Dr. Srikala Bharath

Dr. Srikala Bharath is a renowned Adult & Old Age Psychiatrist with 40 years of clinical experience in Psychiatry. She completed MBBS from Madras University, DPM & MD from NIMHANS, Bengaluru, DCAP from the University of London, FRCPsych in UK and RANCP in Australia & New Zealand.

After completing DPM, MD and Senior Residency at the Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore she joined as a faculty in 1993 and consultant and took voluntary retirement in May 2016. She worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist in UK (2004) and Australia (2016 onwards). She was adjunct faculty at the Rural University of Monash, Mildura (2017 – 2018) and Deakin University, Geelong (2021/2022), Australia while working in permanent positions. She currently works as consultant in the area of Adult and Old Age Psychiatry.

Dr. Srikala Bharath

Consultant – Adult & Old Age Psychiatry, Life Skills Master Trainer/Mentor, Bengaluru, India

MBBS, DPM, MD(Psy)(NIMHANS), DCAP (UK), CCST (UK), FRCPsych (UK), FRANZCP (Aus)

 

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  • MBBS from Madras University
  • DPM & MD from NIMHANS, Bengaluru
  • DCAP from the University of London
  • FRCPsych (UK)
  • RANCP (Australia & NZ)
  • Trained Psychotherapist (Eclectic) with training in Brief Dynamic Therapy, DBT
  • After completing DPM, MD and Senior Residency at the Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore, joined as a faculty in 1993 and consultant and took voluntary retirement in May 2016.
  • International Work Experience – Worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist in UK (2004) and Australia – 2016 onwards.
  • Head for the Sakalawara Rural Rehabilitation Centre of NIMHANS – 2013 -2016 – set up the multidisciplinary program and the processes for clinically stable persons with mental illness and supervised the functioning of it.
  • Started a non-charitable NGO -Steps4wellbeing with the goal of Giving back to the Society -2016.
  • Adjunct Faculty at the Rural University of Monash, Mildura (2017 – 2018) and Deakin University, Geelong (2021/2022), Australia while working in permanent positions.
  • Led the Mental Health – Hospital at the Home Program – a novel initiative in Victoria, Australia as the consultant -2021 / 2022.
  • Psychotherapy supervisor for 26 years.
  • MD, PhD guide and co guide in allied areas of mental health when employed at NIMHANS.
  • Currently in Private Practice – Adult & Geriatric Psychiatry.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Rakesh Balachandar, Asha Ketharam, Srikala Bharath. Development and validation of tools to screen occupational mental health and workplace factors influencing it: for the Indian workforce. Ind Health, 2022 doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2022-0019.PMID: 35545554
  2. Selva Ganapathy V, Chandra SR, Bharath S, Philip M, V. Narayan B. Association between gait variability and direction-specific postural stability in a middle-age sample: A quantitative study with single and dual-task paradigm. Journal of Geriatric Care and Research, 2021, 8, 2: 43-49
  3. Srikala BharathI wish she had dementia: Pandemic, lockdown, elderly with personality traits, and stress on families. Letter to the Editor. Jour Geriat Mental Health 2021 DOI:10.4103/jgmh.jgmh_14_21.
  4. Himanshu Joshi, Srikala Bharath*, Rakesh Balachandar et al Differentiation of Early Alzheimer’s Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Cognitively Healthy Elderly Samples Using Multimodal Neuroimaging Indices, Brain Connectivity 2019 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2019.0676
  5. Selva Ganapathy, SR Chandra, Srikala Bharath*, GS RaviSub Clinical Motor involvement in Patients with Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia: A case control study, Asian Jour Psychiatry 2019
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2019.10.001
  6. Mane Mahesh Daryappa, Chandra SR, Bharath S*, Hegde S, Philip M, Ramanujan N. Long Loop Reflexes in patients with probable Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia Behavioral Type. J Brain Res2019; 1:1(open access journal)
