Rajesh Sagar

Medical Education



MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, New Delhi



MD (Doctor of Medicine) in Psychiatry from National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore





Experience



Senior Resident(psychiatry): 1994-1997



Assistant Professor of Psychiatry(AIIMS, New Delhi): 1997-2003



Associate Professor of Psychiatry(AIIMS, New Delhi): 2003-2007



Additional Professor of Psychiatry(AIIMS, New Delhi): 2003-2007



Professor of Psychiatry(AIIMS, New Delhi): 2011-onwards





Total number of publications till date



Publications in peer reviewed Journal: 300



Chapter in books/reports: 66



Books: 6





Research



Investigator in Funded Projects: 74



Guide/co-guide in MD/MS/DM/Msc: 96



Guide/co-guide in PhD: 30







Honors (national and international)



Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) from Specialist TrainingAuthority (STA) of the Medical Royal Colleges (UK) in General Adult Psychiatry: no.18286 dated 27 Mar 2003.

General Medical Council (GMC), UK, full registration number is 5188762

Secretary, Central Mental Health Authority (Regulatory body under Mental Health Act, Govt. of India)-2005-continuing

Awarded D.J. Cohen Fellowship of the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) at the 17th World Congress of IACAPAP held in   Melbourne, Australia , 2006

Membership of National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS), 2007.

Appointed Honorary Consultant to Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), 2009

Awarded the fellowship of International Medical Science Academy (FIMSA)-2009

 



Elected as Editor of Indian Psychiatry Society -North zone(Journal of Mental Health &

     Human Behavior) Oct 2010-continuing



 



Appointed as the Honorary Advisor for mental health to Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, 2013

Appointed as the Chairman of the Technical Committee on India-Australia Community Mental Health Development Project for Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, 2013

Expert member (DGHS nominee) of the Mental Health Policy Group, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi, 2012-14

Awarded fellowship in Indian Association of Medico-legal Experts (IAMLE), 2014

 



Other Honors



Awarded as the WHO's Young Mental Health Professionals in the WHO Workshop at Bangalore, 2000

Awarded to represent country under Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan-2004

Fellow of International Institute of Child & Adolescent Mental Health (UK)-2005

Associate editor of Journal of Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health- ISSN 0973 - 1342,www.jiacam.org, 2005-07, 2009-11

Temporary Advisor to WHO-SEARO for the Inter-country meeting on Developing Community Mental Health Services, in Bangkok, Thailand-2006

Expert member of Psychiatry Curriculum development at National Board of Examination, New Delhi-2006

Member of Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) and invited to attend its annual meetings of SAC at NBRC, Manesar, Haryana-2006-2010

Awarded the International Exchange Program by Royal Society of Edinburgh for the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK-2008

Member of Technical Advisory Panel for Manual on 'An Introduction to Mental Health - facilitator's Manual for Training Community Health Workers in India -'grant from Australia India Council-2009

Member of Peer review committee of Guidelines for Management of Epilepsy in India (GEMIND) for national guidelines by Indian Epilepsy Society-2009

Member, Ethics Committee, National Brain Research Centre, (Deemed university), Manesar, Gurgoan -2010-continuing

Appointed as co-chairperson of National Task Force of Advocacy of Indian Psychiatry Society-2010-11

Expert member of Project Evaluation Committee (PEC) and member of task force on clinical research in mental health of Central Council of Research in Homeopathy, related to extra-mural research scheme of department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & family welfare, -2006-2011

Appointed as convener of Specialty Advisory Board in Psychiatry, Diplomate of National Board (DNB), National Board of Examination, New Delhi-2011-continiung

Appointed by WHO-SEARO to conduct the audit of Mental Health Services of Maldives-2011

Expert member of committee for Central Adoption Regulatory Authority (CARA), Ministry of Women and Child, Govt. of India -2011-continuing

Appointed as convener of National Task Force of Legislation of Indian Psychiatry Society-2011-12

Member of Ethics Committee of Central Council of Homeopathy Research (CCRH), Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India-2012-continuing

Appointed as the Advisor to SLD Project for Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and attended few meetings-2012-continuing

Appointed convener of Parliamentary Committee of Indian Psychiatry Society, 2012-continuing

