Barre Vijaya Prasad

Barre Vijay Prasad He completed Masters Degree in Psychology from Andhra University, he later went to acquire his first M Phil in Rehabilitation Psychology from National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH) in Secunderabad. Thereafter, he went on to acquire his second M Phil in Clinical Psychology from one of the most reputed institutes in India - Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences- [IHBAS] Shahdra, Delhi). He is the first psychologist to have accreditation as a dually trained professional psychologist with qualifications as a Clinical Psychologist and a Rehabilitation Psychologist from Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) – Delhi. He is a Professional Life Member of Indian Association of Clinical Psychology (IACP). He has awarded Doctoral Degree in Psychology from Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad. He has been awarded: Centenary Merit award during beginning of his professional psychology career. Currently he is working as Associate Professor and HoD in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (DIMHANS-India). He is now working to produce ways of working manuals for reducing psychological distress amongst mentally ill and patients with cancer in the field of Psycho-oncology. He is trained at conducting various assessments such as Psycho-diagnostics, neuropsychological profiling, personality assessments amongst other skills. Not only does he work on assessments he is proficient in providing interventions using multi-modal approaches. He is trained in providing support for various initiatives disability rehabilitation, promotion of mental health and wellbeing. He specializes in cognitive behavioral therapies and behavioral interventions for various clinical disorders. He has published many articles in national and international journals, book chapters as well, and presented several conference papers on mental health, disability rehabilitation and psycho-oncology. He is also working on writing a book on “21st Century Eminent Psychologists- Biography”.

Publications

Sensory Impairments and Challenges in Ageing

This chapter describes how sensory impairment is often regarded from a medical/disability point of view and its effects on mental health can be poorly recognized. Communication...

Nutrition and Cancer

Cancer is the second biggest killer worldwide. It has been estimated that specific lifestyle and dietary measures can prevent 30–40% of all cancers. Consumption of nutrient...

Mental Health: A Global Issue Affecting the Pattern of Life in Kashmir

Global health issues are a global burden and are relatively common in industrialized societies. The World Health Organization and researchers have developed and rebuilt tools to...

Biopsychology: An Introduction

The study of biopsychology seeks to describe the physiological mechanisms of the body that mediate our movement and mental activity. Biopsychology focuses on biological basis of...

Foundations of Neuropsychology

Neuropsychology is one of the branches in neuroscience (or sub-branch of psychology) that seeks to understand the brain structure and further relates it with specific human...

Mental Health: A Global Issue Affecting the Pattern of Life in Kashmir

Global health issues are a global burden and are relatively common in industrialized societies. The World Health Organization and researchers have developed and rebuilt tools to...

Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly an Early Care: Biopsychosocial Perspective

This chapter describes how cardiovascular disease in industrialized nations the proportion is higher, reaching 90%. Ageing has a remarkable effect on the heart and arterial...

Handbook of Research on Geriatric Health, Treatment, and Care

Mental and physical disorders are common in old age but frequently remain undetected and untreated. Managing treatment and controlling symptoms of these disorders is imperative...

Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly an Early Care: Biopsychosocial Perspective

This chapter describes how cardiovascular disease in industrialized nations the proportion is higher, reaching 90%. Ageing has a remarkable effect on the heart and arterial...

Sensory Impairments and Challenges in Ageing

This chapter describes how sensory impairment is often regarded from a medical/disability point of view and its effects on mental health can be poorly recognized. Communication...

Obesity Physical and Mental Health Consequences in Ageing

This chapter describes the prevalence of obesity which is rising in all age groups. The World Health Organization declared obesity as a Global epidemic. There has been the...

Thyroid Disease in Ageing and Risk Factors

Thyroid disorders are highly prevalent, most frequently afflicting aging women. It is crucial to advance the means of diagnosing thyroid diseases, especially overt and...

Music Therapy: An Intervention in Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a worldwide epidemic. Multiple domains including memory, cognitive abilities, language, behaviour, and emotions are affected, resulting in...

Chronic Mental Illness and the Changing Scope of Intervention Strategies, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Although the epidemiology of mental illnesses is innately complex, there have been many strides in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic mental illnesses as more research is...

Psychosocial Intervention Strategies for Patients with Schizophrenia: In Chronic Mental Illness

Throughout recorded history, the disorder we now known as schizophrenia has been a source of bewilderment. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease....

Legal Aspects of Chronic Mental Illness

People with a chronic mental illness or disability have been identified as a group suffering multiple disadvantages. Law interacts with mental disorder to protect society from...