sleep assessment
- Working out what has broken the sleep, rather than sedating it.
- Family counselling
- Bringing the household into the plan, which is often what makes it hold.
Reasons to see this clinic
- Low mood, loss of interest or hopelessness has lasted more than two weeks
- Anxiety or panic is interfering with work, study or sleep
- You have been investigated for physical symptoms and nothing was found
- Alcohol or tobacco has become difficult to stop
- A family member's behaviour, speech or memory has changed
- Anyone is having thoughts of harming themselves - come in today, or call the emergency number
If it is an emergency, do not book. Come straight to the hospital or call +91 9100005195. Emergency care runs 24×7 and never needs an appointment.
When they sit
- Days
- Every day
- Hours
- Open 24 Hours
- Department
- Psychiatry
- Room
- OPD Block · First floor · Consulting room 6
Walk-ins are always seen. Booking a slot only means you are not waiting for one.
What to bring, what happens
- Bring a family member if you would like to, and come alone if you would rather
- Bring any medicine you are already taking, including from other doctors
- Note roughly when things changed - the timeline matters more than the detail
- Nothing needs to be prepared or rehearsed; the first visit is a conversation
- 01Register at the front deskFirst visit? A photo ID gets you a permanent Jeeva ID that carries every visit, prescription and report you ever have here.
- 02VitalsHeight, weight, blood pressure and temperature, recorded before you go in.
- 03The consultationHistory, examination, and only the tests that are worth doing today rather than a list to arrange elsewhere.
- 04Tests, if they are neededLab, X-ray and ultrasound are in this building. Routine blood work is back in about 30 minutes, so results are usually read out in the same visit.
- 05Prescription and pharmacyMedicines dispensed in-house, with the follow-up date written on the slip before you leave.
Where to go
OPD Block · First floor · Consulting room 6
Road No. 4, Near Asian Cinema, Baala Samudhram, Hanamkonda, Telangana – 506001
Open in mapsBefore you book
Do I have to pay to book?
No. Booking is free and there is no online payment. The ₹700 consultation fee is paid at the hospital desk on the day.
What if I just walk in?
Walk-ins are always seen. Booking only means you are not waiting - Dr A. Rakesh Kumar consults every day, open 24 hours.
Which languages can I be seen in?
Dr A. Rakesh Kumar consults in Telugu, English. If you would be more comfortable in another language, tell the front desk when you book and they will arrange for someone to sit in.
Where do I go once I have registered?
OPD Block · First floor · Consulting room 6. The desk will point you to it, and your OP number is called from there.
How soon will I get my reports?
Routine blood work comes back in about 30 minutes, so in most cases the doctor can go through the results with you in the same visit rather than at another one.
Can I change or cancel the time?
Yes - call the front desk on +91 9100005195 and they will move it. Please give as much notice as you can, so the slot goes to someone else.
What should I bring?
A photo ID on your first visit, plus any previous prescriptions, scans or reports. For this clinic specifically: bring a family member if you would like to, and come alone if you would rather.
What about an emergency?
Don't book - come straight in, or call +91 9100005195. Emergency care runs 24×7 and does not need an appointment.
Booked in aminute.
Booking is free and there is no online payment. The ₹700 consultation fee is settled at the hospital desk on the day.
Dr A. Rakesh Kumar consults every day, open 24 hours.
Every time shown is a real, still-open slot in the hospital's own diary.
Arrive ten minutes early and quote your OP number at the desk.
Pick a time
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