K. Jacob

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Mental health systems in countries: where are we now?
K. Jacob, P. Sharan, I. Mirza, M. Garrido-Cumbrera +4 more
2007The Lancet567 citations
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Prevalence of dementia in Latin America, India, and China: a population-based cross-sectional survey
J. L. Llibre Rodriguez, C. Ferri, D. Acosta, M. Guerra +15 more
2008The Lancet440 citations Open access
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Effect of maternal mental health on infant growth in low income countries: new evidence from South Asia
V. Patel, A. Rahman, K. Jacob, M. Hughes
2004British medical journal373 citations Open access
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Measuring disability across cultures — the psychometric properties of the WHODAS II in older people from seven low- and middle-income countries. The 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey
Renata M. Sousa, M. Dewey, D. Acosta, A. Jotheeswaran +13 more
2010International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research130 citations Open access
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Belief models in first episode schizophrenia in South India
B. Saravanan, K. Jacob, S. Johnson, M. Prince +2 more
2007Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology122 citations
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Stigma and Explanatory Models Among People With Schizophrenia and Their Relatives in Vellore, South India
H. Charles, S. Manoranjitham, K. Jacob
2007International Journal of Social Psychiatry108 citations
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Post-Partum Depression in the Community: a Qualitative Study From Rural South India
R. Savarimuthu, P. Ezhilarasu, H. Charles, B. Antonisamy +2 more
2010International Journal of Social Psychiatry107 citations
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Behavioral symptoms and caregiver burden in dementia
K. S. Shaji, Roy K. George, M. Prince, K. Jacob
2009Indian Journal of Psychiatry107 citations Open access
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Suicide in the elderly in Kaniyambadi block, Tamil Nadu, South India
V. Abraham, S. Abraham, K. Jacob
2005International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry96 citations
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Explanatory Models of Common Mental Disorders among Traditional Healers and Their Patients in Rural South India
B. R. Shankar, B. Saravanan, K. Jacob
2006International Journal of Social Psychiatry90 citations
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Explanatory models of psychosis among community health workers in South India
D. Joel, M. Sathyaseelan, R. Jayakaran, C. Vijayakumar +2 more
2003Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica81 citations
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The prevention of suicide in India and the developing world: the need for population-based strategies.
K. Jacob
2008Crisis65 citations
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Antenatal depression in coastal South India: Prevalence and risk factors in the community
C. George, Anoop Raveendran Nair Lalitha, Abish Antony, Arun V. Kumar +1 more
2016International Journal of Social Psychiatry60 citations
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Homosexuality and India
T. S. Sathyanarayana Rao, K. Jacob
2012Indian Journal of Psychiatry57 citations Open access
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Depression: a major public health problem in need of a multi-sectoral response
K. Jacob
2012The Indian journal of medical research42 citations
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Can health workers diagnose dementia in the community?
K. Jacob, P. S. Kumar, K. Gayathri, S. Abraham +1 more
2007Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica36 citations
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The effect of community based daycare on mental health and quality of life of elderly in rural south India: a community intervention study
M. Jacob, V. Abraham, S. Abraham, K. Jacob
2007International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry32 citations
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Mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries.
K. Jacob
2017Lancet psychiatry30 citations
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Tobacco use and dementia: evidence from the 1066 dementia population‐based surveys in Latin America, China and India
C. Ferri, R. West, T. Moriyama, D. Acosta +12 more
2011International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry27 citations
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A Community Health Programme in Rural Tamil Nadu, India: The Need for Gender Justice for Women
M. Jacob, S. Abraham, S. Surya, S. Minz +6 more
2006Reproductive Health Matters27 citations Open access
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The assessment of insight across cultures
K. Jacob
2010Indian Journal of Psychiatry24 citations Open access
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The reversal on Gay Rights in India
T. S. Sathyanarayana Rao, K. Jacob
2014Indian Journal of Psychiatry22 citations Open access
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Diagnostic and statistical manual-5: Position paper of the Indian Psychiatric Society
K. Jacob, R. Kallivayalil, A. Mallik, N. Gupta +5 more
2013Indian Journal of Psychiatry18 citations Open access
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A biomedical educational intervention to change explanatory models of psychosis among community health workers in South India
D. Joel, M. Sathyaseelan, R. Jayakaran, C. Vijayakumar +2 more
2006Indian Journal of Psychiatry18 citations Open access
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DSM-5 and culture: the need to move towards a shared model of care within a more equal patient-physician partnership.
