Jagadisha Thirthalli
Biographic Data
| ID | 4618702 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jagadisha Thirthalli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jagadisha |
| FAMILY NAME | Thirthalli |
| SIGNATURE | THIRTHALLI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3998-9672 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mapping the burden of mental health issues in rural India through house-to-house surveys: Insights from the Naman program
Mental health disorders in rural India remain substantially under-identified, with treatment gaps exceeding 70%. Population-level data from rural regions are limited under real-world programmatic conditions. This study provides this information from two geographically and socio-culturally contrasting rural blocks (taluks; sub-district administrative areas) of India, viz., Belur (Karnataka) and Munsyari (Uttarakhand). To estimate population-level …
Low Treatment Gap for Schizophrenia in Rural India: A Step Toward Taluk Mental Health Program
Background: In India, an estimated 3.5 million are affected with schizophrenia, of which more than two-thirds belong to the rural demography. Schizophrenia is one of the most disabling illnesses, causing 10% of the disability adjusted life years, making it a public health concern. We aimed to estimate the treatment gap for schizophrenia in a rural South Indian setting following a community intervention program implemented in two administrative bl…
Factors influencing access to psychiatric care among persons with psychosis living in a rural community in south India
BACKGROUND: A substantial proportion of persons with psychosis (PWP) remain untreated in the community across the world. Factors that preclude them from accessing psychiatric treatment are poorly studied. In this study, we explored the factors that prevented persons with schizophrenia and their caregivers from accessing psychiatric treatment using an interview schedule specifically developed for this purpose. METHODS: We identified individuals wi…
Effectiveness of lifestyle intervention on prevention/management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain among persons with severe mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Individualized lifestyle interventions using motivational interviewing (MI) approach are recommended for persons with severe mental illness (SMI) for effective weight management. The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the effectiveness of various lifestyle interventions that addressed obesity among persons with SMI. Twelve RCTs were assessed by individual reviewers using revised cochrane risk-of-bias tool (RoB 2). The standardized mean diffe…
Outcome of wage and self-employment intervention for persons with severe mental illness availing rural community-based rehabilitation project: Experience from South India
Background: The World Health Organization advocates Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) for resource-constrained settings. There is a need for evidence-based models of employment for persons with severe mental illness (referred to as “patients”) from such settings. Aims: To facilitate and study the employment outcome of patients aged 18 to 50 y, availing a rural CBR project in South India. Methods: Of 98 consented patients, only three men chose …
Predictors of long-stay in a tertiary care psychiatry hospital in India
BACKGROUND: Many psychiatric patients continue to stay for longer duration in psychiatric institutions. Community reintegration and rehabilitation of such patients needs to be explored to ensure appropriate bed occupancy rates and access to in-patient care for newer patients in need of the same. OBJECTIVES: The aim is to identify the risk and protective factors leading to long-term admission of mentally ill patients in tertiary care hospital. MET…
A qualitative exploration of perceived needs and barriers of individuals with schizophrenia, caregivers and clinicians in using mental health applications in Madhya Pradesh, India
Introduction: About 3.5 million people are living with schizophrenia in India, with most failing to receive minimally adequate care. Digital mental health applications could potentially decrease this treatment gap; however, these applications should be tailored to meet the needs and overcoming barriers of its end-users to ensure their adoption and sustained usage. Few studies in India have explored the perspectives of target stakeholders to under…
Care at door-steps for persons with severe mental disorders: A pilot experience from Karnataka district mental health program
Background: Public funded outreach services for persons with severe mental disorders (SMDs), a norm in developed nations, is non-existent in India. We share our pilot experience with an indigenous model named ‘Care at Doorsteps’ (CADs) for persons with SMDs who dropped out from clinical care of District Mental Health Program (DMHP) at three sites of Karnataka, a south Indian state. Aim: The objectives of this study were to identify the reasons fo…
Impact of Technology Driven Mental Health Task-shifting for Accredited Social Health Activists (Ashas): Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial of Two Methods of Training