Expert member for development of Indian initiative of obstructive sleep apnea (INOSA) national guidelines under Ministry of health and Family Welfare, Government of India and participated in expert group meeting-2013-15

Member of Technical Advisory Group on National Mental Health Program, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India. 2013-continuing

Expert Core Member of committee to develop guidelines for prevention of child abuse by Delhi Commission of Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and attended their several meetings-2013-14

Expert committee member to evaluate R&D proposals on the possible impact of EMF radiation Exposure from Mobile towers and handsets on life and related R&D initiatives, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India.2014-continuing

Appointed Member of an Advisory Committee for the Centre for Psychotherapy and Clinical Research (CPCR), Ambedkar University, Delhi. 2014-continuing

Appointed Member of Task Force for technical evaluation under Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India. 2104-continuing

Member of National Advisory Group(NAG) on Child Sexual Abuse by IMA and UNICEF and attended several meetings-2014-continuing

Involved in the development of training materials and resource person on Regional ToT and medical doctors/teachers training on CSA , 2014

Member, Ethics Committee, National Brain Research Centre, (Deemed university), Manesar, Gurgoan, Sep 2010 –continuing.

Expert member of Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on National Mental Health Program (NMHP), Ministry of Health & family Welfare, New Delhi.2014-continuing

Expert Working Group member under National Mental Health Program (NMHP) for development of Training module for GPs/MOs under Ministry of Health & family Welfare, New Delhi.2014-contining

Member of Board of Governor (BOG) for Sainik school Society chaired by Hon’ble Defence Minister (meeting in New Delhi-June, 2015)

Member of Institute Body of Institute of Mental Health & Hospital, Agra and Institute General Body meeting at Agra Aug, 2015

Mental and Neurological Health (MNH) expert group member of Global Burden of Disease (GBD-India) group-2015-onwards

 



Awards (as author/co-author)



Award for best paper (Buckshey award) at Indian Psychiatric Society, (NZ) conference, 1995.

Award (PPA) for best published paper in Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society, 2004.

Two Awards for best poster presentation at Delhi Psychiatric Society, Annual conference, 2004.

Best paper award at 9th Biennial Conference of Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health-Mumbai-Nov 2007

Best poster paper award at 10th Biennial Conference of Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health-New Delhi, Nov 2009

Best paper award (Niloufer award) at 10th Biennial Conference of Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health-New Delhi, Nov 2009

Best paper award (BB Sethi award) at 17th National Conference of the Indian Association of Social Psychiatry, Nov 2010, Lucknow

Best paper prize in Indian Society of Gastroenterology Annual Conference (ISGCON 2010). Hyderabad, 2010

Best poster paper award in 2nd International Congress on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology & Treatment Guidance held on Nov 24-27, 2011 inThessaloiki, Greece.

Certificate of notable contribution-AIIMS excellence research award, 2012

Awarded the second best poster in CNS Summit, New Delhi, May 2012

First prize for the best paper in the 13th Congress of ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry & Mental Health; 16-17, Nov, 2012, Singapore.

First prize for the best paper in the First Indo-European Symposium on Coercion; 2013 February 1-3; Mysore

AFPA Early Career Investigator Award for best poster World Congress of Asian Psychiatry; 2013 August 20-23; Bangkok, Thailand

The Luke Clack Award for best paper in 7th Congress of Asian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions and 12th Biennial Conference of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2013:3, New Delhi, 25-28 Sep, 2013, New Delhi

Rashtriya Gaurav award for outstanding services, achievements & contribution by India International Friendship Society, New Delhi

Name in Best Citizen of India by International Publishing House, New Delhi

Received the National Teacher Award-2014 on the 30th  Dr S. Radhakrishnan Memorial by An Association of Freelance Journalist & Writers of India, Sep, 2014

 



Other Awards



Awarded the travel grant by the International Early Psychosis Association (IEPA) to attend the International IEPA Conference in Birmingham, UK – 2006

Awarded travel grant by the SCAN advisory board to attend the SCAN Advisory meeting and Congress of International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology (IFPE), Goteborg, Sweden – 2007

Awarded WPA travel grant to attend WPA conference, Saskatoon, Canada – 2008

Awarded SCAN travel grant to attend SCAN Advisory meeting to attend IFPE conference, Vienna, Austria - 2009

