Meet Dr Bavi Vythilingum

Dr Bavi obtained her MMed degree cum laude from the University of Stellenbosch. She won the Novartis medal in psychiatry.

For the past 20 years she has worked in both research and clinical settings establishing and running specialist woman's mental health services

Due to her expertise she has served on the Boards of Postnatal Depression South Africa, the Woman's Mental Health Special Interest Group of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa and is on the editorial board of Archives of Women's Mental Health. She also serves on the exco of the Interventional Psychiatry Special Interest Group of SASOP

In the course of her work with people with severe mental illness she has become increasingly interested in interventional techniques and psychiatry. She has established an infusion clinic, has postgraduate training in Electro Convulsve Therapy (ECT) and serves on theExco of the Interventional Psychiatry Sub Group of the South African Society of Psychiatrists.