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Department of Psychiatry
I am currently the Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at St. John’s Medical College, and a Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics. I also serve as the Head of the Division of Mental Health & Neurosciences at St. John’s Research Institute. In addition, I am a Faculty member in the Department of Medical Ethics and a Member of the Institutional Ethics Committee at St. John’s Medical College & Hospital.
I have over two decades of experience in clinical practice, teaching, research, and academic leadership. My clinical practice encompasses adult psychiatry across the lifespan, and I have extensive experience in managing a broad range of psychiatric disorders in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
My primary area of expertise is substance use disorders, with particular emphasis on alcohol and tobacco use disorders. I am currently an Assistant Editor of the Journal of Addictive Diseases. My academic roles include scholarly writing, journal and departmental editorial work, curriculum development, and faculty mentorship, spanning the fields of psychiatry and medical ethics.
Qualification/ Education
- M.D. (Psychiatry)—St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore; Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. September, 2005
- M.B.B.S. - St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore; Bangalore University, 1998
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Stressful life events, social support, and risk for relapse in relapsed harmful alcohol users in South India: a comparative study between psychiatry and gastroenterology patients
Jobi Mol J 1, Nisha Chacko Kunjumon 1, Johnson Pradeep Ruben 2, Harshad Devarbhavi 3 Global pattern of experienced and anticipated discrimination reported by people with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional survey.
Antonio Lasalvia, Silvia Zoppei, Tine Van Bortel, Chiara Bonetto, Doriana Cristofalo, Kristian Wahlbeck, Simon Vasseur Bacle, Chantal Van Audenhove, Jaap van Weeghel, Blanca Reneses, Arunas Germanavicius, Marina Economou, Mariangela Lanfredi, Shuntaro Ando, Norman Sartorius, Juan J Lopez-Ibor, Graham Thornicroft, and the ASPEN/INDIGO Study Group (Johnson Pradeep, Ramakrishna Goud, Nandesh, Geeta Jayaram) Cross-national variations in reported discrimination among people treated for major depression worldwide: the ASPEN/INDIGO international study.
Antonio Lasalvia, Tine Van Bortel, Chiara Bonetto, Geetha Jayaram, Jaap van Weeghel, Silvia Zoppei, Lee Knifton, Neil Quinn, Kristian Wahlbeck, Doriana Cristofalo, Mariangela Lanfredi, Norman Sartorius, Graham Thornicroft and the ASPEN/INDIGO Study Group (Johnson Pradeep, Ramakrishna Goud, Nandesh, Geeta Jayaram) Discrimination in the workplace, reported by people with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional study in 35 countries
E. P. Brouwers, J. Mathijssen, T. Van Bortel, L. Knifton, K. Wahlbeck, C. Van Audenhove, N. Kadri, C. Chang, B. R. Goud, D. Ballester, L. F. Tófoli and the ASPEN/INDIGO Study Group (Johnson Pradeep, Ramakrishna Goud, Nandesh, Geeta Jayaram) Integrated cognitive behavioral intervention reduces intimate partner violence among alcohol dependent men and improves mental health outcomes in their spouses: a clinic based randomized controlled trial from South India
V. A. Satyanarayana, P. Nattala, S. Selvam, J. Pradeep, S. Hebbani, S. Hegde, K. Srinivasan Suicidal behaviour is associated with decreased esterified cholesterol in plasma and membrane fluidity of platelets
Boby Mathew, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Johnson Pradeep, Tinku Thomas, Amit Kumar Mandal Influence of socio-cultural factors on the emotional problems among college going young-adult children of parents with alcoholism: a study from South India
Sudharshan Hebbani, Johnson Pradeep, Sumithra S. Selvam, Krishnamachari Srinivasan The De Ritis (AST/ALT) ratio in alcohol dependence syndrome with and without alcoholic liver disease.
Dev Shanker Yadav, Johnson Pradeep, Vinod G. Thykadavil MAANASI – A sustained, innovative, integrated mental healthcare model in South India
Geeta Jayaram, Ramakrishna Goud, Chandran S., Pradeep J. A comparative study to assess the resilience factors between wives of alcoholics and wives of non-alcoholics in a selected hospital, Bangalore
Ramya R. M., Nisha C. K., Johnson P. Can mobile health improve depression treatment access and adherence among rural Indian women? A qualitative study.
Aparna Bhat, B. Ramakrishna Goud, J. Ruben Pradeep, Geeta Jayaram, Rajiv Radhakrishnan, Krishnamachari Srinivasan A study of resilience among young adult children of alcoholics in Southern India.
Sudharshan Hebbani, Johnson Pradeep Ruben, Sumithra Selvam, Krishnamachari Srinivasan Risk factors for severity of depression in participants with chronic medical conditions in rural primary health care settings.
Johnson Pradeep R., Maria L. Ekstrand, Sumithra Selvam, Elsa Heylen, Prem K. Mony, Krishnamachari Srinivasan Alcohol’s effects on health
J. Quadras, J. Pradeep, S. Rajeswari Nurse-conducted brief intervention for alcohol use disorders in a medical in-patient setting in India – a feasibility study
Johnson Pradeep Ruben, Vinod Paul, Ashish V. Nicholas, Harshad Devarbhavi, Manjunath Patil, Sumithra Selvam, V. A. Mysore Collaborative care compared to enhanced standard treatment of depression with co-morbid medical conditions among patients from rural South India: a cluster randomized controlled trial (HOPE Study)
Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Elsa Heylen, Johnson Pradeep R., Prem K. Mony, Maria L. Ekstrand Plasma apolipoprotein-AIV downregulated in patients with major depressive disorder having suicidal ideation compared to those without suicidal ideation
Boby Mathew, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Johnson Pradeep, Tinku Thomas, Amit Kumar Mandal No Others Contributions details available.