Care at Doorsteps for Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses as a Part of District Mental Health Program (DMHP): A Qualitative Needs Assessment and Psychosocial Framework
Rural–urban differences in accessing mental health treatment in patients with psychosis
BACKGROUND: Delay in accessing psychiatric treatment has considerable influence on the outcome of psychoses. Systematic studies examining the source of the delay are lacking in India. In this article, we examine rural-urban differences regarding delay in accessing psychiatric care in patients with psychosis, an issue which was hitherto not studied. AIMS: To evaluate the rural-urban differences in treatment seeking among patients with psychosis. M…
Perception of family emotional climate by family members of persons with schizophrenia
BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of instruments to assess schizophrenia persons' Family Emotional Climate (FEC). AIM: This study aims to explore the relation between family members' personality traits and FEC. METHODS: We invited a convenience sample of 50 both gender family members who were accompanying the person with schizophrenia for out-patient department (OPD) consultation to provide data on a socio-demographic proforma and the researcher prep…
Caregiver burden is associated with disability in schizophrenia: Results of a study from a rural setting of south India
BACKGROUND: Taking care of patients with schizophrenia is a major source of burden to the family. Research on burden experienced by family members of patients living in rural communities is sparse. METHODS: Data were obtained from a community intervention program for psychoses in a rural community of south India, where persons with severe mental disorders were identified, treated and followed up. As part of the program, caregivers of 245 schizoph…
A Qualitative Study On the Needs of Caregivers of Inpatients With Schizophrenia in India
Aim: To explore the needs of caregivers of inpatients with schizophrenia in India. Material: Thirty caregivers of inpatients with schizophrenia participated in five focus group discussions (FGD), where the needs of the caregivers were discussed. The FGDs were recorded, transcribed and similar needs were grouped and ranked according to their order of importance. Discussion: The main needs that emerged were regarding: managing the behaviour of pati…
Impact of Technology Driven Mental Health Task-shifting for Accredited Social Health Activists (Ashas): Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial of Two Methods of Training
Care at Doorsteps for Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses as a Part of District Mental Health Program (DMHP): A Qualitative Needs Assessment and Psychosocial Framework
A Qualitative Study On the Needs of Caregivers of Inpatients With Schizophrenia in India
Aim: To explore the needs of caregivers of inpatients with schizophrenia in India. Material: Thirty caregivers of inpatients with schizophrenia participated in five focus group discussions (FGD), where the needs of the caregivers were discussed. The FGDs were recorded, transcribed and similar needs were grouped and ranked according to their order of importance. Discussion: The main needs that emerged were regarding: managing the behaviour of pati…
Caregiver burden is associated with disability in schizophrenia: Results of a study from a rural setting of south India
BACKGROUND: Taking care of patients with schizophrenia is a major source of burden to the family. Research on burden experienced by family members of patients living in rural communities is sparse. METHODS: Data were obtained from a community intervention program for psychoses in a rural community of south India, where persons with severe mental disorders were identified, treated and followed up. As part of the program, caregivers of 245 schizoph…
Perception of family emotional climate by family members of persons with schizophrenia
BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of instruments to assess schizophrenia persons' Family Emotional Climate (FEC). AIM: This study aims to explore the relation between family members' personality traits and FEC. METHODS: We invited a convenience sample of 50 both gender family members who were accompanying the person with schizophrenia for out-patient department (OPD) consultation to provide data on a socio-demographic proforma and the researcher prep…
Rural–urban differences in accessing mental health treatment in patients with psychosis
BACKGROUND: Delay in accessing psychiatric treatment has considerable influence on the outcome of psychoses. Systematic studies examining the source of the delay are lacking in India. In this article, we examine rural-urban differences regarding delay in accessing psychiatric care in patients with psychosis, an issue which was hitherto not studied. AIMS: To evaluate the rural-urban differences in treatment seeking among patients with psychosis. M…
Care at Doorsteps for Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses as a Part of District Mental Health Program (DMHP): A Qualitative Needs Assessment and Psychosocial Framework
