Research

Publications--Indexed Journals

  1. Menon V, Varadharajan S, Praharaj SK, Ameen S. Quality of peer review reports submitted to a specialty psychiatry journal. Asian J Psychiatr 2021;58:102599.  Online ahead of print (doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102599)
  2. Gupta R, Grover S, Basu D, Krishnan V, Tripathi A, Subramanyam A, Nischal A, Hussain A, Mehra A, Ambekar A, Saha G, Mishra KK, Bathla M, Jaggiwala M, Manjunatha M, Nebhinani N, Gaur N, Kumar N, Dalal PK, Kumar P, Midha PK, Daga R, Tikka SK, Praharaj SK, Goyal S, Kanchan S, Sarkar S, Das S, Sarkhel S, Padhy SK, Sahoo S, Rao TSS, Dubey V, Menon V, Chabbara V, Lahan V, Avasthi A. Changes in Sleep Pattern and Sleep Quality during COVID-19 Lockdown. Indian J Psychiatry 2020; 62:370-8.
  1. Menon V, Kaliamoorthy C, Sridhar VK, Varadharajan N, Joseph R, Kattimani S, Kar SK, Arafat SMY. Do Tamil newspapers educate the public about suicide? Content analysis from a high suicide union territory in India. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2020;66(8):785-791.
  2. Singh A, Kumar SG, Menon V, Olickal JJ, Ulaganeethi R, Sunny R, Subramanian S, Kothari A, Chinnakali P. Prevalence of suicidal ideation, plan, attempts and its associated factors in selected rural and urban areas of Puducherry, India. J Public Health 2020. Online ahead of print (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa101)
  3. Muruganandham P, Neelamegam S, Menon V, Alexander J, Chaturvedi SK. COVID-19 and Severe Mental Illness: Impact on patients and its relation with their awareness about COVID-19. Psychiatry Res 2020;291:113265
  4. Vellekkatt F, Menon V, Rajappa M, Sahoo S. Effect of adjunctive single dose parental Vitamin D supplementation in major depressive disorder with concurrent vitamin D deficiency: A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. J Psychiatry Res 2020;129:250-256.
  5. Krishnamoorthy Y, Nagarajan R, Saya GK, Menon V. Prevalence of Psychological Morbidities Among General Population, Healthcare Workers and COVID-19 patients Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Psychiatry Res 2020;293:113382
  6. Menon V, Kar SK, Varadharajan N, Kaliamoorthy C, Pattnaik JI, Sharma G, Mukherjee S, Shirahattti  NB, Ransing R, Padhy SK, Arafat SMY. Quality of media reporting following a celebrity suicide in India. J Public Health 2020 Online ahead of print (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa1612020)
  7. Arafat SMY, Kar SK, Menon V, Alradie-Mohamed A, Mukherjee S, Kaliamoorthy C, Kabir R. Responsible factors of panic buying: An observation from online media reports. Front Public Health 2020;8:603894.
  8. Grover S, Avasthi A, Chakravarty R, Dan A, Chakraborty K, Neogi R, Desousa A, Nayak O, Praharaj SK, Menon V, Pattanayak RD, Bathla M, Subramanyam A, Nebhinani N, Maajid A, Lakdawala B, Bhattacharya R. Bipolar Disorder Course and Outcome Study from India (BiD-CoIN study):  Sample Description and Methods. J Affect Disord 2020; 280(Pt B): 16-23.
  9. Kavitha RR MS, Kamalam S PhD, Rajkumar RP MD. Functional Ability of Clients with Bipolar Disorders in Tertiary Hospital, Puducherry. Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery. 2018 Jan;6(1):21-28.
  10. Manohar H, Kuppili PP, Kandasamy P, Chandrasekaran V, Rajkumar RP. Implications of comorbid ADHD in ASD interventions and outcome: Results from a naturalistic follow up study from south India. Asian J Psychiatr. 2018. Mar;33:68-73.
  11. Manohar H, Subramanian K, Menon V, Kattimani S. Does gender influence electroconvulsive therapy sessions required across psychiatric diagnoses? A five year experience from a single center. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2017;8:427-30.
  12. Manohar H, Pravallika M, Kandasamy P, Chandrasekaran V, Rajkumar RP. Role of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Conferring Protection in Children At-Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Results from a Sibling Case-control Study. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2018 Jan-Mar;9(1):132-136. doi: 10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_331_17.
  13. Ashvini V, Sathyanarayanan G, Menon V. Transitioning from Bipolar II to Bipolar I Disorder in late life: Implications for practice. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2018;9:277-278.
  14. Ashvini, V., Bharadwaj, B., Gopinath, S., & Jayalakshmi, D. (2018, February). Can mother-infant bonding disorder be recognized by the members of the family?. In Indian Journal of Psychiatry (Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 129-129).
