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B.A. (Osmania University Telangana);

M.A. (Kakatiya University, Telangana)

M.Sc. (Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University,Telangana);

M.Phil. (Ranchi University);

Ph.D. (NIMHANS, Bengaluru)

Dr. A Sadananda Reddy

Assistant Professor

Email sadananda.reddy@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0001-6111-750X
Key Expertise Youth mental health; Supported education program; student’s well-being; Psychosocial rehabilitation; Mental health-related Stigma and Discrimination; Workplace stress; Community Mental Health; Behavioural and Substance Addiction

B.A. (Osmania University Telangana);

M.A. (Kakatiya University, Telangana)

M.Sc. (Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University,Telangana);

M.Phil. (Ranchi University);

Ph.D. (NIMHANS, Bengaluru)

Biography

Dr. Sadananda Reddy is an Assistant Professor at the Jindal School of Psychology & Counselling. Dr. Reddy obtained his Doctoral Degree from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), and his work centred around the Development and Feasibility Testing of a Supported Education Programme for Students with Mental Health Issues. His pre-doctoral work focused on Pathways to Psychiatric Care in Children and Adolescents with First Episode Psychosis from the Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Ranchi. He was also a Research Fellow in the IMPACT Project, NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research), funded through the University of York, UK. Dr. Reddy has experience as an assistant professor at Christ (Deemed a University), central campus Bengaluru. He also worked as a Psychiatric Social Worker (PSW) in the Department of Psychiatric Social Work at the NIMHANS, Bengaluru. He has presented several research papers at national and international conferences and published several papers in Scopus-indexed journals. Dr. Reddy was also Awarded an ICSSR Research grant in 2023 for a project called "Exploring the Mental Health Help Seeking Practices and Policies among Higher Educational Institutions in Bangalore: A qualitative study". Dr Reddy is a Trainer, Educator, and Mental Health Practitioner.

Stress management

Critical thinking and academic writing

Research methods

Psychosocial management of addictive disorders

Statistics in psychological research

2012- Received Gold Medal for presenting a scientific paper entitled "Psychological Wellbeing, Coping Behavior, and Perceived Expressed Emotions among alcohol-dependent patients" in the category of ISPSW best paper under the M.Chandra Shekar Rao award in Social Work Research.

NIMHANS - Institute Fellowship -2016, Bengaluru

College Topper in Bachelor of Arts (HOPM) – 2007

UGC NET – JUNE 2013 qualified – certificate roll number: 52100014

Exploring the Mental Health Help Seeking Practices and Policies among Higher Educational Institutions in Bangalore: A qualitative study: Funded by ICSSR; Budget 4,89,510

Positive and Negative Affect and Academic Motivation of University Students during amidst of COVID-19 Pandemic : A Network-Based Survey: RCEC/42/05/21 dated. 13 May

Viswanath, P., & Reddy, A. S. (2024). Exploring the motivating factors for opportunity recognition among social entrepreneurs: a qualitative study. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, (ahead-of-print).

Viswanath, P., Annapally, S. R., & Kumar, A. (2024). Social entrepreneurial opportunity recognition among higher education students: scale development and validation. Social Enterprise Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-04-2023-0051

Ul Haq B, Aslam F, Mazumdar P, Reddy S, Sarfraz M, Murthy NS, Jackson C. (2024).Feasibility of remote delivery of a smoking cessation intervention for people with severe mental illness: a telephone consultation. Global Health Research. https://doi.org/10.3310/MWRX6801

Diptadhi Mukherjee, Sadananda Reddy Annapally, Nidhi Bhatnagar, Oluwaseun Amoo, Moraa Mose, Alexander Jarde, Jennifer Valeska Elli Brown, Mehreen Faisal, Najma Siddiqi (2024). Digital mental health interventions for treating depression in adults" (COCHRANEEMD-202200304R2), Cochrane Central Editorial Service – accepted

Saju S, Reddy SK, Bijjal S, Annapally SR. (2024). Farmer’s mental health and well-being: Qualitative findings on protective factors. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 0, 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JNRP_403_2023

Krishnakumar, S., Ranganathan, M., Kumar, G., Banu R, P., & Annapally, S. R. (2024). Subliminal cueing in visual attention: Top-down and bottom-up processing. International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Scope, 5(03), 238-248.

Ranganathan, M., Jacob, A., Ashraf, A. S. H. I. F. A., Kumar, G., Anthony, M., Vijay, M., ... & Annapally, S. (2024). An Investigation of the effects of chronic stress on attention in parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Universal Journal of Public Health, 12(1).

