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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur
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Psychiatry Research and Publications

Funded Project

Duration: January 2024 to December 2024 (Excluding Clinical Trials)

Non-Funded Projects    

Sr. No.

 

Title of Project

Proposal No. (IEC No.)

Name of

Principle

Investigator

 

Amount of Grant Received

 

Name of Funding Agency

Collaboration with other  institute (if any)

Status of Project (Ongoing/ Completed)

Publication (YES/NO)

 

AI-powered tool for autonomous identification of retinal phenotypes as a potential biomarker for Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

IEC/PHARMAC/2023/621

Dr. Sonakshi Jyrwa

Rs. 39,83,835/

ICMR

 

Ongoing

 

 Funded Project

Duration: January 2025 to till date (Excluding Clinical Trials)

Non-Funded Projects    

Sr. No.

 

 

Title of Project

Proposal No. (IEC No.)

Name of Principle Investigator

 

Amount of Grant Received

Name of Funding Agency

Collaboration with other institute (if any)

Status of Project (Ongoing/ Completed)

Publication (YES/NO)

1

A comparative analysis of clinical characteristics, treatment profile and functioning in Early-onset vs Adult-onset Schizophrenia: a multicentric study

IEC/Pharmac/2025/1389

Dt. 28.06.2025

Dr Sreelakshmi V

Awarded Rs. 25,000/-

Received - Nil

Psychiatric Society Western Zone – Research grant

TNMC & BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai,

GMC Surat, IPBH Goa

Data collection ongoing

No

2

Observational study of association of urinary cotinine levels with quantity of tobacco in patients with smokeless tobacco dependence

IEC/Pharmac/2025/1743

Dr Sreelakshmi V

Awarded Rs. 2,95,330

Received - Nil

AIIIMS Nagpur – Intramural grant

-

Data collection

No

  • Non Funded Project

Non-Funded Projects    

Sr. No.

Title of Project

Proposal No. (IEC No.)

Name of Principle Investigator

 

Amount of Grant Received

Name of Funding Agency

Collaboration with other institute (if any)

Status of Project (Ongoing/ Completed)

Publication (YES/NO)

1

A comparative analysis of clinical characteristics, treatment profile and functioning in Early-onset vs Adult-onset Schizophrenia: a multicentric study

IEC/Pharmac/2025/1389

Dt. 28.06.2025

Dr Sreelakshmi V

Awarded Rs. 25,000/-

Received - Nil

Psychiatric Society Western Zone – Research grant

TNMC & BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai,

GMC Surat, IPBH Goa

Data collection ongoing

No

2

Observational study of association of urinary cotinine levels with quantity of tobacco in patients with smokeless tobacco dependence

IEC/Pharmac/2025/1743

Dr Sreelakshmi V

Awarded Rs. 2,95,330

Received - Nil

AIIIMS Nagpur – Intramural grant

-

Data collection

No

Non Funded Project

Sr.No. Title of Project Proposal No. (IEC No.) Name of Principle Investigator

Collaboration with other institute

(if any)
Status of Project (Ongoing/ Completed) Publication (YES/NO)
1

Psychological impact of COVID-19 preventive measures on school children: cross sectional parental interview study of depression, anxiety, screen medica use in children and parenting styles

IEC/Pharmac/92/2020

Dt. 09.05.2020

Dr. Suyog V Jaiswal

 

Completed

Yes

2

COVID – 19 related anxiety and information seeking behavior in older adults: a cross-sectional study

IEC/Pharmac/2020/138

Dt. 02.07.2020

Dr Sreelakshmi V

 

 

Yes

3

Multi-model depression detection using machine learning

IEC/Pharmac/2022/474

Dt. 11.11.2022

Dr. Sreelakshmi. V.

VNIT

Data analysis

No

4

Pilot and Validation of Alcohol Use Behavioural Phenotyping Test (AUBPT)

IEC/Pharmac/2025/725

Dr. Suyog V Jaiswal

 

Under Evaluation of IEC

No

5

Correlates of caregiver burden in Schizophrenia: A multicentric Study

IEC/Pharmac/2024/1041

Dr. Suyog V Jaiswal

PGI Chandigarh

Data analysis

No

  • Undergraduates/Postgraduates/PhD Research

Sr. No.

