KS Jacob
Biographic Data
| ID | 8859259 |
|---|---|
| NAME | KS Jacob |
| GIVEN NAMES | KS |
| FAMILY NAME | Jacob |
| SIGNATURE | JACOB K |
| AFFILIATIONS | christian medical college, vellore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Explanatory models and distress in primary caregivers of patients with acute psychotic presentations
BACKGROUND: Emotional distress among caregivers of people with mental illness is common, changes overtime and requires appropriate coping strategies to prevent long-term disability. Explanatory models, which underpin understanding of disease and illness, are crucial to coping. AIM: To study the association of explanatory models and distress among caregivers of people with acute psychotic illness. METHOD: A total of 60 consecutive patients and the…
Insight in psychosis
BACKGROUND: The clinical assessment of insight solely employs biomedical perspectives and criteria to the complete exclusion of context and culture and to the disregard of values and value judgments. AIM: The aim of this discussion article is to examine recent research from India on insight and explanatory models in psychosis and re-examine the framework of assessment, diagnosis and management of insight and explanatory models. METHODS: Recent re…
Antenatal depression in coastal South India
BACKGROUND: Antenatal depression is a highly prevalent disorder with serious implications on maternal and child outcomes. There are few studies examining this in low-middle-income community settings. AIMS: To determine the prevalence of antenatal depression in women from a coastal rural background in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and to determine its associated factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional community-based study, in 202 antenata…
Development and validation of the Vellore Occupational Therapy Evaluation Scale to assess functioning in people with mental illness
BACKGROUND: Available occupational therapy assessment scales focus on specific areas of functioning. There is a need for comprehensive evaluation of diverse aspects of functioning in people with mental illness. AIM: To develop a comprehensive assessment scale to evaluate diverse aspects of functioning among people with mental illness and to assess its validity and reliability. METHODS: Available instruments, which evaluate diverse aspects of func…
Psychological morbidity among co-residents of older people in rural South India
OBJECTIVE: This study attempted to examine psychological morbidity among co-residents of older people living in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. METHOD: This cross-sectional study evaluated psychological morbidity among co-residents using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire and psychiatric morbidity among older people using the 10/66 Dementia Research Group's population-based studies protocol. Socio-demographic data were also collected. Logistic regressi…
Assessment of need of patients with schizophrenia
BACKGROUND: and aims: There is a dearth of studies investigating the prevalence and factors associated with unmet needs in people with schizophrenia from low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to study prevalence and risk factors for unmet need. METHOD: A case-control study design was employed. One hundred and one (101) consecutive patients attending a psychiatric hospital were assessed using Camberwell Assessment of Need Short version (CANSA…
Post-Partum Depression in the Community
Background: Post-partum depression, although heterogeneous, is often considered a medical disease when viewed from the biomedical perspective. However, recent reports from the Indian subcontinent have documented psychosocial causal factors. Method: This study employed qualitative methodology in a representative sample of women in rural South India. Women in the post-partum period were assessed using the Tamil versions of the Short Explanatory Mod…
The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's fully operationalised DSM-IV dementia computerized diagnostic algorithm, compared with the 10/66 dementia algorithm and a clinician diagnosis
The DSM-IV criterion, strictly applied, defines a narrow category of unambiguous dementia characterized by marked impairment. It may be specific but incompletely sensitive to clinically relevant cases. The 10/66 dementia diagnosis defines a broader category that may be more sensitive, identifying genuine cases beyond those defined by our DSM-IV algorithm, with relevance to the estimation of the population burden of this disorder
Mental health systems in countries
The protocols for the 10/66 dementia research group population-based research programme
The 10/66 DRG baseline population-based studies are nearly complete. The incidence phase will be completed in 2009. All investigators are committed to establish an anonymised file sharing archive with monitored public access. Our aim is to create an evidence base to empower advocacy, raise awareness about dementia, and ensure that the health and social care needs of older people are anticipated and met
Effect of maternal mental health on infant growth in low income countries
Impaired infant growth, a major problem in South Asia, may require interventions to improve maternal mental health in addition to current interventions targeting infant nutrition Unicef estimates that over 220 million children aged less than 5 years in the developing world have significantly impaired growth. 1 The South Asian region is perhaps worst affected, being home to more than half of all the underweight children in the world. 2 This articl…
A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Educational Intervention for Depression among Asian Women in Primary Care in the United Kingdom
Objective: To determine the effect of patient education on patient perspectives and outcome of depression in a sample of Asian women in primary care. Design: A randomised, clinical trial of “patient education” versus “usual care”. Setting: A general practice in London, which has a high proportion of Asians. Subjects: Seventy patients with psychiatric morbidity (a score of 3 or more on the General Health Questionnaire 12) were recruited for the tr…
The fear of Aids
The clinical characteristics of 13 patients who presented with the fear of AIDS are documented. The common features included anxiety traits in premorbid personality, a past history of promiscuous heterosexual behaviour, signs and symptoms of an anxiety state. The current controversies regarding the diagnostic status of patients presenting with the fear of AIDS and its clinical significance are discussed