  7. SreelakshmiThankappan, Somdatta Sen, Sarada Subramanian,Preeti Sinha, Meera Purushottam, Srikala Bharath*. Insulin resistance in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia: A controlled study from India. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2018.10.026
  8. Himanshu Joshi, Srikala Bharath*, John P John, Shilpa Sadanand, Jitender Saini, Keshav J Kumar, Mathew Varghese – Resting State Functional Connectivity Abnormalities and Delayed Recall Performance in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment . Brain Imaging and BehaviourNov 2018 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-018-9974-1
  9. Srikala Bharath, Shilpa Sadanand, Keshav J Kumar, Rakesh Balachander, Himanshu Joshi, Mathew Varghese. Clinical and Neuropsychological Profile of Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment, A Hospital Based Study from A Lower and Middle Income Country,Asian Jour Psychiatry 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.10.007
  10. Velayutham SG, Chandra SR, Bharath S, Shankar RG. Quantitative balance and gait measurement in patients with frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer diseases: A pilot study, Indian J Psychol Med 2017; 39:176‐
  11. Srikala Bharath*, Himanshu Joshi, John P. John, Rakesh Balachandar, Shilpa Sadanand, Jitendra Saini, Keshav J. Kumar, Mathew Varghese., A Multimodal Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Study of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment.Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2017; 25:158 169http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2016.05.001
  12. Sk Altaf Hossien, Santosh Loganathan, Meena Kolar Sridara Murthy, Sivakumar PalanimuthuThangaraju, Srikala Bharath*, Mathew Varghese. Pathways to care among persons with dementia: Study from a tertiary care center. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017; 30: 59–64http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.07.002
  13. Narayana Manjunatha, PreetiPansari Agarwal, Harihara N. Shashidhara, Mohan Palakode1, E. Aravind Raj2, Aruna Rose Mary Kapanee3, Prashanthi Nattala1, C. Naveen Kumar, Paulomi Sudhir3, JagadishaThirthalli, Srikala Bharath*, Kasi Sekar2, Mathew Varghese. First 2 Years of Experience of “Residential Care” at “Sakalawara Rehabilitation Services,” National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India. Ind J Psychol Med, 2017; 39, 6: 750-755.
  14. Ravishankar Vinutha, Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha, Nathan Deepa, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, ThirthalliJagadisha, Sivakumar Thangaraju, Srikala Bharath*, Mathew Varghese. Electroconvulsive therapy in the elderly and nonelderly: 10 years’ retrospective comparison. J GeriatrMent Health, 2017: 4: 127-130 DOI: 10.4103/jgmh.jgmh_3_17
  15. Rakesh Balachandar, Srikala Bharath*, John P. John,
 Himanshu Joshi, Shilpa Sadanand, Jitender Saini, Keshav J. Kumar, Mathew Varghese. Resting-State Functional Connectivity Changes Associated with Visuospatial Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Mild Alzheimer Dement GeriatrCognDisord 2017;43:229–236. DOI: 10.1159/000457118
  16. Aditi Gandotra, Seema Mehrotra, Srikala Bharath*. Psychological recovery and its correlates in adults seeking outpatient psychiatric services: An exploratory study from an Indian tertiary care setting. Asian Jour Psychiatry 2017; 29: 77–82http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.04.020
  17. Chandra SR, Isaac TG, Mane M, Bharath S*, Nagaraju B C. Long loop reflex 2 in patients with cortical dementias: A pilot study. Indian J Psychol Med 2017;39:164-8.
  18. Srikala Bharath, Himanshu Joshi, John P John, Rakesh B, Shilpa S. Jitendra Saini, Keshav J Kumar, Mathew Varghese A Multimodal Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Study of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Amer Jour Geriatric Psychiatry, 2017; 25:158–169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2016.05.001
  19. Mathur S, Sharma MP, Bharath S*. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with late-life depression: A case series. Int J Yoga, 2016; 9:168-72.
  20. Ravikesh Tripathi, Keshav Kumar, Rakesh Balachandar, PalaniappanMarimuthu, Mathew Varghese, Srikala Bharath*. Cognitive markers of mild cognitive impairment: An Indian experience – Authors’ reply to the ‘’Errors in conducting screening for mild cognitive impairment with HMSE’’published in Ann Indian Acad Neurol, 2015; 18: 492-3. Ann Indian Acad Neurol,2016;19:164.