  15. Bharadwaj, B., Ganjekar, S., Parial, S., & Dere, S. (2018, February). Pre-pregnancy Counseling in women with pre existing mental illnesses. In INDIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY (Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 26-26).
  16. Bharadwaj, B., Navin, K., & Kuppili, P. P. (2018). Cannabis-related psychotic disorder upon relapse to cannabis use: A case series and possible neurobiological implications. Asian journal of psychiatry, 33, 42-44.
  17. Chandrasekaran SC, Nair PP, Menon V, Wadwekar V. High frequency of depressive symptoms among adults with epilepsy: Results from a hospital based study. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2017;8:13-19.
  18. Kattimani S, Subramanian K, Sarkar S, Rajkumar RP, Balasubramanian S. History of Lifetime suicide attempt in bipolar I disorder: its correlates and effect on illness course. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2017 Jun;21(2):118-124.
  19. Kumar, M., Bharadwaj, B., Kuppili, P. P., Ramaswamy, G., Majella, G. M., Chinnakali, P., & Roy, G. (2017). Association of attention-deficit hyperkinetic disorder with alcohol use disorders in fishermen. Journal of neurosciences in rural practice, 8(Suppl 1), S78.
  20. Kuppili PP, Manohar H, Menon V. Current status of Vaccines in Psychiatry – A narrative review. Asian J Psychiatr 2018;31:112-120. (Impact Factor – 1.08)
  21. Kuppili, P. P., Manohar, H., Pattanayak, R. D., Sagar, R., Bharadwaj, B., & Kandasamy, P. (2017). ADHD research in India: A narrative review. Asian journal of psychiatry, 30, 11-25.
  22. Manohar H, Kuppili PP, Menon V. Major depression: An under reported neuropsychiatric manifestation of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. Asian J Psychiatr 2017;30:54-55. (Impact Factor – 1.08)
  23. Mathan K, Sarkar S, Kattimani S, Vivek AK, Muthukrishnan V, Venkatlakshmi PHow to Improve Adherence to Medication and Follow-up in Chronic Mental Illnesses: Stakeholder Views. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2017 Jul-Sep;8(3):496-498.
  24. Menon V, Ameen S. Immunoinflammatory Therapies in Psychiatry: Current Evidence Base. Indian J Psychol Med 2017;39:721-6.
  25. Menon V, Ghosh A, Andrade C. Cholesterol and mental health: A balanced perspective. Indian J Psychol Med 2017;39:717-8.
  26. Menon V, Madhavapuri P. Low dose Mirtazapine induced nightmares necessitating its discontinuation in a young adult female. J Pharmacol Pharmacother 2017;8:182-4.
  27.  Menon V, Rajan TM, Kuppili PP, Sarkar S. Cognitive-behavior therapy for medically unexplained symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis of published controlled trials. Indian J Psychol Med 2017;39:399-406.
  28.  Menon V, Sarkar S, Kumar S. A cross-sectional analysis of barriers to health-care seeking among medical students across training period. J Ment Health Hum Behav 2017;22:97-103.
  29. Menon V, Shanmuganathan B, Thamizh JS, Arun AB. Kuppili PP, Sarkar S. Personality traits such as neuroticism and disability predict psychological distress in medically unexplained symptoms: A three year experience from a single center. Pers Ment Health 2017;12:145-54. (Impact Factor – 1.393)
  30. Menon V, Shanmughanathan B, Thamizh JS, Arun AB, Sarkar S. Efficacy of adjunctive single session counselling for medically unexplained symptoms: A randomized controlled trial. Indian J Psychol Med 2017;39:641-7.
  31. Menon V, Vivek AK, Sarkar S. Pathways to care for medically unexplained symptoms at a specialty psychosomatic clinic in South India in 2014. Iranian J Psy Behav Sci 2017;11:e5011.
  32. Menon V. Recognizing and classifying Early Onset Alzheimer’s disease: Fact or fiction? Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India Newsletter 2017.
  33. Navin K, Kuppili PP, Bharadwaj B, Menon V.  Is Depression with increased antithyroid autoantibodies a mere chance finding or Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy? Asian J Psychiatr 2017;32:112-113. (Impact Factor – 1.08)
  34. Penchilaiya, V., Kuppili, P. P., Preeti, K., & Bharadwaj, B. (2017). DRESS syndrome: Addressing the drug hypersensitivity syndrome on combination of Sodium Valproate and Olanzapine. Asian journal of psychiatry, 28, 175-176.
  35. Rajan TM, Bharadwaj B, Rajkumar RP, Adole PS. Frequency and correlates of tardive dyskinesia in Indian patients with type I bipolar disorder. Asian J Psychiatr. 2018 Feb;32:92-98. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2017.12.001. Epub 2017 Dec 5. PubMed PMID: 29222987.