Title

Name of Student

Name of Guide

Status

1

Study of Behavioral Markers of Suicide in Patients Diagnosed with Depression in a Tertiary Healthcare Centre in Maharashtra.

Dr. Mranali Jaiswal

Dr. Suyog Jaiswal

Completed

2

Clinical efficacy of Oral Quetiapine as an Adjuvant in Patients of Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium – An Open – Label Randomised Control Study

Dr. Jeel Vasa

Dr. Suyog Jaiswal

Completed

3

Study of Visual Evoked Potentials, Optical Coherence Tomography and Neurocognitive Function in Schizophrenia Patients and their Clinically Unaffected Relatives.

Dr. Adish Jain

Dr. Sonakshi Jyrwa

Data Collection on going

4

Clinical Efficiency of Indian Classical Music as an add to the Standard of Care in Patients with Delirium – an open – label randomised clinical study.

Dr. Mithil Bhatt

Dr. Suyog Jaiswal

Data Collection on going

5

A cross-sectional study to access resilience, emotional regulation and psychopathology in children of a parent with alcohol use disorder.

Dr. Chirag Yadav

Dr. Sreelakshmi. V

 

Data Collection on going

6

Patients’ perception of expressed emotion of caregiver as a predictor of relapse in alcohol use disorder.

Dr. Koushik Biswas

Dr. Suyog Jaiswal

Data Collection on going

7

A cross-sectional study of problematic Screen Use, Sleep Quality and Social Maturity as correlated of problem behaviour in children with disorder of intellectual development.

Dr. Devendra Saini

Dr. Sreelakshmi. V

 

Data Collection on going

8

Study of Attitude towards suicide and help seeking behaviour among undergraduate medical students (ICMR-STS)

Mr Mitra Jain

Dr. Sreelakshmi. V

Report writing

9

Assessment of Mental Health Literacy in Indian Nursing Professionals- a Descriptive Cross Sectional Online Study (ICMR-STS)

Ms. Sanskruti Pawar

Dr. Sreelakshmi. V

Research cell approval

10

Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Coping Mechanisms among Critical Care and Emergency Healthcare Providers in India

Acaantha Anil

Dr. Sonakshi Jyrwa

Research cell approval

  • Publications

Sr. No

Authors

Title of paper

Title of journal

Year

1

Vaidyanathan S, Jaiswal SV

Tardive Dyskinesia: Prevention and newer management strategies

Annals of Indian Psychiatry

2020

2

Vaidyanathan S, Jaiswal SV

Fear and Information – Seeking Behavior related to COVID – 19 in Older Indian Adults

World Social Psychiatry

2021

3

Jyrwa, Sonakshi; Shibukumar, T. M.; Thavody, Jayakrishnan; Anish, P. K.; Bina, Thomas; Rajith, K.R.; Banandur, Pradeep S.; Rao, Girish N.; Gururaj, Gopalkrishna; Varghese, Mathew; Benegal, Vivek

Mental health morbidities in Kerala, India: Insights from National Mental Health Survey, 2015–2016

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

2023

4

Shah HR, Subramanyam AA, Kate N, Vaidyanathan S, Dani AP, Misal PV

A cross‑sectional analysis of mothers’ ability to recognize expressed facial emotions in children and its association with maternal alexithymia, depression, parenting styles, and practices

Annals of Indian Psychiatry

2023

5

Vaidyanathan S

“Can I?” Priming for SDL session (Chapter)

Demystifying Self-Directed Learning for Health Professions Educator: From Theory to Practice (Book)

2023

6

Sawant N, Vaidyanathan S, Rao TSS, Telang S

A narrative review on sexual wellbeing and dysfunctions: Research in the past 15 years

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

2024

7

Vispute Y, Sinha D, Pawar A, Mane A, Jaiswal SV

Mental health and sociodemographic correlates of child sexual abuse

Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry

2024

8

Vaidyanathan S, Jaiswal SV

A cross-sectional study on problematic media use (PMU) in Indian children and its association with behavioral issues and parenting styles during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Cureus

2025

9

Shah H, Vaidyanathan S

Gut Brain Axis (Chapter)

Textbook of Psychiatry. 2nd ed.

2025

10

Sawant NS, Vaidyanathan S, Desai ND, Rupani K, Murthy VS, Lukose E, et al.

A retrospective analysis of the feedback of the west zonal virtual postgraduate teaching program

Annals of Indian Psychiatry

2025