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ICMR’s multistate implementation research study on integration of screening and management of mental and substance use disorders with other non-communicable diseases (ICMR-MINDS) – An implementation research study protocol Open

Johnson-Pradeep Ruben, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Ajay Chauhan, Abhishek Ghosh, Limalemla Jamir , et al. · 2025

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are now a leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally, and mental illness is a significant part of it. In India, the treatment gap for common mental disorders is over 80%. In order to bridge this gap,…

Psychosocial characteristics of smartphone use behaviors – comparison between urban and rural school students in India Open

Limalemla Jamir, Mona Duggal, Sandeep Grover, Dinesh Kumar, Sharad Philip , et al. · 2024

Objective: To compare smartphone usage between urban and rural high school students in North India. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among high school smartphone users aged 13–18 years, from urban and rural s…

Near zero treatment gap for schizophrenia: Can it be reality in rural India? Open

Rakesh Chander Kalaivanan, Naveen Kumar Channaveerachari, Swetha Gowda, K Suresha Kudumallige, D M Harisha , et al. · 2024

Background: Treatment gap is a key indicator of adequacy of mental health services that drives policies and financial allocation for the sector. Impact of public health interventions on this gap is sparsely studied. Methods: To demonstrate…

Shifting sands: Mental disorder defense from section 84 IPC to Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Open

Sharad Philip, Barikar C. Malathesh · 2024

Emojifying youth mental health research – Leveraging digital expressions in South Asia Open

Sharad Philip, Anirban Datta, Limalemla Jamir, Anushka R. Marri, Ramdas Ransing · 2024

INTRODUCTION Electronic communication sees a ubiquitous incorporation of wordless cues. The trend started with the introduction of emoticons, which were combinations of punctuation marks representing particular facial expressions. For simp…

Psychiatric rehabilitation in routine Indian mental health practice: A review of social protections for persons with mental health conditions Open

Sharad Philip, Prabhu Jadhav, Arjita Sharda, Abhishek Allam, Animisha Singh , et al. · 2024

Background: An estimated 200 million Indians have mental health conditions – a sizeable proportion of them requiring psychiatric rehabilitation services. The numbers of mental health professionals are abysmally low. Early psycho-social reh…

Parity of esteem: A global COVID-19 vaccination approach for people with mental illnesses, based on facts from 34 countries; recommendations and solutions Open

Sheikh Shoib, Fahimeh Saeed, Sharad Philip, Miyuru Chandradasa, Soumitra Das , et al. · 2023

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has detrimental effects on physical and mental health. Patients with severe mental illness are at higher r…

Mental illness stigma among perinatal women in low- and middle-income countries: early career psychiatrists' perspective Open

Arpana Pokharel, Sharad Philip, Murchana Khound, Samer El Hayek, Renato de Filippis , et al. · 2023

OPINION article Front. Psychiatry, 05 December 2023Sec. Public Mental Health Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1283715

Bombay Begums—A treasure for social guidance films on determinants of women's mental health Open

Pallavi Abhilasha, Sharad Philip, Nirmitasha Bora, Limalemla Jamir, Nilanjana Ghosh · 2023

A woman's health should reach beyond the narrow perspective of maternal and reproductive health and should encompass physical as well as mental health across the life cycle. The focus should be shifted to a broader, social, legal, and econ…

Current prevalence and determinants of generalized anxiety disorder from a nationally representative, population-based survey of India Open

Pavithra Jayasankar, Satish Suhas, Lakshmi P. Nirisha, Sharad Philip, Narayana Manjunatha , et al. · 2023

Introduction: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the common anxiety disorders leading to impairment and burden. However, GAD remains the least studied anxiety disorder. There is a need for nationally representative epidemiologica…

Experience of Health Professionals in the Kongpopki District of Manipur Open

Jaya Shankar Kaushik, Sharad Philip · 2023

Integrating Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support (MHPSS) into infectious disease outbreak and epidemic response: an umbrella review and operational framework Open

Muhammad Alkasaby, Sharad Philip, Zain Douba, Hanna Tu, Julian Eaton , et al. · 2023

Introduction Infectious disease outbreaks have a substantial impact on people’s psychosocial well-being. Yet, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions are not systemically integrated into outbreak and epidemic response.…

Perinatal mental health in India and Thailand: A call for collaboration Open

Chonnakarn Jatchavala, Sharad Philip, Himangshu Malakar, Lungan Rongmei, Nilesh Devraj , et al. · 2023

Review of: "The Noisy Silence of villagers with Deafness of Dhadkai, Jammu, India: A Case Study" Open

Sharad Philip · 2022

This reviewer congratulates the authors on a undertaking a research endeavour on such a neglected topic in such a geographically difficult and socio culturally

Prolonged hospitalization of persons with mental disorders in state-funded tertiary care psychiatric hospitals and unaccounted public health implications Open

Hareesh Angothu, Sharad Philip, Deepak Jayarajan, Arun Rachana, Aarti Jagannathan , et al. · 2022