  21. Preeti Sinha, Srikala Bharath*& SR Chandra. DSM-5 in Vascular Dementia- Comparison with other diagnostic criteria in a retrospective study. EC Neurology, 2015;2.3: 135-143.
  22. SadanandShilpa, Rakesh Balachandar&Srikala Bharath*. Memory and Executive Functions in Persons with Type-2 Diabetes, a Meta-Analysis. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews,2016; 32 (2):132–42. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25963303.
  23. Prafulla Shivakumar, Shilpa Sadanand, Srikala Bharath*, Girish N, Mariamma Philip, Mathew Varghese Identifying Psychological Distress in Elderly Seeking Health Care. Indian Journal of Public Health 2015, 59(1):18. DOI: 10.4103/0019-557X.152849. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25758726).
  24. Balachandar, R, John JP, Saini J, Kumar KJ, Joshi H, Sadanand S, Aiyappan S, Sivakumar PT, Loganathan S, Varghese M, Bharath S*. A Study of Structural and Functional Connectivity in Early Alzheimer’s Disease Using Rest fMRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2015;30(5):497–504. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24990445).
  25. Huded, Chandrashekar B., Srikala Bharath, S.R.Chandra, P.T. Sivakumar, Mathew Varghese, Sarada Subramanian. Supportive CSF Biomarker Evidence to Enhance the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association Criteria for Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Type Dementia – A Study from Southern India. Asian Journal of Psychiatry2014; 2012–15. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25468261).
  26. Bharath, Srikala* et al.Neuropsychological Markers of Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Clinic Based Study from Urban India. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2015; 18(2):177 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019415).
  27. Balachandar, R., R. Tripathi, Bharath*, and K. Kumar. Classic Tower of Hanoi, Planning Skills, and the Indian Elderly.” East Asian Archives of Psychiatry , 2015; 25(3):108–14. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26429837).
  28. Rakesh Balachander, Shilpa Sadanand, Srikala Bharath* (2015) Evidence Based Management of Alzheimer’s Dementia. Annals Medicus, 2015 Supplement Edition, 29-36.ISSN No 2348 -3970
  29. Palanimuthu T. Sivakumar, Sunil V. Kalmady,, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian, Srikala Bharath, Nalini N. Reddy, Naren P. Rao, Jerry M.E. Kovoor, Sanjeev Jain, Mathew Varghese. Volumetric analysis of hippocampal sub-regions in late onset depression: A 3 tesla magnetic resonance imaging study. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2015: 13:38-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2014.11.005
  30. Ravikesh Tripathi, Keshav Kumar, Srikala Bharath*, P.Marimathu, Mathew Varghese. Why do healthy older adults perform poorly on story recall based paradigm? An empirical exploration. Psychological Studies. 2015: 60 (1): 12-16. DOI:10.007/s 12646-015-0300-3
  31. Chetana Thirthahalli, Suryanarayana S P, Gautham Melur Sukumar, Srikala Bharath*, Girish N Rao, Nandagudi Srinivasa Murthy (2014) Proportion and factors associated with depressive symptoms among elderly in an urban slum in Bangalore. Journal of Urban Health, 2014; 91 (4):3-6. 1007/s11524-014-990
  32. Balachandar R, Bharath S*, John JP, Saini J, Kumar K, Joshi H, et al . Resting state functional connectivity of executive network predicts the performance of cognitive function. Alzheimer’s Dement. 2014; Jul;10 (4):P838–9. (Conference Abs)
  33. Sadanand S, Bharath S*, Balachandar R, Joshi H, Varghese M. Treatment-seeking behaviour in MCI in a LAMIC country. Alzheimer’s Dement. 2014; Jul;10 (4):P693. (Conf Abs)
  34. Lakshminarayan Kota, Srikala Bharath*,  Meera Purushottama,  Nagaraj S Moily, PalanimuthuThangaraju Sivakumar, Mathew Varghese, Pramod Kumar Pal, Sanjeev Jain. Reduced telomere length in neurodegenerative disorders may suggest shared biology. J Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences,doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13100240
