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Resilience : An Independent Psychobiological Mental Health Construct (Guest Editorial), Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

Survival against trauma is a unique characteristic of all human beings. While a number of factors contribute in building this capacity, resilience appears to be the most important one. Interest in studying resilience arises from number of areas which are of utmost clinical significance such as such as exploring the possibility of at-risk individuals who developing a mental illness]. Resilience is a human capacity to adapt swiftly and successfully to stressful or traumatic events and revert back to a positive state. It is commonly conceptualized as the ability to thrive despite experiencing adversity

Closing Treatment Gaps In Management Of Suicide Behaviour: New Understanding- New Hope, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

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Burden Of Stigma On Mentally Ill And Social Exclusion, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

‘Poverty and social exclusion conference’ London, Ontario, October 23-24, presented during the conference of Lawson Health Care Institute’s conference ‘CUREA’ 24th October 2013

Title: Burden of stigma on mentally ill and social exclusion Amresh Shrivastava, Associate Professor of Psychiatry Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Abstract Stigma of mental illness causes great burden on the patients and their families. It leads to discrimination, social exclusion and personal isolation. It occurs across all social, economic, and cultural class and geographical regions. As one of the greatest barrier to treatment and outcome, it is a potential clinical risk which leads to suicide, violence, …

First Episode Is The Best Episode: Lessons And Limitations In Duration Of Untreated Psychosis (Dup) And Outcome In Schizophrenia, Amresh Srivastava, Larry Stitt, Meghana Thakar, Gurusamy Chinnasamy, Nilesh Shah

Amresh Srivastava

Background: Early intervention in psychosis is an opportunity. Research ahs shown that if any thing community members can do to prevent psychosis is to report early. This has opened newer vistas for understanding the complexity of brain and behaviour in schizophrenia. At the same time it has raised the bar of expectations regarding its correlation to outcome. It finally narrows down to meaningful public campaign for awareness, which will decide success of research to clinics in schizophrenia management. Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) has emerged as a reliable predictor of outcome and provides credence to development of early intervention services. …

.General Practitioners Training: ( Second) A Strategic Response To Treatment Gaps For, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

General practitioners training: a strategic response to treatment gaps for suicide behaviour Amresh Shrivastava • Suicide is an international public heath problem, which impacts the most vulnerable of the world’s populations. • About one million people commit suicide and 10-20 times of these attempt it every year across the glob. • More than 90000 adolescents commit suicide every year while rate of attempted suicide every year. • .It is also among the top 20 leading causes of death, which is projected to contribute more than 2% to the global burden of disease by the year 2020 globally for all ages. …

General Practitioners Training: A Strategic Response To Treatment Gaps For Suicide Prevention, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

General practitioners training: a strategic response to treatment gaps for suicide behaviour Amresh Shrivastava • Suicide is an international public heath problem, which impacts the most vulnerable of the world’s populations. • About one million people commit suicide and 10-20 times of these attempt it every year across the glob. • More than 90000 adolescents commit suicide every year while rate of attempted suicide every year. • .It is also among the top 20 leading causes of death, which is projected to contribute more than 2% to the global burden of disease by the year 2020 globally for all ages. …

Early Identification Of Eating Disorder, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

Robbie Campbell MD FRCPC, Jill Mustin-Powell RN, Megan Johnston PhD, Miky Kaushal MD, Larry Stitt MSc, Amresh Srivastava MRCPsych FRCPC Purpose: Comorbidity of eating disorders and its behavioral traits are common amongst psychiatric patients. Eating disorders are often missed or misdiagnosed which leads to poorer clinical outcome and low functioning, though it is a treatable condition. Patients with eating disorders also tend to have severe psychopathology, which increases risk of suicide, duration of hospitalization and polypharmacy. The present study examines the presence of comorbid eating disorders and their behavioral symptoms in hospitalized adult psychiatric patients. Methods: The study was carried …

A New Brief Scale To Assess Suicidality: Scale For Impact Of Suicidality-Management, Assessment And Planning Of Care (Sis-Map- Brief Scanner), Amresh Srivastava, Megan Johnston, Miky Kaushal, Robbie Campbell, Charles Nelson

Amresh Srivastava

Purpose: In this study we examine merit of a short version (Brief Interview Screener (SIS-MAP-scn )of a previously developed and validated 108 item scale, known as ‘ Scale for Impact of Suicidality-Management, Assessment and Planning of Care ( SIS MAP), for rapid assessment in challenging clinical settings e.g. primary care and emergency room. Background: Generally suicide risk is assessed clinically and structured assessments optimize the direction for decision-making across various settings e.g. inpatient care, emergency rooms and crisis centers. We believe that measures with accurate and valid information should be based upon multifactorial risk-constituent domains, e.g. biological, social, psychological, environmental …

A Naturalistic Study Of Screening For Eating Disorder Amongst Psychiatric Patients, Amresh Srivastava, Miky Kaushal, Megan Johnston, Robbie Campbell

Amresh Srivastava

No abstract provided.

Eating Disorders Remain Undetected In Psychiatric Hospitalization: Study Of Electronic Chart Review Of 8000 Patients, Amresh Srivastava, Miky Kaushal, Megan Johnston, Robbie Campbell

Amresh Srivastava

No abstract provided.

Mental Health Of University Students: Perspectives For Intervention And Prevention: An Indo-Canadian Collaborative Project, Amresh Srivastava, Rahel Eynan, Ravi Shah, Laxaman Dutt, Shubhangi Parkar, Tss Rao, Dp Giridhar, Rakesh Bhandari, Nagesh Bhandari, Paul Link

Amresh Srivastava

Purpose: The study aimed to determine the levels of psychological distress of university students and examine teachers’ awareness and opinions concerning suicide prevention. Methods: The study used a two-phase, sequential mixed-method approach of converging quantitative and qualitative methodologies. In the quantitative study the 1a2-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to measure psychological wellbeing in a student sample ( n=110 ). The qualitative study consisted of a focus group with students (n=200) and faculty members. (n=25). Results: The scores for the sample ranged between 0- 33 with a mean score of 10.25 (SD= 6.14). The majority of respondents (70.6%) endorsed …

Eating Disorders Remain Undetected In Psychiatric Hospitalization: Study Of Electronic Chart Review Of 8000 Patients, Amresh Srivastava, Miky Kaushal, Megan Johnston, Robbie Campbell

Amresh Srivastava

No abstract provided.

Screening For Eating Disorder Amongst Psychiatric Patients, Amresh Srivastava, Miky Kaushal, Megan Johnston, Robbie Campbell

Amresh Srivastava

No abstract provided.

Suicide Prevention: Education And Training For Mental Health Professional, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

RISK ASSESSMENT OF SUICIDE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE AMRESH SHRIVASTAVA1.

Suicide is a public health problem presents as the most serious psychiatric emergency. Identification and assessment of suicidality is a skill that every physician needs to have, skills for identification and intervention Risk assessments are done in number of settings like: emergency rooms, psychiatric outpatient, primary care, general medical wards, post-operative and intensive care settings, crisis centers, day hospitals for crisis beds, telephone helplines, psychiatric outpatients, psychiatric acute services, community psychiatry settings, early intervention programs, sometimes in special settings like jails, prisons, schools, workplaces and legal justice systems. In every setting …

Global Mental Health, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

No abstract provided.