Awarded CSIR & INSA travel grant to attend IACAPAP conference in Beijing, China – 2010

Awarded travel grant as speaker in JK Wing Memorial symposium of International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology (IFPE) international conference in - Kohsiung, Taiwan – 2011

Awarded DST travel grant to attend to International ADHD conference in Berlin, Germany – 2011

Awarded the UGC travel grant to attend and present paper in 18th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WCDEM), May 2013, Manchester, UK

 



Publications in peer reviewed Journal



Sagar R, Mahajan R, Agnihotri BR and Manjul GC (1995). Medical problems in psychogeriatric consultations. Indian Jr of Psychiatry, 37 (2) suppl. 59.

Sagar R, Chaturvedi SK (1995). Hematological abnormalities in chronic fatigue patients. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 37 (2), Suppl. 31.

Jiloha RC, Jena R and Sagar R (1996). Comparison of Mianserin and Diazepam in depression and anxiety: A pilot study. Indian J of Psychiatry. 38 (2) Suppl, 30-31

Sagar R, Kumar S (1996). Globus pharyngis and psychiatry. Indian Jr of Psychiatry. 38 (2) suppl

Nehru R, Garg A, Sagar R (1997). A cross-linguistic study of biliterate developmental dyslexia with and without ADHD implications for nomenclature, classification and treatment. Indian Jr of Psychiatry 39 (2), Suppl. 29

Sagar R, Srivastava PK, Baweja A, Nehru R (1997). Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, Obsessive compulsive disorder and schizophrenia - a case of triple co-morbidity. Indian Jr. of Psychiatry, 39 (2), suppl, 36

Sagar R, Srivastava PK, Golecha N, Gambhir DS (1997). Electrocardiographic changes in psychiatric patients. Indian Jr of Psychiatry 39 (2), suppl. 15

Sagar R, Srivastava PK, Ramesh S, Mendhekar DN (1997). Cannabis modified schizophrenia. Indian J of Psychiatry, 39 (2) Suppl. 29

Krishnan S, Sagar R, Jiloha RC, Srivastava PK (1998). Profile of medication prescribed by Non-psychiatrist in patients referred for psychiatric consultation. Indian Jr of Psychiatry 40 (2), Suppl 28

Baweja A, Srivastava PK, Gupta V, Sagar R (1998). Atypical presentation of Anorexia Narvosa - A case report in Indian context. Indian Jr. of Psychiatry, 40 (2) Suppl., 79.

Sagar R, Krishnan S, Srivastava PK, Jiloha RC (1998). Pattern of referrals to psychiatric outpatient services. Indian Jr of Psychiatry 40 (2), Suppl 96

Jiloha RC, Sagar R (1998). A comparative study of antidepressant and anxiolytic property of mianserin with imipramine and diazepam in Indian patients. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 1(1), 43-46.

Goswani U, Basu S, Khastgir V, Kumar U, Chandrasekharan Gangadhar BN, Sagar R, Bapna JS, Channabasavanna SM, Moore PB, Ferrier IN (1998). Neurobiological characterization of Bipolar Affective Disorders - a focus on tardive Dyskinesia and soft neurological signs in relation to serum Dopamine beta hydroxylase activity. Indian Jr of Psychiatry, 40 (3), 201-211 (Best paper selected for the Marfatia Award at Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society, Bangalore, 1996 by principal author).

Vaswani M, Sagar R (1998). Changing trends of drug addiction - A laboratory perspective. Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 15 (2), 29-30.

Vaswani M, Sagar R (1999). Changing-trend in drug addiction a laboratory perspective. Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 16 (1), 55-58.

Vemuru Reddy S.K, Guleria S, Okechukwu O, Sagar R, Bhowmik D.,  Mahajan S (2011). Live related donors in India: Their quality of life using world health organization quality of life brief questionnaire: Indian Journal of Urology 27(1):25-29.

Sagar R, Berry N, Saha A (1999). Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdoses. Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology,16(2):34-37

Sagar R, Krishnan S, Baweja A, Jiloha RC, Srivastava PK (1999).   Recognition and treatment of psychiatric disorders by non-psychiatrists. Indian Jr of Psychiatry 41 (2), suppl 71-72

Baweja A, Srivastava PK, Sagar R, Krishnan S (1999). A study of association of attempted suicide cases with serum cholesterol concentration. Indian Jr of Psychiatry 41 (2), Suppl 55-56.