  35. Dinakaran P, Seema Mehrotra, Srikala Bharath*(2014). Interactional aspects of care during hospitalization : Perspectives of family caregivers of psychiatrically ill in a tertiary care setting in India . Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 201412: 63-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2014.06.013
  36. Kota LN, Bharath S*, Purushottam M, Paul P, Sivakumar PT, Varghese M, Jain S. Reduced telomere length in subjects with dementia and diabetes mellitus type 2 is independent of apolipoprotein E4 genotype. Asian Journal of Psychiatry.2014; 12:58-62 doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2014.06.012
  37. Balachandar Rakesh, Srikala Bharath*, Bhavani ShankaraBagepally, Jitender Saini, Shilpa Sadanand, Naveen Donthi, PalanimuthuThangaraju Sivakumar, SadanandavallyRatnaswamy Chandra and Mathew Varghese (2014) A Retrospective Study on Relation between Cognitive Performance and Lobar Perfusions of Brain in Alzheimer’s Dementia using Single Photon Emission Computer Tomography. Brain Disorders and Therapy. 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2168-975X.1000135
  38. Tripathi R, Kumar K, Bharath S*, Marimuthu P. Varghese M.Age, education and gender effects on neuropsychological functions in healthy Indian older adults. Dementia &Neuropsychologia2014;8 (2) :148-154.
  39. Kailash Suresh Kumar, MuralidharanKeshavan, Srikala Bharath, Preeti Sinha et al. Role of high frequency of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in augmentation of treatment of bipolar depression. The Journal of ECT; 2014; 30 (4): doi: 10.1097/yct.0000000000000146
  40. Ahmad M., Mahendra P. Sharma, Srikala Bharath*. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Geriatric Depression: a case series. Indian Journal of Psychology and Mental Health, 2014; 9 (2):13-24.
  41. Tripathi R, Kumar Keshav Bharath S., Mariappan et al. Clinical validity of NIMHANS neuropsychological battery for elderly (NNB-E): A preliminary report. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2013; 55:3:279-82.doi:10.4103/0019-5545.117149
  42. Rao GN, Bharath S*. et al. Cost of Dementia Care in India: delusion or reality? Indian Journal of Public Health; 2013; 57:2:71-77.doi:10.4103/0019.557X.114986
  43. Sadanand S., Shivakumar P., Rao GN., Loganathan S., Bagepally BS., Kota LN., ReddyNN., Sivakumar PT., Bharath S*., Varghese M. Identifying elders with neuropsychiatric problems in a screening clinic. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice;2013; 4; suppl 1;s24-s30.doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.116438
  44. Bagepally BS, John JP, Varghese M, Halahalli HN, Kota L, Sivakumar PT, Srikala Bharath*, Jain S. (2013) Relationship of Clinical and Cognitive Variables with Brain Morphometric Abnormalities in Alzheimer’s Disease: a Voxel Based Morphometric Study Using 3-Tesla MRIAging and Disease, 2013; 4:
  45. Bharath S*. Carer Burden in Dementia: an Indian perspective (Editorial) Neurodegenerative Disorder Management, 2013;3 (3) 1-3.
  46. Kota LN, Shankarappa BM, Shivakumar P, Sadanand S, Bagepally BS, Krishnappa SB, Purushottam M, Sivakumar PT, Jain S, Varghese M, Bharath S*. Dementia and Diabetes Mellitus: Association with Apolipoprotein E4 Polymorphism from a Hospital in Southern India. International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2012; 2012:1–4.
  47. Suresh Kumar, Bharath S*., Jain S., Prakash O., Purushottam M., Thennarasu K., , Mukherjee O.,Sivakumar P.T., Varghese M. (2012) Apoe4 and Late Onset Depression in Indian Population, J. Affect Disorde, 2012;136:244-248 PMID 22226379.
  48. Bagepally BS, Halahalli HN, John JP, Kota L, Purushottam M, Mukherjee O, Sivakumar P.T., Bharath S*, Jain S, Varghese M. Apolipoprotein E4 and Brain White Matter Integrity in Alzheimer’s disease: Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Study under 3-Tesla MRI. Neurodegenerative Diseases. 2012. doi:10.1159/000334761, PMID:22269984
  49. Bharath S*., Kumar KV. School Mental Health Program – Role of the Mental Health Professional in Psychiatry in India: Training &Training Centers (Specialty Section) Ind J Psychiat (Suppl) 2011; 203 – 212.
  50. Arun M.P., Bharath S., Pal P., Singh G. Relationship of depression, disability and quality of life in Parkinson’s disease: A hospital-based case-control study. Neurol India, 2011; 59 (2) 185-189.
