Wednesday
15
January 2025
4:00 - 5:30 PM IST
Location
Room 208, School of Arts and Sciences
Central Campus
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Beyond Diagnoses: Culturally Attuned Mental Health Models for India's Future
PhD Seminar Series
Kaeyoor Joshi
Doctoral Scholar
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Speaker
The presentation critically examines the intersection of psychology, psychiatry, and public health, with a particular focus on addressing the unique mental health needs of Indian society. It highlights the limitations of traditional diagnosis-driven Western medical models in addressing mental health challenges both globally and within the Indian cultural context. These models, which prioritise symptom-focused approaches, often do not align with India's rich cultural and traditional wisdom. In contrast, the presentation advocates for transdiagnostic, process-based approaches rooted in transcultural psychiatry, emphasising their compatibility with India's cultural ethos. It explores the potential of contextual behavioural psychology to inform these approaches, underscoring its focus on core psychological processes that resonate with cultural values such as interconnectedness, acceptance, and mindfulness.
Speaker
Kaeyoor Joshi
Kaeyoor Joshi is a doctoral scholar in Educational Neuroscience with a minor in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Psychometric Methods at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He is a nationally certified school psychologist in the US and a diplomate of the American Board of School Neuropsychology. He has spent over seven years as a school psychologist in India and the U.S. and 18 years as a psychotherapist. His research focuses on emotional regulation, human resilience, and youth development through Contextual Behavioral Science. Kaeyoor was a faculty member at West Texas A&M and Eastern Washington University, and he currently teaches at the University of Nebraska.
