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Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
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Department of Psychiatry
I am an academic-clinician in Clinical Psychology with over a decade of experience in in diverse settings. As a clinician, my forte is in psychological assessments for diagnostic evaluations and psycho dynamically oriented psychotherapy. My research interests include child and adolescent mental health, attachment styles, resilience and community- centric psychological interventions.
Qualification/ Education
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (2013)
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru - M.Phil. in Psychiatric Social Work (2010)
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru - Master of Science in Clinical Psychology - Practitioner track(2006)Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, U.S.A.
- B.Sp.Ed. – Mental Retardation and Learning Disabilities (2003)
National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Secunderabad, India
Experience
- Associate ProfessorofClinical Psychology
St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru (2023 – Present) - Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru (2016 – 2023) - Students’ Counsellor
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2014 – 2016) - Consultant Clinical Psychologist Asha Hospital, Hyderabad (2013-2014)
I have also served as an external examiner, doctoral committee expert, thesis co-guide, and peer reviewer for national institutions and journals.
Areas of interest
- Child and adolescent mental health
- Psychotherapy
- Attachment and resilience
Field of Expertise
- Psychological assessments
- Supportive-expressive psychotherapy
Extramural portfolios/ Committees
Doctoral Committee - Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS
Data safety and monitoring board – NIMHANS
Executive committee - IACAPAP
Institutional portfolios/ Committees
Member of U.G committee, Department of Psychiatry, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences
Membership of professional associations/bodies
Indian Association of Clinical Psychology (IACP)
Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM)
Clinical Psychology Society of India (CPSI)
International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professionals (IACAPAP)
Awards and Recognitions
SC Gupta Award - 2021
No groups and associations specified.
Students' Perspectives of Competency-based Medical Education in Undergraduate Psychiatry Clinical Training: A Qualitative Evaluation.
Sethuraman Bhuvaneshwari, Chari U, Perugu S, Salazar LJ, Sreedaran P. How Do Adolescents and Others Around Them Conceptualize Depression? Toward a Contextually Grounded Understanding of Depression During Adolescence in India
Raval, V. V., Raman, V., Chari, U., Aggarwal, P., Sreenivas, K. K., Krishnamurthy, S., Goud, B. R., Hay, M. C., & Visweswariah, A. M. An Evaluation of the First Clinical Posting in Psychiatry of the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical Students in India
Perugu, S., Sreedaran, P, Chari, U., Sethuraman, B., & Salazar, L.J. A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess Feasibility and Acceptability of Telephone-Based Psychosocial Interventions in Individuals Who Attempted Suicide
Beniwal, R.P., Bhatia, T. Chari, U., Smitha, T.S., Murugesh, K., Bhasin, S.K., Vidhyashree, S.V., Sreedaran, P., Deshpande, S.N Resilience in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology - The Indian Context
Hirisave, U., Chari, U. Facilitators and barriers to student learning and impact of an undergraduate clinical posting in Psychiatry: A thematic analysis.
Salazar, L., Chari, U., Sharma, P., & Sreedaran, P. Cognitive, Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Influences on Academic Achievement of Children in Grade I, Aged Six to Seven Years
Chari, U.; Hirisave, U. Protocol of a Multi-centric Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Efficacy of Telephone-Based Psychosocial Interventions on Future Suicide Risk in Suicide Attempters
Beniwal, R.P., Sreedaran, P., Chari, U., Ashok, M.V., & Bhatia, T Adoption and problem behaviours - A psychological formulation from three cases
Chari, U.; Hirisave, U. Authors’ response - Reliability of instruments and magnitude of the effect for Mann-Whitney U test on psychological health of young children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
Chari, U.; Hirisave, U. Chari, U., & Hirisave, U. (2020). Psychological health of young children undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A cross-sectional study. Journal of the Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 16(1), 66-79
Chari, U.; Hirisave, U. Telephone-based outreach and interventions for persons with suicide attempts – A randomized controlled trial
Beniwal, Ram Pratap; Bhatia, Triptish; Chari, Uttara; Smitha, T S; Murugesh, K; Bhasin, Supreet Kaur; Vidhya Shree, S V; Sreedaran, Priya; Deshpande, Smita N. Maintaining personal relationships
Chari, U., Chandran, S., & Xavier, D Non-pharmacological management of bipolar disorder
Sreedaran, P., Chari., U., & Raveendranathan, D. Adaptation of Grotberg tool for assessing resilience in children and adolescents.
Chari., U., Anupama., V., Chopra., R., & Hirisave., U. Dealing with relationships
Chari, U., Chandran, S., & Xavier, D. Clinical models for child and adolescent behavioral, emotional, and social problems
Chari, U., Chilton, J No Others Contributions details available.