A qualitative exploration of perceived needs and barriers of individuals with schizophrenia, caregivers and clinicians in using mental health applications in Madhya Pradesh, India
Introduction: About 3.5 million people are living with schizophrenia in India, with most failing to receive minimally adequate care. Digital mental health applications could potentially decrease this treatment gap; however, these applications should be tailored to meet the needs and overcoming barriers of its end-users to ensure their adoption and sustained usage. Few studies in India have explored the perspectives of target stakeholders to under…
Care at door-steps for persons with severe mental disorders: A pilot experience from Karnataka district mental health program
Background: Public funded outreach services for persons with severe mental disorders (SMDs), a norm in developed nations, is non-existent in India. We share our pilot experience with an indigenous model named ‘Care at Doorsteps’ (CADs) for persons with SMDs who dropped out from clinical care of District Mental Health Program (DMHP) at three sites of Karnataka, a south Indian state. Aim: The objectives of this study were to identify the reasons fo…
Impact of Technology Driven Mental Health Task-shifting for Accredited Social Health Activists (Ashas): Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial of Two Methods of Training
Predictors of long-stay in a tertiary care psychiatry hospital in India
BACKGROUND: Many psychiatric patients continue to stay for longer duration in psychiatric institutions. Community reintegration and rehabilitation of such patients needs to be explored to ensure appropriate bed occupancy rates and access to in-patient care for newer patients in need of the same. OBJECTIVES: The aim is to identify the risk and protective factors leading to long-term admission of mentally ill patients in tertiary care hospital. MET…
Factors influencing access to psychiatric care among persons with psychosis living in a rural community in south India
BACKGROUND: A substantial proportion of persons with psychosis (PWP) remain untreated in the community across the world. Factors that preclude them from accessing psychiatric treatment are poorly studied. In this study, we explored the factors that prevented persons with schizophrenia and their caregivers from accessing psychiatric treatment using an interview schedule specifically developed for this purpose. METHODS: We identified individuals wi…
Effectiveness of lifestyle intervention on prevention/management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain among persons with severe mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Individualized lifestyle interventions using motivational interviewing (MI) approach are recommended for persons with severe mental illness (SMI) for effective weight management. The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the effectiveness of various lifestyle interventions that addressed obesity among persons with SMI. Twelve RCTs were assessed by individual reviewers using revised cochrane risk-of-bias tool (RoB 2). The standardized mean diffe…
Outcome of wage and self-employment intervention for persons with severe mental illness availing rural community-based rehabilitation project: Experience from South India
Background: The World Health Organization advocates Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) for resource-constrained settings. There is a need for evidence-based models of employment for persons with severe mental illness (referred to as “patients”) from such settings. Aims: To facilitate and study the employment outcome of patients aged 18 to 50 y, availing a rural CBR project in South India. Methods: Of 98 consented patients, only three men chose …
Mapping the burden of mental health issues in rural India through house-to-house surveys: Insights from the Naman program
Mental health disorders in rural India remain substantially under-identified, with treatment gaps exceeding 70%. Population-level data from rural regions are limited under real-world programmatic conditions. This study provides this information from two geographically and socio-culturally contrasting rural blocks (taluks; sub-district administrative areas) of India, viz., Belur (Karnataka) and Munsyari (Uttarakhand). To estimate population-level …
Low Treatment Gap for Schizophrenia in Rural India: A Step Toward Taluk Mental Health Program
Background: In India, an estimated 3.5 million are affected with schizophrenia, of which more than two-thirds belong to the rural demography. Schizophrenia is one of the most disabling illnesses, causing 10% of the disability adjusted life years, making it a public health concern. We aimed to estimate the treatment gap for schizophrenia in a rural South Indian setting following a community intervention program implemented in two administrative bl…
Psychiatry (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (8 works) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (8 works) · Mental illness (6 works) · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)