Amresh Shrivastava

Professor Emeritus

Med School KEM Hospital and Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai, India
Contact Information:

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Asrivas9@uwo.ca

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Dr Amresh Srivastava is trained by KEM Hospital and Seth G S Medical. College Mumbai where I received MD (Psychological Medicine and DMP (diploma in psychological medicine). He worked with several organizations in academic and administrative positions in University departments, research Institutions Non-Governmental and public health Organizations.

After retirement, he is a professor emeritus at the Western University, and Adjunct Scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ontario, Canada.

He is the recipient of fellowships from the Royal College of Psychiatry FRCPsych, (UK), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada by academic accreditation (FRCPC) and a fellowship from the American Psychiatric Association (FAPA). I have been working in the field of suicide prevention, early intervention, and complex mental disorders. He is also the recipient of prestigious research and service awards.

His areas of interest include Suicide prevention, early intervention, and complex mental disorders. He has served as an editor, reviewer, and member of the editorial board of psychiatric journals and published original research reviews, book chapters, and academic and non-fiction academic books.

Most notable amongst these is the publication of a reference book series on suicide – "Suicide from a Global perspective in five volumes (2012), Schizophrenia treatment outcome (2020), and Handbook on Optimizing Patient Care in Psychiatry, (Published in 2022).

He continues to write academic as well as non-fiction books .in Non-fiction academic books for people include Mind Matters, the science of success.

His latest book is in process 'The battle within' – a book for peaceful living in turbulent times. Is in the press. Expected by October 2023. His passion is to develop mental health.

Literature for people in Indian Language - Hindi. e.g.'Dard-ka-Safar, and kamyabiyan. The latest one 'Rishte aunchal ke 'is under publication and expected to be released by June 2023.

I have the honor of receiving prestigious research and service awards from professional organizations, hospitals, and universities in India, the United States and Canada. I have worked with professional organizations in administrative, research and academic positions, member of editorial boards, and a reviewer for scientific journals, and books, along with collogues has developed 2 psychometric scales 1. The instrument for suicide risk assessment (SISMAP) 2. Scale for quantification of stigma (SQS).

List of publication is available at https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=zYDgf0wAAAAJ&hl=en
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Publications

  1. Amresh Shrivastava, Avinash De Sousa, G. Prasad Rao. Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Suicide in Schizophrenia: Critical Role of Neuroprotective Mechanisms as an Emerging Hypothesis. Indian Journal of Psychological medicine, 2016 Nov 1; 38 (6): 499-504, Principal Author,  
  2. Amresh Shrivastava, Avinashi De Sousa. Rucha Sule. Wellness as a means of a better quality of life in schizophrenia. Journal Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, 2016 Oct 27; 3 (1), Principal Author,  
  3. Amresh Shrivastava, Robbie Campbell, Megan Johnston, Avinash Desousa, Nilesh Shah, Karia S. Predictors of patients with high suicidality during the post-discharge period in the early phase of schizophrenia. International Journal of medical sciences and public health, 2016 Jul 15; 5 (12): 1-4, Principal Author, 
  4. Amresh Shrivastava, Avinash De Sousa, Gustav Tafel, Charles Nemeroff. Neuroendocrine aspects of resilience. Advances in Psychiatry, 2016 Jul 1, Principal Author
  5. Amresh Shrivastava, Avinash De Sousa, Sushma Sonavane, Nilesh Shah. Resilience Improves Neurocognition and Treatment Outcomes in Schizophrenia: a hypothesis. Open J Psychiatry, 2016 Jul 1; 6 (2): 173-187, Principal Author
  6. Srivastava A, Belmont C, Campbell R, Johnston M, De Sousa A, Shah N. Suicide in hospitalized early psychosis patients at the time of discharge from hospital: An exploratory study of attempters and nonattempters. Indian J Psychiatry, 2016 Jun 1; 58 (14): 142-6, Principal Author
  7. Richard Zayed; Brenda Davidson; Lucie Nadeau; Terrence S. Callanan; William Fleisher; Lindsay Hope-Ross; Stacey Espinet; Helen R. Spenser; Harold Lipton; Amresh Srivastava; Lorraine Lazier; Tamison Doey; Sarosh Khalid-Khan; Ann McKerlie; Neal Stretch; Roberta Flynn; Sabina Abidi; Kimberly St. John; Genevieve Auclair; Vitaly Liashko; Sarah Fotti; Declan Quinn; Margaret Steele. Canadian Rural/Remote Primary Care Physicians Perspectives on Child/Adolescent Mental Health Care Service Delivery. J. Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2016 Jan; 25 (1): 24-34, Coauthor
  8. Rahel Eynan, Leanna Reiss, Paul Links, Ravi Shah, TSS Rao, Shubhangi Parkar, Lakshman Dutt, Kranti Kadam, Amresh Shrivastava. Suicide prevention competencies among urban Indian physicians: a needs assessment. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2015 Oct 1; 57 (4): 397-402, Senior Responsible Author
  9. Amresh Shrivastava. Should suicide behavior be an outcome parameter for a mental disorder? Indian Journal of Mental Health, 2015 Jul 1; 1 (2(2)): 121-123, Principal Author
  10. Amresh Shrivastava, Megan Johnston, Avinash Desousa, Siddhansh Shrivastava, Sanjay Kukreja, Nilesh Shah, Shubhangi Parkar. Mental health service utilization by referrals from a helpline for suicide prevention in Mumbai, India. International Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2015 Apr 30; 3 (1): 4-8, Principal Author, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12970/2310-8231.2015.03.01.2.