  36.   Rajan TM, Menon V. Psychiatric disorders and obesity: A review of association studies. J Postgrad Med 2017;63:182-190. (Impact Factor – 0.912)
  37. Rajan, T. M., Bharadwaj, B., Rajkumar, R. P., & Adole, P. S. (2018). Frequency and correlates of tardive dyskinesia in Indian patients with type I bipolar disorder. Asian journal of psychiatry, 32, 92-98.
  38. Ramachandran Pillai R, Wilson AB, Premkumar NR, Kattimani S, Sagili H, Rajendiran S. Low serum levels of High-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) as an indicator for the development of severe postpartum depressive symptoms.PLoS One. 2018 Feb 14;13(2):e0192811.
  39. Sarkar S, Gupta R, Menon V. A systematic review of depression, anxiety, and stress among medical students in India. J Mental Health Hum Behav 2017;22:88-96.
  40. Sarkar S, Kattimani S, Premarajan KC, Roy G. Impact of attendance in a daycare centre on depression among elderly in rural Puducherry: A pre- & post-intervention study. Indian J Med Res. 2017 Nov;146(Supplement):S68-S76.
  41. Selvakumar N, Kuppili PP, Menon V. Sickness behaviour and Seasonal Affective Disorder: An Immunological perspective of Depression. Indian J Psychol Med 2018;40: 266-268.
  42.   Selvakumar N, Menon V, Kattimani S. A cross-sectional analysis of patterns and predictors of medication adherence in Bipolar Disorder: Single center experience from South India. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci 2018;16:168-75. (Impact Factor – 2.00)
  43. Selvakumar, N., Kuppili, P. P., Bharadwaj, B., & Kandasamy, P. (2017). The forgotten entity of cycloid psychosis. Asian journal of psychiatry, 30, 33-34.
  44. Shaik S, Rajkumar RP, Menon V, Sarkar S. Gender, Life Events, and Depression: An exploratory Study. Indian J Psychol Med. 2017 May-Jun;39(3):330-335.
  45. Subramanian K, Kattimani S."Geographical predisposition to a mania-predominant course of bipolar disorder in Asia". Asian J Psychiatr. 2017 Dec;30:73-74.
  46. Subramanian K, Manohar H, Menon V. Family accommodation in somatoform disorders – its effects on diagnosis and management: A case report. Asian J Psychiatr 2017;27:147-148. (Impact Factor – 1.08)
  47. Subramanian K, Pravallika M, Menon V. Evidence for stress-induced bleeding in a patient with von Willebrand factor deficiency. Indian J Psychol Med 2018;40: 292-295.
  48. Subramanian K, Rajan TM, Menon V, Rajkumar RP. Converging Neurobiological Evidence In Primary Polydipsia Resembling Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Indian J Psychol Med. 2017 May-Jun;39(3):369-372.
  49. Subramanian K, Sarkar S, Kattimani S, Philip Rajkumar R, Penchilaiya V. Role of stressful life events and kindling in bipolar disorder: Converging evidence from a mania-predominant illness course. Psychiatry Res. 2017 Dec;258:434-437.
  50. Subramanian K, Sarkar S, Kattimani S, Rajkumar RP. Influence of age at onset on the course and outcome of bipolar I disorder: Findings from a retrospective study. Asian J Psychiatr. 2018 Jan;31:135-136.
  51. Subramanian K, Sarkar S, Kattimani S. Bipolar disorder in Asia: Illness course and contributing factors. Asian J Psychiatr. 2017 Oct;29:16-29.
  52. Subramanian K, Selvakumar N, Karunanithi A, Rajan TM, Kandasamy P, Kattimani S. Quasi-psychosis in covert Narcissistic Personality Disorder-A case report.Asian J Psychiatr. 2018 Feb;32:143-144.
  53. Thakurdesai A, Ghosh A, Menon V, Harshe D, Sahoo S, Tripathi A, Andrade C. Electronic journal clubs for capacity building: a case study in psychiatry as a model for medical disciplines in developing countries. Asian J Psy 2018;34:93-97. (Impact Factor – 1.08)
  54. Thakurdesai A, Menon V, Lakdawala B, Soni AB, Krishnamurthy K, Andrade C. The importance of using a valid method to assess medication compliance in psychosis. Indian J Psychiatry 2017;59:400. (Impact Factor – 1.061)
  55. Vadlamani LN, Banwari G, Dinakaran D, Menon V, Andrade C. Olanzapine has poorer efficacy than Risperidone for the treatment of the negative symptoms of Schizophrenia. Indian J Psychiatry 2017;59:248-249. (Impact Factor – 1.061)
  56. Venkatalakshmi P, Menon V. The case of the ‘debilitating itch’: An unusual presentation of Dhat syndrome following recovery from dermatitis artefacta. Iranian J Psy Behav Sci 2017;11:e4823.