A5064595200- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
- Dermatological and COVID-19 studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
- Phytochemistry and Bioactivity Studies
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
2024
Harvard University
2016-2024
Government Medical College
2014-2023
Government Medical College and Hospital
2011-2023
Carnegie Mellon University
2023
Rajendra Hospital
2019-2022
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
2021
Sawai ManSingh Medical College and Hospital
2020-2021
Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry
2021
Saifee Hospital
2021
Background: Recognizing the need for good quality, scientific and reliable information strengthening mental health policies programmes, National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) of India was implemented by Institute Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, in year 2015–2016. Aim: To estimate prevalence, socio-demographic correlates treatment gap morbidity a representative population India. Methods: NMHS conducted across 12 Indian states where trained field investigators completed 34,802 interviews...
Academically typically achieving adolescents were compared with students having academic difficulty on stress and suicidal ideas.In a cross-sectional study, 75 academically 105 52 specific learning disability (SLD). Academic functioning was assessed using teacher's screening instrument, intelligence quotient, National Institute of Mental Health Neurosciences index for SLD. Stress ideas general health questionnaire, suicide risk-11, Mooney Problem Checklist (MPC). Appropriate statistical...
Background: Knowledge of the prevalence mental disorders is essential for setting up services and allocation resources. Existing studies suffer from methodological problems which limit their utility generalizability. There was a long felt need to conduct scientifically robust study in different regions India have national rates. Aims: This aims estimate representative population Punjab as part National Mental Health Survey. Settings Design: Community-based survey carried out rural urban...
Objectives: The present study was aimed to assess the level of perceived stress among doctors working in COVID-19 ward a tertiary care medical college and hospital North India find association with time spent ward, age, designation doctors. Material Methods: It cross-sectional, Google-based survey conducted October November 2020. form circulated recorded sociodemographic data, etc. scale (PSS) used stress. Appropriate statistical analysis all ethical considerations were followed. Results:...
ABSTRACT The nasal mucosa (NM) has several critical functions, including as a chemosensory organ, filter and conditioning surface of inhaled air for the lower airways, first line defense against airborne infections. Owing to its constant exposure ever-changing environments, NM is arguably most frequently infected tissue in mammals. Consequently, vertebrates harbor an intricate network subepithelial immune cells that are dispersed throughout NM. However, origin, composition, function their...
Background: Mental illness results in a plethora of distressing issues, has tremendous socio-economic impact and causes socio-occupational dysfunction the individual as well caregivers. There is felt need to explore disability caused by mental associated at population level developing nation like India. Aims: To elucidate with household levels for state Punjab Method: This was multisite cross-sectional study carried out during 2015–2016 (as part National Health Survey India) three districts...
We present a coordinated autonomy pipeline for multi-sensor exploration of confined environments. simultaneously address four broad challenges that are typically overlooked in prior work: (a) make effective use both range and vision sensing modalities, (b) perform this across wide environments, (c) be resilient to adverse events, (d) execute onboard teams physical robots. Our solution centers around behavior tree architecture, which adaptively switches between various behaviors involving...
Background: Caregivers of patients with alcohol and opioid use disorder (OUD) have low quality life (QoL) suffer from family stigma. However, impact stigma on QoL has not been studied in this population. Materials Methods: One hundred primary caregivers male inpatients severe (AUD) (n = 47) OUD 53) as per the Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders, 5th Edition were enrolled into cross-sectional, descriptive study.Participants assessed using sociodemographic clinical proforma, World...
No Indian studies have evaluated the impact of stigma, severity, and insight on quality life in obsessive compulsive disorder.A hospital-based, cross-sectional, descriptive study 100 patients obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as per Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, was conducted. Data were collected using socio-demographic performa, Yale-Brown scale (Y-BOCS), WHOQoL-Bref hindi, hindi stigma scale, Brown Assessment Beliefs Scale (BABS) from March to June 2021....
Background & objectives: Substance use disorders are a major public health concern in Punjab. However, reliable estimates of prevalence substance not available for the State. The present study reports Punjab, conducted as part National Mental Health Survey, India. Methods: Using multistage stratified random cluster sampling, 2895 individuals from 719 households 60 clusters (from 4 districts Punjab) were interviewed. Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview and Fagerstrom nicotine...
Schizophrenia is a devastating psychotic illness which like the most mental disorders, shows complex inheritance; transmission of disorder likely involves several genes and environmental factors. It difficult to judge whether particular person without schizophrenia has predisposing factors for said disease. A few studies have shown relative sensitivity reliability cognitive psychophysiological markers brain function as susceptibility may aid us find people with an increased risk disorders...
Background: There has been extensive research on the stigma experienced by patients with psychiatric disorders and their family members. However, very few studies have attempted to compare both perspectives. Aim: To measure caregivers. Materials Methods: A total of 143 suffering from various (including substance use disorders) who visited at psychiatry out-patient clinic were included, along In addition sociodemographic clinical variables, they assessed using a scale (Hindi version)....
Objective: Rhemercise is a novel mindfulness technique used to prevent relapse in opioid use disorder (OUD). quantifiable and intentional slow-breathing that could increase subjective well-being, which helps OUD by reducing craving, negative affect, visceral reactivity. The objective of this study was assess the efficacy rhemercise as an adjunctive therapy patients with undergoing detoxification.Methods: This hospital-based, open-label, prospective, exploratory conducted between June 2018...
Background: Health-related quality of life (QoL) is an important aspect in the recovery mental illness. There ample research evidence that evaluates reduced QoL and stigma various illnesses, but there has been paucity literature exploring impact self-stigma its correlation with patients depression. Aim Study: This study aims to find on depression also correlates QoL. Methods: A total sample 150 was recruited from outpatient department psychiatry a tertiary care medical college hospital North...
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