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The fear of Aids
The clinical characteristics of 13 patients who presented with the fear of AIDS are documented. The common features included anxiety traits in premorbid personality, a past history of promiscuous heterosexual behaviour, signs and symptoms of an anxiety state. The current controversies regarding the diagnostic status of patients presenting with the fear of AIDS and its clinical significance are discussed
A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Educational Intervention for Depression among Asian Women in Primary Care in the United Kingdom
Objective: To determine the effect of patient education on patient perspectives and outcome of depression in a sample of Asian women in primary care. Design: A randomised, clinical trial of “patient education” versus “usual care”. Setting: A general practice in London, which has a high proportion of Asians. Subjects: Seventy patients with psychiatric morbidity (a score of 3 or more on the General Health Questionnaire 12) were recruited for the tr…
Effect of maternal mental health on infant growth in low income countries
Impaired infant growth, a major problem in South Asia, may require interventions to improve maternal mental health in addition to current interventions targeting infant nutrition Unicef estimates that over 220 million children aged less than 5 years in the developing world have significantly impaired growth. 1 The South Asian region is perhaps worst affected, being home to more than half of all the underweight children in the world. 2 This articl…
Mental health systems in countries
The protocols for the 10/66 dementia research group population-based research programme
The 10/66 DRG baseline population-based studies are nearly complete. The incidence phase will be completed in 2009. All investigators are committed to establish an anonymised file sharing archive with monitored public access. Our aim is to create an evidence base to empower advocacy, raise awareness about dementia, and ensure that the health and social care needs of older people are anticipated and met
The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's fully operationalised DSM-IV dementia computerized diagnostic algorithm, compared with the 10/66 dementia algorithm and a clinician diagnosis
The DSM-IV criterion, strictly applied, defines a narrow category of unambiguous dementia characterized by marked impairment. It may be specific but incompletely sensitive to clinically relevant cases. The 10/66 dementia diagnosis defines a broader category that may be more sensitive, identifying genuine cases beyond those defined by our DSM-IV algorithm, with relevance to the estimation of the population burden of this disorder
Post-Partum Depression in the Community
Background: Post-partum depression, although heterogeneous, is often considered a medical disease when viewed from the biomedical perspective. However, recent reports from the Indian subcontinent have documented psychosocial causal factors. Method: This study employed qualitative methodology in a representative sample of women in rural South India. Women in the post-partum period were assessed using the Tamil versions of the Short Explanatory Mod…
Assessment of need of patients with schizophrenia
BACKGROUND: and aims: There is a dearth of studies investigating the prevalence and factors associated with unmet needs in people with schizophrenia from low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to study prevalence and risk factors for unmet need. METHOD: A case-control study design was employed. One hundred and one (101) consecutive patients attending a psychiatric hospital were assessed using Camberwell Assessment of Need Short version (CANSA…
Psychological morbidity among co-residents of older people in rural South India
OBJECTIVE: This study attempted to examine psychological morbidity among co-residents of older people living in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. METHOD: This cross-sectional study evaluated psychological morbidity among co-residents using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire and psychiatric morbidity among older people using the 10/66 Dementia Research Group's population-based studies protocol. Socio-demographic data were also collected. Logistic regressi…
Antenatal depression in coastal South India
BACKGROUND: Antenatal depression is a highly prevalent disorder with serious implications on maternal and child outcomes. There are few studies examining this in low-middle-income community settings. AIMS: To determine the prevalence of antenatal depression in women from a coastal rural background in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and to determine its associated factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional community-based study, in 202 antenata…
Development and validation of the Vellore Occupational Therapy Evaluation Scale to assess functioning in people with mental illness
BACKGROUND: Available occupational therapy assessment scales focus on specific areas of functioning. There is a need for comprehensive evaluation of diverse aspects of functioning in people with mental illness. AIM: To develop a comprehensive assessment scale to evaluate diverse aspects of functioning among people with mental illness and to assess its validity and reliability. METHODS: Available instruments, which evaluate diverse aspects of func…
Explanatory models and distress in primary caregivers of patients with acute psychotic presentations
BACKGROUND: Emotional distress among caregivers of people with mental illness is common, changes overtime and requires appropriate coping strategies to prevent long-term disability. Explanatory models, which underpin understanding of disease and illness, are crucial to coping. AIM: To study the association of explanatory models and distress among caregivers of people with acute psychotic illness. METHOD: A total of 60 consecutive patients and the…
Insight in psychosis
BACKGROUND: The clinical assessment of insight solely employs biomedical perspectives and criteria to the complete exclusion of context and culture and to the disregard of values and value judgments. AIM: The aim of this discussion article is to examine recent research from India on insight and explanatory models in psychosis and re-examine the framework of assessment, diagnosis and management of insight and explanatory models. METHODS: Recent re…
Medicine (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 works) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (4 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (3 works)