Our vision is to reduce mental disorders, distress, self-harm, and suicides that increased globally since the covid pandemic. We aim to help persons of all ages to increase mental strength, courage, happiness, good values, and wisdom through sound knowledge and skills that help one successfully face and transcend life’s inevitable adversities.
Our mission is to promote research-supported psychological, values-based programs that increase reflective awareness, psychological understanding, & skills to advance improved management of one’s mind. This includes capitalizing on cognitive processing and neuroscience to help identify brain functions and structures that influence psychological health or harm. We also aspire to promote the ability to intentionally direct one’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviours, for increased self-management and self-control, and to cultivate discernment towards healthier, compassionate living. Our mission includes all persons, including non-marginalized and marginalized groups.
Dr. Malini L. M. Frey
Professor, Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality, Amritapuri
Research Interests: Reducing Mental Illness, stigma, and distress, Mental Resiliency/Strength, Mental Health and Mental Disorders literacy, Suicide prevention and reduction, Neuroscience and mental health, Use of technological supports for interventions and outreach.
lisamfrey@am.amrita.edu
Dr. J. Sophie von Lieres
Head of Research, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences; Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences and Psychology
Research Interests: Mental Health and Well-Being: Psychological Coping; Protective Factors to Promote Mental Health (e.g., Social Support); Cross-Cultural Mental Health Research; Neurodiversity Research
Dr. Parvathy V.
Chairperson, Department of Social Sciences
Research Interests: Mental Health and Well-Being, Psycho-Social Approaches and Interventions in Health Settings, Application of Strengths Perspective, Resilience & Alcohol Misuse, Spirituality in Social Work and Self-Development, Social Work Methods, Social Work Research
Dr. T. Asha Priya
Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.), Department of English, School of Arts, Humanities and Commerce, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore.
Dr. Asha Priya has authored numerous papers. She serves as the Principal Investigator for a DST Project titled “Empowering Secondary School Students by Enhancing Their Moral Reasoning and Language Skills,” spanning one year. She has joined the MH TAG as some of her work in Moral Reasoning among students coincides with understanding mental health issues among students.
t_ashapriya@cb.amrita.edu
Dr. Harikrishnan U.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Psychiatric social work, psychosocial care and support in disaster management, school social work, adolescent health and mental health, and social work practice with families.
hariku@am.amrita.edu
Dr. Yamuna N. K.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Mental health of children; Mental health of elderly; School mental health; Children, Women, and Elderly populations
yamunank@am.amrita.edu
Dr. Rajalakshmi S. A.
Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr) (Psychology), Department of Social Work, Coimbatore
Research Interests: Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Women’s Empowerment, Counselling Psychology College Students, Moral reasoning.
sa_rajalakshmi@cb.amrita.edu
Dr. Priyesh Kumar Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences and Psychology
Research Interests: Specifically: Management and treatment of pathologies especially PNES patients from cognitive paradigm. Broadly: Health Psychology; Evolutionary Psychology; Neuropsychology and counseling psychology ( science of happiness).
priyeshks@am.amrita.edu
Dr. Puneeta Miriam Silverman
Visiting faculty
Research Interests: Mental Health and Wellbeing, Neuroscience, Addiction, Domestic Violence, Infand and Early Childhood Mental Health, Parenting, Impact of Trauma on Early Brain Development, Neurodiversity
miriam.silverman@ammachilabs.org
Dr. Matthijs (Ties) Fakkel (Gaurang)
Assistant Professor, Centre for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Research Interests: Role of psychosocial factors such as self-control, social competence, locus of control, and parent and peer support in the processes of social reproduction and social mobility. What adolescents believe to be causes of poverty; Social inequalities among youth, e.g., in education, climate change, and research participation
matthijs.fakkel@ammachilabs.org
Dr. Revathi G.
Professor of Practice/Counsellor – Mental Health and Well-being
Research Interests: Positive Psychology, Well-being, Resilience, Social Connectedness, Mattering; Emerging Adults, University/College Students.
revathi.g@ammachilabs.org
Dr. Prasath Selvaraj
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Coimbatore.
Research interests: Experimental Psychology, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology Quantitative Social Research, Qualitative Social Research
s_prasath@cb.amrita.edu
Sasvat Alexandr Ostrovik
PhD Scholar
Research Interests: Mental Health and Well-Being, Compassion Science, Mental Health Interventions for Those Affected by Armed Conflict
alexandr.ostrovik@ammachilabs.org
Rupesh Ranjan
PhD Scholar
am.sb.r4ssc23003@am.students.amrita.edu
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