International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience
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Aarti Jagannathan

Department of Psychology, Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Banglore, India

Biography

Dr Aarti Jagannathan, has completed her Masters in Psychiatric Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai and her M.Phil and PhD in Psychiatric Social Work from NIMHANS, Bangalore. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Social Work/ Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS). Her areas of interest include Rehabilitation of patients with psychiatric disorders (especially schizophrenia), Human rights of mentally ill, Yoga for mental health, Caregiver interventions, and Psycho-oncology. 

Publications

Yoga as a Complementary and Alternative Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders in India: A Solution to Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG) of Mental Health Care?

India, being a lower middle income country (based on 2010 World Bank criteria) with 68.84% of its population living in rural areas (Census of India, 2011) and 27% living below the poverty line (Planning Commission, 2014), the government has adopted a welfare state policy where it plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and ... Read More»

Aarti Jagannathan

Editorial: Int J Emerg Ment Health 2015,17: e238

DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821.1000e238

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