Mehta M and Sagar R (1999). Symposium: Behavioural pediatrics II (Editorial). Indian Jr of Paediatrics, 66, 555.

Sagar R, Kumar S (2000). Tinnitus - A Clinical and Psychiatric Study. Indian Jr. of Psychiatry. 42,suppl ,53

De S, Sagar R& Mehta M (2001), Clinical Profile of Child and Adolescent with Nocturnal Enuresis, Indian Jr of Psychiatry, vol 43, suppl. 112-113

Tripathi M, Sagar R, Jain S, Gupta S (2001). Use of Risperidone in patients with behavioral symptoms in Dementia. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, Sep, 162.

Sagar R, Saxena S & .Pillai S(2001), Treatment Seeking In Acute And Transient   Psychotic Disorders ,Indian Jr of Psychiatry,vol43 suppl,56

Nath J &Sagar R (2001):Late-onset bipolar disorder due to hyperthyroidism. Acta Psychiatr Scand.  Jul;104(1):72-3;  discussion 74-5.

Jhingan HP, Sagar R, Pandey RM(2001). Prognosis of late-onset depression in elderly-a study from India. International Psychogeriatrics,Mar;13(1):51-61

Ramesh S &Sagar R (2001) Antipsychotic induced movement disorders. Indian J Med Sci. Sep;55(9):483-7.

Sagar R, Berry N, Vasvani M, Ramesh S (2002). Lithium toxicity. Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 19(2), 12-17.

Baweja A, Sagar R, Srivastava PK, Jhangid R (2002). Psychiatric morbidity in attempted suicide with poisoning. International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine,5(1):11-13

Goyal, R. O., Sagar, R., Ammini, A. C., Kurana, M. L., & Alias, A. G. (2002). Hormonal Profile, And Body Hair, in' types' I and II Male Schizophrenics. In Schizophrenia Research (Vol. 53, No. 3, Pp. 268-268). Po Box 211, 1000 Ae Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Science Bv.

Mehra R, Kaushal RK, Sagar R et al (2002). Immunogenetic analysis on Asian Indian Autistic Children. in Tissue Antigens, 59 (2 suppl),1-154

Sagar R Avinash H & Berry N (2002). Referral Pattern of Physical Illnesses Among Psychiatry In-patients, Indian Jr of Psychiatry, vol 44, suppl. 63

Sagar R, Kumar A, Das N, Mehta M (2003). Referral Pattern in the Child Guidance Clinic. Indian Jr. of Psychiatry, vol 45, suppl. 42

Berry N, Pradhan S &Sagar R (2003), Intensive Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring of Olanzapine in 100 patients, Indian Jr. of Psychiatry, vol 45, suppl. 67.

Lazarus JP, Bhatia M, Shukla G, Padma MV, Tripathi M, Shrivastava AK, Singh MB, Sagar R, Jain S (2003). A study of nonepileptic seizures in an Indian population.Epilepsy Behav. Oct;4(5):496-9.

Berry N, Pradhan S, Sagar R, Gupta SK (2003). Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in an adolescent receiving olanzapine-lithium combination therapy. Pharmacotherapy,23(2);255-9

Berry N, Sagar R, Tripathi BM (2003). Catatonia and other psychiatric symptoms with vitamin B12 deficiency. Acta Psychiatr. Scand Aug;108(2):156-9

Goyal RO, Sagar R. Ammini A.C. Khurana M.L., Alias A.G (2004). Negative correlation between Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Testosterone Levels. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Volume 1032 December, pp 291-294

Kumar A, Sagar R, Das N, Mehta M (2004). Profile of children with Mental Retardation in Child Guidance Clinic- Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 45(suppl), April,2004,page 41

Rao, R, Sagar R, Kattimani S (2004). A profile of Inpatients admitted in general psychiatric hospital – factors associated with prolonged stay-Indian Jr of Psychiatry, vol 46, suppl.46