Sriramalu, S. B., Elangovan, A. R., Annapally, S. R., Birudu, R., & Lakshmana, G. (2023). Psychological distress and quality of community life among migratory construction workers in India. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 0, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.25259/jnrp_42_2022

Veerabhadraiah, K. B., Reddy, S. Y., Poreddi, V., Mynampati, S., Annapally, S. R., Manjunatha, N., ... & Math, S. B. (2023). Nursing students' perceptions of resilience, social support, and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-center study. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 10(12), 4699-4705.https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233766

Vijayalakshmi, P., Reddy, S. S. N., Sadanandareddy, A., Kathyayani, B. V., Manjunatha, N., & Bada Math, S. (2023). Impact of Resilience Factors on Recovery from Covid-19 Among Senior Nursing Students: A Qualitative Study. Nursing & Midwifery Research Journal, 19(3), 166-178. https://doi.org/10.1177/0974150X231195666

Annapally, S. R., Jagannathan, A., Kishore, T., Muralidhar, D., & Kumar, C. N. (2022). The Impact of Supportive Factors on the Academic Reintegration of Students with Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40737-022-00316-1

Zavala, G. A., Todowede, O. O., Mazumdar, P., Aslam, F., Choudhury, A. H., Jarde, A.,Khalid, H., Reddy, S., Gilbody, S., & Siddiqi, N. (2022). Effectiveness of interventions to address obesity and health risk behaviours among people with severe mental illness in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs): a systematic review and meta analysis. Global Mental Health, 9, 264–273. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2022.21

Matsumoto, M., Ishikawa, M., & Reddy, S. (2022). Mental Health Issues of Japanese Elementary School Teachers: The Effects of the Japanese Classroom Management Style. In A. Marques, M. G. de Matos, & H. Sarmento (Eds.), Mental Health - Preventive Strategies IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104530

Reddy Annapally, S., Jagannathan, A., Kishore, M. T., Daliboina, M., & Kumar, C. N. (2022). Supported Education Programme for Students with Mental Health Disorders: A manual for Mental Health Professionals and Academic Counsellor. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, India. ISBN Number: 978-93-91300-02-9. NIMHANS publication number 238.

Poreddi, V., Reddy, S. Y., Sreelatha, M., Kathyayani, B. V., & Reddy, A. S. (2021). Online Survey to Assess Knowledge and Preventive Practices of Indian Nursing Students towards Covid-19. Nursing Journal of India, 112(4), 147-152. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2632236828?pqorigsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true

Annapally, S. R., Jagannathan, A., Kishore, T., Daliboyina, M., & Kumar, C. N. (2021). Development of a Supported Education Program for Students with Severe Mental Disorders in India. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 43(3), 217-222. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0253717620971567.

Sadananda Reddy A, Jagannathan A, Kishore T, Muralidhar D & Naveen Kumar (2020). Feasibility Testing of a Supported Education Programme for Students with Severe Mental Disorders. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1, 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764020926224

Banu, M.R., Parameshwaran, S., Reddy Annapally, S. et al (2020). Family Reintegration of Homeless Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Case Series Reflecting Opportunities and Challenges. J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health. 7, pages175–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40737-020-00168-7

Annapally, S. R., Jagannathan, A., Kishore, T., Thirthalli, J., Daliboina, M., & Channaveerachari, N. K. (2019). Barriers to academic reintegration in students with severe mental disorders: thematic analysis. Asian journal of psychiatry, 45, 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2019.09.010

Sadananda Reddy A, Jagannathan A, Kishore T (2019). Supported Education Programme for Adolescents and Young Adults with Mental Disorders: Fostering Inclusion. Smita Desai(Ed). Ms How and Me: Short Stories and More on Inclusion. Notion Press.com, India, pp:357-368 – ISBN:978-1-64733-979-1. Publishers: Notion Press

Reddy, A. S., & Jagannathan, A. (2017). Predictors of coping and perceived expressed emotions in persons with alcohol dependence in India: a pilot study. Asian journal of psychiatry, 28, 38-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.03.011

Prasad, K., Sadananda, R., Shrinivas, B., Setty, V.K.,& Birudu, R.(2017) Social welfare benefits for children with mental disability. In Hamza., A.(Ed.), Social Welfare Measures for Persons with Mental Disability.1-12, NIMHANS Publication, ISBN No 8186433-00-X.

Sadananda R., Dorothia L., & Prasad, K. (2017). The level of internet addiction among college students. In J.Henry Rozario & Maria Charles(Ed. (2016) Emerging trends in youth development best practices and empirical references 131-139.ISBN 9788192964058.

Sadanand, R., Prasad., K., & Vasantha. (2015) Level of Depression among Persons with Cancer. In Sethuramasubbaiah (Ed.), Emerging Trends in Social Work in India, 214-226. ISBN Book 978-93-84898-75-5. ; Bloomsbury publishing India pvt.LTD.

Sadanand, R., Prasad., R., Dharma. R., & Nidhi M.,(2014) Parental and peer attachment among conduct disorder – A vital importance of parenting in the present scenario ISBN :978-93-83090-16-7. Innovations in women empowerment: social work perspective, 54-72. Publishers: Prasaranga
Email sadananda.reddy@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0001-6111-750X
Key Expertise Youth mental health; Supported education program; student’s well-being; Psychosocial rehabilitation; Mental health-related Stigma and Discrimination; Workplace stress; Community Mental Health; Behavioural and Substance Addiction
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