Mental Health & Wellbeing in India

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Resources and Background Reading

Academic Papers

  • Shukla M, Pandey R, Singh T, Riddleston L, Hutchinson T, Kumari V, Lau JYF. The Effect of COVID-19 and Related Lockdown Phases on Young Peoples' Worries and Emotions: Novel Data From India. Front Public Health. 2021 May 20;9:645183. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.645183. PMID: 34095054; PMCID: PMC8172589.

  • Shukla M, Wu AFW, Lavi I, Riddleston L, Hutchinson T, Lau JYF. A network analysis of adolescent mental well-being during the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence for cross-cultural differences in central features. Pers Individ Dif. 2022 Feb;186:111316. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111316. Epub 2021 Oct 6. PMID: 34629577; PMCID: PMC8492750.

  • Shukla, M., Crew, A., Wu, A., Riddleston, L., Hutchinson, T., Kumari, V., Hughes, L. D., & Lau, J. Y. (2023). Self-Reported Worries in Young People During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10396-3

  • Joshi S. From In- Person Therapy to Tele psychotherapy, In the Wake of the Covid 19 Pandemic. 2021. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology. 48(03): 5-11.

  • Kumar CN, Chand PK, Manjunatha N, Math SB, Shashidhara HN, Basavaraju V, Thirthalli J, Manjappa AA, Parthasarathy R, Murthy P, Ibrahim FA. Impact evaluation of VKN–NIMHANS–ECHO model of capacity building for mental health and addiction: methodology of two randomized controlled trials. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2020 Dec;42(6_suppl):S80-6.

  • Sahu P, Mathur A, Ganesh A, Nair S, Chand P, Murthy P. Acceptance of e-consult for substance use disorders during the COVID 19 pandemic: a study from India. Asian journal of psychiatry. 2020 Dec 1;54:102451.

  • Sheth S, Ganesh A, Nagendra S, Kumar K, Tejdeepika R, Likhitha C, Murthy P, Chand P. Development of a mobile responsive online learning module on psychosocial and mental health issues related to COVID 19. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2020 Dec;54:102248.

  • Ganesh A, Sahu P, Nair S, Chand P. A smartphone based e-Consult in addiction medicine: An initiative in COVID lockdown. Asian journal of psychiatry. 2020 Jun;51:102120.

  • Malathesh BC, Ibrahim FA, Nirisha PL, Kumar CN, Chand PK, Manjunatha N, Math SB, Thirthalli J, Manjappa AA, Parthasarathy R, Reddy S. Embracing technology for capacity building in mental health: new path, newer challenges. Psychiatric Quarterly. 2021 Sep;92:843-50.

  • Rodriguez-Villa E, Mehta UM, Naslund J, Tugnawat D, Gupta S, Thirtalli J, Bhan A, Patel V, Chand PK, Rozatkar A, Keshavan M. Smartphone Health Assessment for Relapse Prevention (SHARP): a digital solution toward global mental health. BJPsych Open. 2021 Jan;7(1):e29.

  • Sharma AK, Shadakshari D, Chand P, Murthy P. Design, development and pilot testing of'Quest', a smartphone-based relapse prevention app for patients with alcohol dependence. Asian journal of psychiatry. 2023 May 1;83:103572.

  • Mahadevan J, Shukla L, Chand PK, Komaromy M, Murthy P, Arora S. Innovative virtual mentoring using the extension for community healthcare outcomes model for primary care providers for the management of alcohol use disorders. The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2020 Jun;151(6):609.

  • Shiva L, Desai G, Chand P, Ganjekar S, Vaiphei K, Satyanarayana VA, Kishore MT, Thippeswamy H, Chandra PS. A virtual course in perinatal mental health for healthcare professionals. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 1;62:102746.

  • Bairy BK, Ganesh A, Govindraj D, Chand PK. Role of digital learning in addiction psychiatry. Digital Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 1;2(1):25-33.

  • Nair S, Sinha P, Chand P, Sahu P, Gorthi NV, Varghese M, Sivakumar PT. Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes Based Telementoring of Physicians for Dementia–Effectiveness in India. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022 May 23;13:869685.

 

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