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Maternal & Child Health Unit |
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Research Interests |
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Autonomic function regulation in anxiety and depression |
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High risk study of children of parents with anxiety & panic disorders |
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To examine the link between mood disorders and cardiovascular morbidity |
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Impact of antenatal and postnatal psychological distress on child's psychomotor development |
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Impact of nutritional supplements on Child's psychomotor development. |
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Degrees |
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M.B.B.S., 1979, Delhi University |
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Diploma in Psychological Medicine, 1981; National Institue of Mental Health Neuro Sciences |
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MD (Psychiatry), 1983; National Institute of Mental health and Neurosciences
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Recent Publications |
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Sucharita S, Srinivasan K, Vaz M. Is resting heart rate variability following 12 hours of abstinence similar to that of non smokers ? Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (In Press). |
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Sucharita S, Srinivasan K, Vaz M. Does level of Instrumentation affect resting heart rate variability ? Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (In Press). |
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Isaacs A, Neerakal I, Srinivasan K, Jayaram G. Initiating a community mental health programme in rural Karnataka. Indian Journal of Community Medicine (In Press). |
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Srinivasan K. Childhood anxiety disorder and heart rate variability. In Focus on Panic Disorder. Ed., Sanfellippo, Augustin J., Nova Science, New York (In Press). |
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Srinivasan K, Willie Joseph. A study of lifetime prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders in patients presenting with chest pain to emergency medicine. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2004; 26: 470-474. |
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Srinivasan K. Undergraduate psychiatric education and training of general practitioners in mental health care. In Menatl Health : An Indian perspective (1946-2003). Ed., Agarwal, SP. Elsevier, New Delhi, 2004; 210-214. |
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Srinivasan K, Ashok MV, Vaz M, Yeragani VK. Effect of imipramine on linear and nonlinear measures of heart rate variability in children. Pediatric Cardiology. 2004; 25: 20-25. |
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Sunita Simon K, Tandon H, Srinivasan K. Waist circumference correlate better with body mass index than does the waist hip ratio in Asian Indians in South India: A preliminary study. National Medical Journal of India. 2003; 16: 189-192. |
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Srinivasan K, Sucharita S, Vaz M. Effect of standing on short term heart rate variability across age. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging. 2002; 22: 404-408. |
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Iby N, Srinivasan K. A phenomenological study of panic attacks in patients from India. Psychopathology. 2003; 36: 92-97. |
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Yeragani VK, Rao KAR, Smitha MR, Pohl R, Balon R, Srinivasan K. Diminished chaos of heart rate time series in patients with major depression. Biological Psychiatry. 2002; 51: 733-744. |
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