Introduction: National strategy for an inclusive and community-based living (NSCIL) for persons with mental health issues 2019 report informs us that the length of stay (LOS) of 36% of inpatients in 43 state-funded tertiary care psychiatri…

Unequal Representation of Persons with Disabling Mental Health Conditions in the Quota-Based Employment Reservations Notified by a Public Service Commission Open

Hareesh Angothu, Sharad Philip, Prabhu Jadhav, Deepak Jayarajan, Aarti Jagannathan , et al. · 2022

Introduction: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016 of India intends to achieve greater representation of persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) at government establishments and reserve at least 4% of employment vacan…

Cutoff for Benchmark Disability Using World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study from Rural South India Open

Swati Ravindran, Prabhu Jadhav, Sharad Philip, Chethan Basavarajappa, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar , et al. · 2022

Background: India uses the Indian Disability Evaluation and Assessment Scale (IDEAS) for quantifying disability due to mental illness. The cutoff score for benchmark disability is 7. India has adopted International Classification of Functi…

Effective Oral Presentations: The Steps to Making an Impact on the Podium Open

Amit Singh, Guru S Gowda, Jayant Mahadevan, Raviteja Innamuri, Sharad Philip , et al. · 2022

There is convincing evidence to support that the skills to deliver an effective oral presentation are essential tools for a successful career.These skills are yet not part of the official academic curriculum across many Asian countries.Thi…

Effective Oral Presentations: The Steps to Making an Impact on the Podium Open

Amit Singh, Guru S Gowda, Jayant Mahadevan, Raviteja Innamuri, Sharad Philip , et al. · 2022

There is convincing evidence to support that the skills to deliver an effective oral presentation are essential tools for a successful career. These skills are yet not part of the official academic curriculum across many Asian countries. T…

Public health literacy unsold during panic buying Open

Sheikh Shoib, Aisha Lodi, Amna Saleem, Aishatu Yusha’u Armiya’u, Serkan Turan , et al. · 2022

A camp approach of community psychiatry in India Open

K. Rakesh Chander, Sydney Moirangthem, Rahul Patley, Sharad Philip, Prateek Varshney , et al. · 2022

Camps are a popular approach to deliver medical care in India. While it is usually a one-off event for physical ailments, it is a long-term affair in Psychiatry. One of the first camps in psychiatry was rolled out as early as in 1967 at Ma…

Ethical and legal issues concerning COVID 19 vaccinations in persons with mental illness in India Open

Sharad Philip, Satish Suhas, P. Lakshmi Nirisha, Praveen Kumar Pandey, Narayana Manjunatha , et al. · 2022

Mental healthcare in India faces severe challenges amid the ongoing pandemic. India runs the largest vaccination drive globally, including booster doses to rapidly vaccinate its population of over a billion. As persons with mental illness …

Reorienting to mild and borderline intellectual disability: an appeal from south Asia Open

Kanak Kataria, Sharad Philip · 2022

Telementoring Counseling Skills for Deaddiction Counselors in Punjab During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open

Sharad Philip, Prateek Varshney, Rakesh Chander, Rahul Patley, Anu Chopra Dosajh , et al. · 2022

The Legality and Ethical Issues of Certifying Laypersons as Mental Health Counselors in India Open

Sharad Philip, K. Rakesh Chander, Prateek Varshney, Rahul Patley, Praveen Kumar Pandey , et al. · 2022

Background: The burden of mental health conditions and consequent disability impacts are felt most in low- and middle-income settings. These settings are constrained by the limited availability of resources to provide even essential aspect…

Implementation of MHCA 2017 and Formation of Mental Health Review Boards: Current Status of IPS South Zone Territory Open

Sharad Philip, Anoop Joby Augustine, Dheeraj Kattula, Raviteja Innamuri · 2022

Role of Mental Health Non-Governmental Organizations (MHNGOs) in Realizing the Objectives of the Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 Open

S. Visalakshi, V. Prateek, S. Kamaldeep, Rahul Patley, Sharad Philip , et al. · 2022

Cyber victimization during the <span>COVID</span>‐19 pandemic: A syndemic looming large Open

Sheikh Shoib, Sharad Philip, Seema Bista, Fahimeh Saeed, Sana Javed , et al. · 2022

In consequence of lockdown and social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic, everyday tasks, communications, and interactions were disrupted, and the online mode remained the only way for daily activities. Many turned to the internet, social …

Marfatia Award Abstracts Open

Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, K. Rakesh Chander, S. Manoj Gowda, Kudumallige K Suresha, D M Harisha , et al. · 2022

BACKGROUND: Treatment gap, conceptualized as a proportion of eligible persons not having access to treatment, is a key indicator of adequacy of mental health services of a state, driving policies and financial allocation for the sector. Im…

A report on successful introduction of tele mental health training for primary care doctors during the COVID 19 pandemic Open

Sharad Philip, Rahul Patley, Rakesh Chander, Prateek Varshney, Anu Chopra Dosajh , et al. · 2021

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