  51. Bagepally BS, John JP, Kovoor JME, Purushottam M, Mukherjee O, Kota L, Sadananda S, Prakash O, Sivakumar PT, Bharath S*., Jain S, Varghese M. Diffusion tensor imaging in Alzheimer’s dementia and APOE-[epsilon] 4 status. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 2010; 6 (4, Suppl:1),S18-S19. doi:16/j.jalz.2010.05.051.
  52. Bharath, S*., Purushottam, M., Mukerjee, O., Bagepally, B.S., Prakash, O., Kota, L., Krishnappa,S.B., Sivakumar, P.T., Jain, S., Varghese, M.Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and dementia:A hospital-based study from southern India. Dement GeriatrCognDisord,2010, 322093-T1. doi:10.1159/000322093.
  53. Henry J., Jagannathan A., Bhavana K., Thomas B., Bharath S*., Varghese M., Jhirwal O.P., &Sivakumar P.T. Group intervention for cares of geriatric patients: experience from a clinic inIndia. Internat Psychiatry2010; 7 (2), 30-32.
  54. Janardhan C.N., Varghese M., Jain S., Sivakumar P.T., Prakash O., Bharath S*., Kandavel T. Is there a familial overlap between dementia and other psychiatric disorders? InternatPsychogeriatrics, 2010. doi :101017/S1041610210001572
  55. Rajan J., Udupa S., Bharath S*., (2010) Hypoxia: Can neuropsychological rehabilitation attenuate neuropsychological dysfunction. Indian J Psychol Med, 2010; 32, (1) 65-68.16.
  56. Bharath, S*., KishoreKumar, K.V.Empowering adolescents with life skills education – School mental health program. Does it work? Indian J Psychiatry, 2010; 52 (4) 314-318.
  57. Gupta H., Prasad K., Bharath S.*, et al: Investigations for dementia patients: Findings from a Tertiary Care setting in South India.J Mental Health and Human Behavior, 2010;15 (2) 91-95.
  58. Shukla A., Sahoo S., Gupta H., Bharath S.*Schizo-obsession as probable temporal lobeepilepsy phenomenon – a case report. Prog Neuro- Psychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 2010. doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.05.12
  59. Prasad K, Gupta H., Bharath S.*, et al. Clinical Practice with Anitdementia and AntipsychoticDrugs : Audit from a Geriatric Clinic in India . Indian J Psychiatry, 2009;51: 272-275 doi:10.4103/0019-5545.58292
  60. Prakash, O., Kumar, C. N., Shivakumar, P. T., Bharath, S*., & Varghese, M. Clinical presentation of mania compared with depression: data from a geriatric clinic in India. International Psychogeriatrics, 2009;21(4), 764-767. doi:10.1017/S1041610209009466
  61. Prakash O, Varghese M, Bharath S.*, Sivakumar P.T, Kumar BS (2008). Characteristics of Bipolar Patients Attending Geriatric Clinic in South India. Bipolar Disorders, 2008; 10 (Suppl. 1), 30-90.
  62. Bharath, S.*,Kishore Kumar, K.V. Health Promotion using Life Skills Approach for Adolescents in Schools – Development of a Model. Indian Assoc Child Adolescent Ment Health, 2008; 4 (1), 5-11.
  63. Paswani M., Sharma M., Bharath S*. Home-Based Behavioral Family Intervention in Dementia : A Case Illustration . Indian J Gerontol, 2008; 22: 14-26. 1.
  64. Bharath S.,Shamasundar C., et al. Correlates of Psychiatric Morbidity in Patients with Hansen’s Disease. Indian Journal of Leprosy, 2001;73 (3):217-228.
  65. Bharath S*., Gangadhar B.N., Janakiramaiah N. P300 Family Studies of Schizophrenia: review and critique. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2000; 38:43 –54.
  66. Prakash H.M., Bharath S*. Valproate in Acute Mania. Indian J Psychiatry2000; 42: 94 –97.
  67. Bharath S*., Neupane M., Chatterjee S. Terminator: An Unusual Form of Self- Mutilation . Psychopathology, 1999; 32: 184 – 186.
  68. Bharath S.*, Srinath S., Girimaji S., Seshadri S. Follow up of Dropouts in a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. – Indian Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1999; 8: 54 – 59.
  69. Bharath S*., Srinath S., Seshadri S., Girimaji S. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry In-Patient Facility, Indian J Paediatrics, 1997; 64: 829-832.
  70. Bharath S*., Shamasundar C., Raghuram R., Subbakrishna DK., Psychiatric Morbidity in Leprosy and Psoriasis – a Comparative Study. Indian J Leprosy, 1997; 69: 341-346.
  71. Srinath S., Bharath S*., Characteristics of a Child Inpatient Population with Hysteria in India . J American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry1993; 32:822-825.

