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Dr Upasana Baruah

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  • Social Work

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Total Articles 28
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Citations 145
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Indian Society of Professional Social Work (ISPSW)

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Association of Psychiatric Social Work Professionals (APSWP)

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Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL)

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Bio

I am a researcher and mental health professional with extensive experience in mental health, psychosocial research, teaching, supervision, and clinical social work. Currently, I work as a Research Fellow at the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) in Melbourne, Australia, and I specialize in dementia caregiving, family-based mental health interventions, neuropalliative care, and remote psychosocial interventions. My academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Psychiatric Social Work from the prest

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  • Female
  • #202, KPR Habitat,15th Cross, KPC Layout, Kasavanahalli
Ph.D.
Other Institute 2015
Assistant Professor Dec 2021 – Jul 2023
Institute of Human Behaviour
Assistant Professor Jun 2021 – Nov 2021
Christ University | Department of Psychology

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Scholarly Publications

'Family Caregiving in Dementia in India: Challenges and Emerging Issues '

Open Access
book chapter
Year: 2021. Pages: '121--136 ' .
Authors: 'Varghese, Mathew Baruah, Upasana Loganathan, Santosh '
DOI 10.1007/978-981-16-3864-0_8

Adaptation of an online training and support program for caregivers of people with dementia to Indian cultural setting

Open Access
Article
Asian Journal of Psychiatry. Year: 2021. Volume: 59 .
Authors: Upasana Baruah ., Santosh Loganathan ., Prafulla Shivakumar ., Anne Margriet Pot ., Kala M. Mehta ., Dolores Gallagher-Thompson ., Tarun Dua ., Mathew Varghese .,
DOI 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102624
14

Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of an online training and support program for caregivers of people with dementia in India: a randomized controlled trial

Open Access
Article
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY. Year: 2021. Volume: 36 , Issue: 4 , Pages: 606-617 .
Authors: Upasana Baruah ., Mathew Varghese ., Santosh Loganathan ., Kala M. Mehta ., Dolores Gallagher‐Thompson ., Diana Zandi ., Tarun Dua ., Anne Margriet Pot .,
DOI 10.1002/gps.5502
25

Perspectives on Components of an Online Training and Support Program for Dementia Family Caregivers in India: A Focus Group Study

Open Access
Article
Clinical Gerontologist. Year: 2020. Volume: 43 , Issue: 5 , Pages: 518-532 .
Authors: Upasana Baruah ., Prafulla Shivakumar ., Santosh Loganathan ., Anne Margriet Pot ., Kala M. Mehta ., Dolores Gallagher-Thompson ., Tarun Dua ., Mathew Varghese .,
DOI 10.1080/07317115.2020.1725703
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A pilot randomized controlled trial on iSupport in India: Results on the use of the online program and its effectiveness

Open Access
inproceedings
Year: 2020.
Authors: Baruah, Upasana and Varghese, Mathew and Loganathan, Santosh and Mehta, Kala and Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores and Zandi, Diana and Dua, Tarun and Pot, Anne Margriet

A pilot randomized controlled trial on iSupport in India: Results on the use of the online program and its effectiveness: Dementia care research (research projects; nonpharmacological)/Behavioral interventions

Open Access
article
Year: 2020. Volume: 16 , Pages: e038912 .
Authors: Baruah, Upasana and Varghese, Mathew and Loganathan, Santosh and Mehta, Kala and Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores and Zandi, Diana and Dua, Tarun and Pot, Anne Margriet

iSupport for dementia: Training and support manual for carers of people with dementia

Open Access
article
Year: 2019.
Authors: World Health Organization and others

iSupport: a WHO global online intervention for informal caregivers of people with dementia

Open Access
Letter
World Psychiatry. Year: 2019. Volume: 18 , Issue: 3 , Pages: 365-366 .
Authors: Anne Margriet Pot ., Dolores Gallagher‐Thompson ., Lily D. Xiao ., Bernadette M. Willemse ., Iris Rosier ., Kala M. Mehta ., Diana Zandi ., Tarun Dua .,
DOI 10.1002/wps.20684
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