Jitender Jakhar
Biographic Data
| ID | 7665661 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jitender Jakhar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jitender |
| FAMILY NAME | Jakhar |
| SIGNATURE | JAKHAR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Psychiatry, Maulana Azad Medical College (G B Pant Institute of PG Medical Education and Research), New Delhi, India |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8847-4910 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Early career psychiatrists advocate reorientation not redeployment for Covid-19 care
In this letter, as early career psychiatrists we highlight the urgent need to address the mental health fallout of the COVID 19 pandemic. We advocate the reorientation of mental healthcare services cadre to provide proactive mental health care services. For this purpose, the focus with regard to the COVID 19 pandemic needs to shift from acute care for the infected persons to the medium and long term care for those who are affected by COVID 19. Th…
Suicide, Stigma and Covid-19
Suicide is a global health issue that needs to be addressed. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increased mental health burden. Stigma has obstructed efforts to prevent suicide as individuals who need urgent support do not seek appropriate help. The influence of stigma is likely to grow in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic. The stigmatization of persons with mental illnesses is widespread worldwide, and it has substantial effects on both th…
Social distancing and promoting psychological well being during Covid-19 pandemic
Right to Life or Right to Die in Advanced Dementia
A mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward the next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It's all gone and I can't even reconstruct what the topic was. It's just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank." As the eminent American psychologist, Sandra Bem mused so eloquently in her writings, immediately after receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer's (1). This anecdote very poignantly summarizes the harrowi…
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Social distancing and promoting psychological well being during Covid-19 pandemic
Right to Life or Right to Die in Advanced Dementia
A mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward the next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It's all gone and I can't even reconstruct what the topic was. It's just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank." As the eminent American psychologist, Sandra Bem mused so eloquently in her writings, immediately after receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer's (1). This anecdote very poignantly summarizes the harrowi…
Early career psychiatrists advocate reorientation not redeployment for Covid-19 care
In this letter, as early career psychiatrists we highlight the urgent need to address the mental health fallout of the COVID 19 pandemic. We advocate the reorientation of mental healthcare services cadre to provide proactive mental health care services. For this purpose, the focus with regard to the COVID 19 pandemic needs to shift from acute care for the infected persons to the medium and long term care for those who are affected by COVID 19. Th…
Suicide, Stigma and Covid-19
Suicide is a global health issue that needs to be addressed. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increased mental health burden. Stigma has obstructed efforts to prevent suicide as individuals who need urgent support do not seek appropriate help. The influence of stigma is likely to grow in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic. The stigmatization of persons with mental illnesses is widespread worldwide, and it has substantial effects on both th…
Disease (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works)