Sadhu R, Mehta M, Kalra V, Sagar R (2004). Neurological soft signs in children with Scholastic Developmental Disorders of Scholastic skills. Indian Journal of Pediatrics (2004),suppl. Oct, 2004, Vol SS-I, Pg. 134-135 

Mondal AB, Sagar R, Malhotra S, Balan S (2004). Glucose Intolerance during treatment with Anti–Psychotics,  -Indian Jr of Psychiatry, vol 46, suppl.68

Kumar A, Sagar R, Das N, Mehta M (2004). Referral Pattern in Child Guidance Clinic- Indian Journal of Psychiatry,45(suppl),april,2004,page 41

Pattanayak S.K., Malhotra S, Ramesh S, Sagar R, Khandelwal S.K. (2004). Profile of Elderly patients attending the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic in a Tertiary Centre, -Indian Jr of Psychiatry, vol 46, suppl.47

Sagar R, Saxena S (2004). Treatment seeking behavior in Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorders. Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 70,no.1,suppl.96

Singhal T, Bal CS, Sagar R, Bandopadhyaya GP, Malhotra A (2005). “Tc-ECD Spect in Major Depression patients before and after Anti-Depressant therapy: A Statistical Parametric Mapping Study. in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 46, suppl. 2, pg 216

Sagar R (2005). Book review; Lithium Treatment of Mood Disorders: A practical guideThe National Medical Journal of India,VOL. 18, NO. 2, pg 101

Sagar R, Varghese ST, Balhara YPS (2005). Olanzapine induced double incontinence. Indian J. Med Sci, April,59 (4),163-164

Sagar R, Varghese ST, Balhara YPS, (2005). Dysphagia due to olanzepine, an antipsychotic medication. Indian J Gastroenterol;24:37-38

Singh S, Shivaprakash S, Balan S, Sagar R (2005). Cyclothymia: A Soft Bipolar Illness. Indian Journal of behavioural Sciences, Vol. 14(2) April (1), 68-71.

Singh S, Singh V, Varghese ST, Sagar R (2005). Lithium toxicity: role of Early Interventions. Indian Journal of behavioural Sciences, Vol 14(2) April 15(1), 72-75.

Singh V, Sagar R, Mehta M., Singh S (2005). Somatic Complaints and Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents, Indian Journal of behavioural Sciences, Vol 14(2) April 15(1),45-51.

Chawla JM, Balhara YPS, Mohan I, Sagar R (2006). Chronic Mania: An unexpectedly long episode? Indian J Medical Sciences; 60: 199-204

Chawla JM, Sagar R (2006). Baclofen-induced psychosis. Ann Pharmacother. Nov; 40 (11):2071-3.

Varghese ST, Balhara YPS, George SA, Sagar R (2006). Risperidone and dysphagia.J Postgrad Med. Oct-Dec; 52 (4):327-8.

Varghese ST, Sagar R, Jhanjee S (2006). Chronic renal failure and electroconvulsive therapy. Indian J Med Sci. 60:114-5

Varghese ST, Sagar R (2006). Naltrexone-Induced Weight Gain (2006) German J Psychiatry; 9:60-61.

Jain K, Mehta M, Mehta M, Sagar R, Mongia M (2006). Psychiatric Aspects of Headache. Pain Res Mange vol 11 suppl B, pp 30B

Mehta M, Sagar R, Mongia M (2006). Psychosocial Correlates of Headache in Children. Pain Res Mange vol 11 suppl B,summer, pp 30B

Mehta M, Sagar R, Mongia M (2006). Psychosocial Strategies in Management of Headache., Pain Res Mange vol 11 suppl B, summer,pp 30B

Mehta M, Sagar R, Mongia M (2006). Role of Stressful Life Events in Headache., Pain Res Mange vol 11 suppl B,summer,pp30-31B

Sagar R, Saxena S (2006). Characteristics of Patients With First-Episode Acute Psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 86, S66.

