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DM in Geriatric Mental Health to be started shortly |
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| Research Activities of Department of Geriatric Mental Health: |
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| The department is presently engaged in carrying out research on the following projects : |
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“Urban Mental Health problems and Service Needs”- a multi-centric task force project sponsored by Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. |
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“An epidemiological study of prevalence of Neuropsychiatric disorders with special reference to cognitive disorders amongst rural elderly”- an ad-hoc project sponsored by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi. |
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“A comparative study of usefulness of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs in primary psychotic disorders in elderly”- an ad-hoc project sponsored by ICMR, New Delhi. |
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| Timely completed and submitted research projects from the Department of Geriatric Mental Health: |
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“An epidemiological study of prevalence of Neuropsychiatric disorders with special reference to cognitive disorders amongst elderly (urban)”- an ad-hoc project sponsored by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, submitted in 2009. |
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“ Development of strategies and models for Reduction of treatment Gap in Epilepsy an ad-hoc research project sponsored by WHO-SEARO, New Delhi, submitted in 2009. |
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The Faculty & Research Staff of the department have won awards on the following original research papers: |
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Role of behavioural intervention on health status and quality of life of elderly; IAGMH/INTAS Award 2nd Place/IInd ANC IAGMH held in Chennai, December 1 & 2, 2006. |
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Problems, needs and expectations of elderly living in north Indian village: A pilot study.IAGMH/INTAS Award 3rd Place/ IInd ANC IAGMH held in Chennai, December 1 & 2, 2006. |
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A Pilot Study on Applicability of MMSE / HMSE on Literate and Illiterate Urban Elderly Population (Awarded IInd IAGMH / INTAS Award-2006 received at Jaipur in 3rd NACIAGMH, 2007) |
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Profile of Neuropsychiatric Morbidity amongst Rural and Urban Elderly: Preliminary Observations (Awarded Ist IAGMH/INTAS Award-2008 received at Agra in 4th NACIAGMH) |
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Status of Vitamin B12 and Homocysteine Levels in Cognitively Impaired Urban Elderlies. (Awarded IIIrd IAGMH/INTAS Award-2008 received at Agra in 4th NACIAGMH) |
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Research Publications (2005-2009): |
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| The Faculty & Research Staff of the department have published the following research articles during the period: |
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Tripathi, R.K., Tiwari, S.C. (2009). Psychotherapeutic approaches in the management of elderlies with dementia: An overview. Delhi Psychiatry Journal, 12(1), 31-41. |
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Tiwari, S.C., Tripathi, R.K., and Kumar, A. (2009) Applicability of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Hindi Mental State Examination (HMSE) to the urban elderly in India: a pilot study. International Psychogeratrics, 21,1: 123-128. doi:10.1017/S1041610208007916 |
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Kumar, P., & Tiwari S.C. (2008). Family and psychopathology : An overview series:1: Children and adults. Delhi Psychiatry Journal, 11 (2), 140-149. |
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Tiwari,S.C., Kumar, P., & Tripathi, R.K. (2008) Pattern and Frequency of Substance Abuse in Urban Area of Lucknow. Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 17 (1), 33-38. |
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Tiwari, S.C., Tandon, M., Tripathi, R.K., & Mishra, A. (2008). Status of Vitamine B12 and Homocysteine Levels in Cognitively Impaired Urban Elderlies. Indian Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 1(1), 12-19. |
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Tiwari, S.C. et al. (2007). Preventing Illnesses: A community based behavioural intervention approach, Psychological Studies, 52 (1), 77-84. |
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Tiwari, S.C. et al. (2007). Usefulness, acceptability and benefits of Behavioural intervention Programme: A community response. Psychological Studies, 52 (3), 240-243. |
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Tiwari, S.C., Chowdhury, A.K., Tripathi, R. K., Kumar, A., Najeeb, S. (2007). Health conducive behavioural intervention needs of rural and urban communities of northern India, Delhi Psychiatric Journal, 10 (1),55-60. |
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Tiwari, S.C., Tripathi, R.K., Kumar, A. (2007) Geriatric Psychiatry in India. In Kamala Deka & Dhrubajyoti Bhyan (Eds.), Psychiatric Update. Indian Psychiatric Society, Assam State Branch, Park ‘N’ offset, Poddar Bhawan, Dibrugarh; pp 149-158. |
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Shukla, K.K, Mahdi, A.A., Ahmad, M.K., Jaiswar, S.P., Shankwar, S.N. & Tiwari, S.C. (2007). Mucuna pruriens reduces stress and improves the quality of semen in infertile men. eCAM Advance Access published December 18, 2007.(eCAM 2007; page 1-8, doi:10.1093/ecam/nem171). |
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Tiwari, S.C., Najeeb, S., Mehrotra, B., Kumar, A., Tripathi, R.K., and Chowdhury, A.K. (2007). Perception and Expectation of the Community Regarding Available Health Related Material. Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 16(1), 29-31. |
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Tiwari, S.C., Tripathi, R. K., Chowdhury, A. K. (2006). Health Promotion Activities of North Indian Rural and Urban Community. Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 15(2), 125-127. |
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Tiwari S.C., Kumar A., Kumar A.(2005). Development & standardization of a scale to measure socio-economic status in urban & rural communities in India . Indian Journal of Medical Research, 122 (4), 309-314. |
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