Srinivasan Venkatesan

Srinivasan Venkatesan is Professor and Head, Department of Clinical Psychology, AIISH, Mysore, Karnataka. He has earlier served at NIMH, Secunderabad-Hyderabad. He has authored 26 books, contributed 24 chapters in books, another 35 varieties of technical literature, and published 135 research papers, served as resource person for workshops for different target groups. He has completed projects through collaboration with national/international agencies, guided students for Ph.D., been on editorial board for journals and peer-reviewed research articles, presented papers in conferences and served as an examiner for adjudication of doctoral theses. Consistently a first class and university rank holder from school to pre-doctoral courses at NIMHANS, Bangalore, 1987; he was awarded the doctorate in 1993. A Fellow of the Society for Advanced Studies in Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in psychiatry, he was decorated with Gold Medal by the former President of India, Sri Giani Zail Singh in 1994; NN Sen Memorial Award for ‘Best Research Paper’ by Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists in 2002; ‘Psycho Oration Award’ in January 2009, and Prof. Anima Sen Memorial Award in 2012.

Publications

An Overview of Mindfulness and Its Implications for Children and Adolescents
An Overview of Mindfulness and Its Implications for Children and Adolescents
Srinivasan Venkatesan. © 2022. 20 pages.
Mindfulness is focusing on the present moment while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's thoughts, feelings, and body sensations as they are. The use of mindfulness...
Mindfulness and the Elderly
Mindfulness and the Elderly
Srinivasan Venkatesan. © 2022. 20 pages.
With growing life expectancy, age-related mental health issues are rising in the elderly. Whether normal aging or pathological senility, mindfulness practices are useful...
Changing Socio-Cultural Models and Policy Programs in Rehabilitation of Persons With Communication Disorders
Changing Socio-Cultural Models and Policy Programs in Rehabilitation of Persons With Communication Disorders
Srinivasan Venkatesan. © 2022. 22 pages.
The history of rehabilitation of communication disorder has journeyed from magical-religious conceptualizations through biological-medical approaches to the contemporary...
Emerging Trends in the Diagnosis and Intervention of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Emerging Trends in the Diagnosis and Intervention of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Srinivasan Venkatesan, S.P. Goswami, Rajeev Kumar. © 2019. 394 pages.
Neurodevelopmental disorders encompass a group of conditions that can typically manifest during early childhood. These include intellectual disabilities, communication disorders...
Analysis of Themes and Issues in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Analysis of Themes and Issues in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Srinivasan Venkatesan. © 2019. 31 pages.
The study of neurodevelopmental disorders is beset with many issues and pitfalls. If its types are attempted to be explained at the molar developmental, environmental, and...
Application of Bio-Feedback in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Application of Bio-Feedback in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Srinivasan Venkatesan, Hariharan Venkataraman. © 2019. 25 pages.
Biofeedback is a non-invasive process to electronically monitor normal automatic bodily function to acquire its voluntary control. Traditional medical models place the onus on...
Certification and Medico-Legal Aspects of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in India
Certification and Medico-Legal Aspects of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in India
Srinivasan Venkatesan, G. Y. Yashodharakumar. © 2019. 26 pages.
With the emerging fields of medical jurisprudence and forensic medicine, cases of neurodevelopmental disorders in engagement or conflict with law are on the rise. Affected...
Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders
Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Srinivasan Venkatesan. © 2018. 465 pages.
Communication is a key component of everyday life, but what happens when an individual is faced with a communication disorder? Today, the prevalence of individuals with...
Behavioral Approach to Speech, Language, Hearing, and Communication Disorders
Behavioral Approach to Speech, Language, Hearing, and Communication Disorders
Srinivasan Venkatesan. © 2018. 24 pages.
This chapter seeks to outline the overarching scenario of behavioral approaches to developmental and childhood speech, language, hearing, and communication disorders. By adopting...
Changing Socio-Cultural Models and Policy Programs in Rehabilitation of Persons With Communication Disorders
Changing Socio-Cultural Models and Policy Programs in Rehabilitation of Persons With Communication Disorders
Srinivasan Venkatesan. © 2018. 21 pages.
The history of rehabilitation of communication disorder has journeyed from magical-religious conceptualizations through biological-medical approaches to the contemporary...