Reports

  1. Murthy P, Naveen Kumar C, Chandra PS, Bharath S*, Math SB, Bhola P, Gandhi S, Vranda MN, Jaisoorya TS, Dahale AB, Vishwakarma H, Naaz F, Venkatalakshmi C.  Addressing concerns of  Women admitted to mental hospital in India: an in-depth analysis. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore and National Commission for Women, New Delhi, 2016.
  2. Pratima Murthy, Srikala Bharath, Gitanjali Narayan, Soundarya Soundarajan . Integrating Mental Health Care & Chronic Noncommunicable Disorders. Joint Conference of the Gulbenkian GlobalMental Health Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, The World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva & TheNational Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore,IndiaNovember 13-15, 2015

Chapters in Books

  1. Devvarta Kumar, Srikala Bharath*, Uma Hirisave, Sanjay Agarwal and Hemang Shah (2015) SchoolMental Health Programs in India: current status and future directions. In: Stan Kutcher, Yifeng Wei, Mark D.  Weist (eds) in School Mental Health: Global Challenges and Opportunities. CambridgeUniversity Press, Cambridge, ISBN: 9781107053908
  2. 70. Bharath S*. Shaji KS. Jolley D – (2010) Course and Outcome of Dementia – Paras Publications, Hyderabad, in Handbook of Dementia (2nd Edtion) Kar N., Jolley D., Misra B (eds) pp146-159.
  3. Somashekar B.S., Bharath S. (2000) Psychosomatic Aspects of Menopause in Psychiatric Obstetrics &Gynaecology. Chandra PS., Chaturvedi SK., Isaac MK. (eds) NIMHANS, Bangalore 104 –118.11.
  4.  Bharath S., Kishore Kumar K.V., (1999) Life Skills Education in the Indian Scene in Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Conference – The Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health – Srinath et al (eds), NIMHANS, Bangalore, 145 – 152.
  5. Bharath S. (1998) Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer in Children in Psycho – Oncology- Current Issues. Chandra PS., Chaturvedi SK. (eds) NIMHANS, Bangalore. 123-140.
  6. Bharath S. (1998) Autistic Children Grown –Up. Vision.
  7. Bharath S. Gangadhar B.N. (1997) P300 in Psychiatry in Cognitive Systems; From Intelligent Systems to More Human Environment? Isaac JR., Gupta S., Datta MS., (eds) Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. New Delhi. 59-70.

Manuals

  1.  Anila Michael, Prafulla Shivakumar, Girish N, Thirumoorthy A, Sivakumar PT, Srikala Bharath, Mathew Varghese. A Resource Book on Elderly Mental Health for Community Health Workers, NIMHANS, Bangalore – 2019. ISBN: 978-81-941838-5-3
  2. Srikala Bharath, Kumar KV. Manosamajiksakshamtakeliyeyuwaon me jeevankaushal ka vikas: Jeevan kaushalprashikshikokeliyemargdarshika. Bhag-I NIMHANS Publication, Bangalore 2016
  3. Srikala Bharath, Kumar KV. Manosamajiksakshamtakeliyeyuwaon me jeevankaushal ka vikas: Jeevan kaushalprashikshikokeliyemargdarshika. Bhag-II NIMHANS Publication, Bangalore, 2016
  4. Srikala Bharath, Kumar KV. Manosamajiksakshamtakeliyeyuwaon me jeevankaushal ka vikas: Jeevan kaushalprashikshikokeliyemargdarshika. Bhag-III NIMHANS Publication, Bangalore 2016
  5. Srikala Bharath, Kumar KV. John Viyasagar, Seema Mehrotra. Manosamajiksakshamtakeliyeyuwaon me jeevankaushal ka vikas: Anudeshakkeliyemargdarshika. NIMHANS Publication, Bangalore 2016
  6. Srikala Bharath, Kumar K. (2014) Empowering Adolescents using Life Skills for Psychosocial Competence: Life Skills Educators’ Activity Manual Level I, II, III (NIMHANS Publication), 2014.
  7. Srikala Bharath, Kumar K. John Vijayasagar, Seema Mehrothra. (2014) Empowering Adolescents using Life Skills for Psychosocial Competence: a Facilitator’s Guide (NIMHANS Publication) 2014.
  8. Srikala Bharath, Kishore Kumar and Vrunda (2003) (8th, 9th and 10th Standard) Health Promotion using Life Skills Approach for Adolescents in Schools – Kannada Version Bangalore, NIMHANS – DSERT Collaboration.
  9. Srikala Bharath, Kishore Kumar and Vrunda MN (2002) Health Promotion using Life Skills Approach for Adolescents in Schools (3 modules – 8th, 9th 10th standards) Bangalore, NIMHANS – WHO – SEARO Collaboration. The modules were for a second reprint in 2005.
  10. Parathasarathy R., Bharath S., Kumar KVK et al (2001) – Psychosocial Care for Children – A Manual for Teachers – Earthquake, Bhuj, Snehasamudhay.
  11. Bharath S., Chandrasekar CR., Kumar KVK et al (2000) – Psychosocial Care for Individuals – Supercyclone – Books for Change, Action Aid India.
  12. Murthy P., Chandra P., Bharath S., Murthy R.S., Sudha.: A Manual of Mental Health Care for Women in Custody –NIMHANS & National Commission for Women.
  13. Mental Health in Children in Institutions – A Training Manual for the Personnel in the Developmental Institutions for Children – Funded by the Department of Women and Child Welfare, Karnataka (under preparation)

