Development of a Ramayana-based Counseling Module for Persons with Common Mental Health Disorders.

Background: Common mental health disorders (CMDs) affect nearly 10% of the population, with the majority (80%) remaining untreated. Culturally relevant counseling approaches can be a means to reach many untreated persons. We describe the development and validation of a socioculturally relevant counseling module based on the for persons with CMDs.

Mental Health Issues and Psychosocial Contexts in CICL Children Versus Non-CICL Children: A Comparative Study.

Background: Children in conflict with law (CICL) is an emerging issue in the contemporary world. Children between the ages of 12 years and 18 years are the most productive age group, but some children may develop behaviors that are undesirable to society by violating laws. The mental health and associated psychosocial factors of such children are lacking in India.

Validation of the Cognitive Assessment Instrument for Obsessions and Compulsions (CAIOC-13) in an Indian Sample.

Background: Brief self-report measures of cognition are advantageous for flagging significant cognitive dysfunction without extensive neuropsychological assessments. The Cognitive Assessment Instrument for Obsessions and Compulsions (CAIOC-13) is a recently developed self-report that assesses everyday cognitive dysfunction in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), for example, difficulties with reading, slowness, and decision-making. This study was undertaken to validate the CAIOC-13 in an Indian sample of OCD.

Employment Among Women with Severe Mental Illness Availing Rural Community-based Rehabilitation Program: A Qualitative Study from South India.

Background: Women in India are often disadvantaged in accessing education, employment, health services, and decision-making within families. This inequality is particularly pronounced among women with severe mental illness, especially those from rural areas.

Methods: The study explored the employment status, facilitators, and barriers to employment among women with severe mental illness availing a rural community-based rehabilitation (CBR) program in Jagaluru, South India.

Delusional Procreation Syndrome: A Citation Analysis and Review from the First 12 Years of Publication.

Background: Delusional procreation syndrome (DPS) consists of sequential delusions related to human procreation. It was first coined in a case series in 2010. The most common delusion among DPS is related to pregnancy.

Barriers to Mental Health Support in Cyberbullying: A Thematic Analysis of What Mental Health Professionals and Cyber Experts Think.

Background: Cyberbullying can be a traumatic experience for adolescents. It can affect their psychosocial functioning, development, and mental well-being in the long term. Though mental health support is needed to help adolescents, parents, and schools, they do not seek appropriate support.

Psychosocial Perspectives on Child Mental Health in Custody Disputes: A Qualitative Study from Urban Bengaluru.

Background: Divorce has become a common contemporary phenomenon in India. In this context, the child is pulled into the vortex of parental disputes over the child's custody. The spiteful and protracted nature of these legal cases adversely affects the child's mental health.

Seroprevalence of HIV, HCV, and HBV: The Associated Psychiatric Co-morbidities Among Injection Drug Users in Kashmir- A Hospital-Based Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Injection drug use remains a significant public health concern globally, with injection drug users (IDUs) facing elevated risks of contracting blood-borne infections such as hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV), and acquired immune deficiency syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study delves into the seroprevalence of these disorders among IDUs in Kashmir and extends further to explore the relationship between injection drug use and psychiatric co-morbidities.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among IDUs recruited from tertiary care drug addiction centers.

Online Mental Health Peer-support Forums for Youth: An Exploratory Study on Stakeholder Perspectives.

Background: Youth in India carry a large proportion of the global burden of mental health disorders and subclinical distress. They prefer to seek mental health support from informal sources. One such source-online mental health peer-support forums (OMHPSFs)-is under-researched.

Psychosocial Consequences Among Witch-hunting Survivors: A Qualitative Study from Jharkhand, India.

Background: Witch-hunting is an evil practice and part of the culture of many marginalized groups in India and globally. The unethical ways of barbarity against women happening in the name of the witch-hunting practice is another face of gender-based discrimination against women who are denied basic living rights. This study aims to understand the psychosocial consequences experienced by witch-hunting survivors.

Advancing Rabies Diagnosis: Time for a New "Gold Standard"?

Rabies, a neglected zoonosis, claims approximately 60,000 lives globally each year. One of the significant challenges in rabies control efforts is the lack of surveillance data and underreporting, stemming from inadequate diagnostic facilities, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. At present, the World Health Organization recognizes the fluorescent antibody test (FAT) on postmortem brain specimens as the "gold standard" for confirming rabies in humans and animals.

Neuroprotective effects of nutraceuticals and natural products in traumatic brain injury.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a global healthcare concern with considerable mortality and morbidity. Early diagnosis and timely treatment are critical for optimal clinical prognosis in TBI patients. Injury to the brain tissue following TBI is categorized into primary and secondary injury events, with the former being acute, while the latter evolves over a long period.

Manipulating levels of uncertainty in a decision making task for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Objective: The study aims to investigate whether manipulating levels of uncertainty would influence performance in a decision-making task in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Methods: This case-control study compares the performance in beads task (measuring reflection/decisional impulsivity) performance and trait impulsivity (Short Urgency-Premeditation-Perseverance-Sensation Seeking-Positive Urgency (UPPS-P)) in patients with OCD (n=65) and non-clinical controls (n=45). Mann Whitney U test was carried out to assess between-group differences.

Magnitude, Extent, and Burden of Substance-use Disorders in West Bengal: Findings from the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS), 2016.

Introduction: Substance-use disorders (SUDs) are a public health problem. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) and National Family Health Survey (NFHS) provide evidence of high usage. Hence, the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) WB data were analyzed to estimate the prevalence, pattern, disability burden, and service utilization of SUD.