K. Jacob
2014Asian Journal of Psychiatry16 citations
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Assessment of need of patients with schizophrenia: A study in Vellore, India
Sharmila Ernest, G. Nagarajan, K. Jacob
2013International Journal of Social Psychiatry16 citations
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Mental State Examination: The Elicitation of Symptoms
K. Jacob
2003Psychopathology16 citations
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Special Article : Spiritualism and Psychiatry-ii the Ramayana and Psychotherapy
K. Jacob, S. Krishna
15 citations
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Suicide prevention in low- and middle-income countries: part perceptions, partial solutions.
K. Jacob
2017The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science14 citations Open access
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Perceptions of Illness in Self and in Others Among Patients With Bipolar Disorder
A. Mathew, B. Samuel, K. Jacob
2010International Journal of Social Psychiatry14 citations
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Insight in psychosis: Standards, science, ethics and value judgment
K. Jacob
2017International Journal of Social Psychiatry13 citations
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Effectiveness of Social Skills Training Groups in Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Pre–Post Intervention Study
Priyadarshini Aruldass, T. S. Sekar, S. Saravanan, Reema Samuel +1 more
2021Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine11 citations Open access
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Explanatory models and distress in primary caregivers of patients with acute psychotic presentations: A study from South India
Deepa S Joy, S. Manoranjitham, P. Samuel, K. Jacob
2017International Journal of Social Psychiatry11 citations
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Construct validity and factor structure of Tamil version of Beck Cognitive Insight Scale to assess cognitive insight of patients with schizophrenia
Thanka Jemi Merlin, A. P. Rajkumar, S. Reema, S. Tsheringla +2 more
2012Acta Neuropsychiatrica11 citations Open access
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Public health in low- and middle-income countries and the clash of cultures
K. Jacob
2009Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health10 citations
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Suicide in India
S. Manoranjitham, R. Jayakaran, K. Jacob
2006British Journal of Psychiatry9 citations Open access
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We sold the buffalo to pay for a brain scan; a qualitative study of rural experiences with private mental healthcare providers in Uttar Pradesh, India.
K. Mathias, K. Jacob, Abhay Shukla
2019Indian Journal of Medical Ethics7 citations Open access
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Insight in psychosis: A critical review of the contemporary confusion.
K. Jacob
2019Asian Journal of Psychiatry7 citations
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Indian Psychiatry and classification of psychiatric disorders
K. Jacob
2010Indian Journal of Psychiatry7 citations Open access
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Psychological morbidity among co-residents of older people in rural South India: Prevalence and risk factors
M. Malik, K. Jacob
2015International Journal of Social Psychiatry6 citations
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Dementia: toward contextual understanding
K. Jacob
2012International Psychogeriatrics6 citations Open access
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Idioms of distress, mental symptoms, syndromes, disorders and transdiagnostic approaches.
K. Jacob
2019Asian Journal of Psychiatry5 citations
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Sexual Dysfunction in Drug-Naïve or Drug-Free Male Patients with Psychosis: Prevalence and Risk Factors
D. Ravichandran, R. Gopalakrishnan, A. Kuruvilla, K. Jacob
2019Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine5 citations Open access
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Suicide in India: The need for a national policy
S. Manoranjitham, R. Jayakaran, K. Jacob
2006Indian Journal of Psychiatry5 citations Open access
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Symptoms, prevalence, and risk factors of overactive bladder in women in south India
J. Selvaraj, A. Kekre, L. Varghese, K. Jacob
2015International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics4 citations
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Dementia assessment: A review of studies from Vellore and perspectives.
K. Jacob
2014National Medical Journal of India4 citations
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Mental Health Resources in South Asia
A. Kuruvilla, K. Jacob
20153 citations
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MENTAL DISORDERS AND SYSTEMS OF MEDICINE
K. Jacob
2002Indian Journal of Psychiatry3 citations
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Development and validation of the Vellore Occupational Therapy Evaluation Scale to assess functioning in people with mental illness
Reema Samuel, P. Russell, T. Paraseth, Sharmila Ernest +1 more
2016International Journal of Social Psychiatry2 citations
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Community mental health in India
K. Jacob
2013Indian Journal of Psychiatry2 citations Open access
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