IEC Materials

  1. Srikala Bharath, Kumar K. Empowering Adolescents using Life Skills for Psychosocial Competence: a Facilitator’s Guide (NIMHANS Publication) 2014. – Interactive CD for Teachers on how to conduct a session of Life Skills Education.

 As a Member of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group (India)

  1. Prince M, Acosta D, Chiu H, Copeland J, Dewey M, Scazufca M, Varghese M, for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group. (2004) Effects of education and culture on the validity of the Geriatric Mental State and its AGECAT algorithm. British Journal of Psychiatry 185, 429-436.
  2. Prince M, Acosta D, Chiu H, Scazufca M, Varghese M, for the 10/66
    Dementia Research Group     (2003). Dementia diagnosis in developing
    countries: a cross-cultural validation study. Lancet 361,909-17.

Books

  1. Shaji, K.S.,Jotheeswaran, A.T., Girish, N.,Bharath, S*., Dias, A., Pattabiraman, M., Varghese,M.(2010) Dementia India Report: prevalence, impact, cost and services for dementia. Alzheimer’sand Related Disorders Society of India, New Delhi.
  2. Meena K.S, Prakashi Rajaram, Srikala Bharath* (2012) Benefits of Work Over Psychiatric Disability: A Comparative Study of Employed and Unemployed Persons with Schizophrenia ISBN No: 978-3-659-15200-9, Lambert Academic Publishing

Compilation

  1.  Celebrating 60 years – Alumni Meet (2013) Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS – a souvenir released on the occasion of 60 years of the department.
  2. Psychotherapy in India – A compilation of the work in the area of Psychological Therapies in India – Released on the occasion of the ‘Symposium on Alternative Methods in Psychological Therapies – Funded by NIMHANS, 1995
  3. Souvenir and Book of Abstracts – 5th Biennial Conference of the Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, NIMHANS Nov, 1999 Bangalore.

Reviewer

  • I am a Reviewer on a regular basis for national and international journals and review articles in relation to cognitive deficits and psychiatric morbidity in the elderly and mental health promotion and well being in the adolescents and youth.

 

CURRENT PROJECT:

  1. Established a Foundation STEPS – Skills To EmPowerSelf – a Not for Profit Foundation carry out the following.
  2. Training of Life Skills Education towards Psychosocial Competence over the Life Span.
  3. Training of Master Trainers and Life Skills Educators towards Psychosocial Competence in Adolescence and Youth – since I have developed the Model of the above, I train extensively focusing on adolescents / youth.
  4. Working with organizations at the grass root level to train vocational skills for selected women with mental illnesses in the community towards economical independence.

 

  • Chevening Scholarship of British Council awardee – 1991.
  • Leadership – restarted Geriatric Clinic in 1999 at NIMHANS along with Dr. Varghese – built it up the clientele, training of residents and other trainees, led research in the area of dementia, old age depression and psychosis.
  • Developed a Model of Training of Facilitators in Promotion of Life Skills (Psychosocial Competence) in adolescents and youth and used it in secondary schools with teachers trained as facilitators – 2000.
  • Involved in research in areas of Old Age Mental Health and Mental Health Promotion using Life Skills.