Sagar R, Gupta A (2007). Role of maternal psychopathology in 'battered baby syndrome': A case report Indian J Psychiatry. 49:1-60

Jain K, Sagar R, Kaul E, Rozatkar A, Mehra R (2007). Attitudes among medical students attending annual fest of AIIMS (Pulse 2006) about psychiatry as a profession. Indian J Psychiatry. 49:55

Jain K, Sagar R, Kaul E, Rozatkar A, Mehra R (2007): Attitudes among medical students attending annual fest of AIIMS (Pulse 2006) about psychiatry as a profession: Indian J Psychiatry;49:1-60

Balhara YPS, Chawla JM, Sagar R (2007). Status of psychiatric issues in conferences of other medical disciplines. Indian J Psychiatry. 49:1-60

Chadda R. K., Khandelwal S. K., Jiloha R. C, Sagar R, Sood, M (2007) Bipolar affective disorder: New horizons of development, Indian J Psychiatry Vol. 49 suppl. 1-60.

Balhara YPS, Chawla JM, Mehta M, Sagar R (2007). Child psychiatric morbidity in tertiary care hospital child guidance clinic. Indian J Psychiatry. 49:1-60

Agrawal A, Sagar R, Agarwal SK, Mehta M, Rao RV (2007):  Psychiatric comorbidity and quality of life in end stage renal disease. Indian J Psychiatry; 49:1-60

Gupta AK, Rao R, Sagar R (2007). Catatonia in the course of Kleine Levin syndrome: A case report, Indian J Psychiatry. 49:1-60

Jain K, Sagar R, Mehra T, Rozatkar A (2007). Assessment of stereotypes towards people with mental illness among resident doctors and the general population. Indian J Psychiatry. 49:1-60

Kumar N, Sagar R, Minhas S (2007). Disability associated with bipolar affective disorder, Indian J Psychiatry. 49:1-60

Rao RV, Sagar R, Kabra SK, Lodha R (2007). Do caregivers provide adequate information to HIV infected children? Indian J Psychiatry. 49:1-60

Varghese ST, Kumar A, Sagar R (2007). Ultradian pattern bipolar affective disorder and chronic antidepressant use. J Postgrad Med. Jul-Sep; 53(3):214.

Balhara YPS, Sagar R, Varghese ST (2007). Bleeding gums: Duloxetine may be the cause. J Postgrad Med. Jan-Mar; 53 (1):44-5

Rao R, Sagar R, Kabra SK, Lodha R (2007). Psychiatric Morbidity in HIV infected children.  AIDS Care. Jul; 19(6):828-33.

Sharan P, Sagar R (2007). Mental Health Policy for Children and Adolescents in Developing Countries; Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health; 3(1):1-4

Sharan P, Sagar R (2008). The Need for National Data on Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders, Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health; 4(2):22-27

Sagar R, Berry N, Sadhu R, Mishra S, Kahn DA (2008). Clozapine-induced cardiomyopathy presenting as panic attacks. J Psychiatr Pract. May; 14(3):182-5.

Chugh G, Dhal A, Sagar R, Mehta M (2008). Approach to a case of Dissociative Disorder associated with Neglect and Abuse Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health; 4(1):20-21

Srivastava G, Dhal A, Chugh G, Mehta M, Sagar R, Sreenivas V (2008). Inter and Intra Rater Reliability on the Draw-A-Person Test among Indian Children and Adolescents. J. Indian Assoc. Child Adolesc. Ment. Health. 4(4);88-94

Sadhu R, Mehta M, Kalra V, Sagar R, Mongia M (2008). Neurological Soft Signs in Indian Children with Specific Developmental Disorders of Scholastic Skills:J. Indian Assoc. Child Adolesc. Ment. Health; 4(3):62-66

Sinha P, Sagar R, Mehta M (2008). Executive Function in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health; 4(2):44-49

Deb KS, Verma R, Patra BN &Sagar R (2008): Modified Electro-Convulsive Therapy: A comparative study of sine wave and pulse wave methods: Indian J Psychiatry; 50, S 38

Balhara, Y. P. S., R. Verma, and R. Sagar. (2008) "Studying the Spectrum of Parameters for Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: Findings from a Developing Country." Bipolar Disorders. Vol. 10. 9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford Ox4 2dq, Oxon, England: Blackwell Publishing

Goyal, P.,  Sagar, R. and M. Mehta. (2008) "Clinical And Neurocognitive Study Of Bipolar I and Bipolar Ii Disorders." Bipolar Disorders. Vol. 10. 9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford Ox4 2dq, Oxon, England: Blackwell Publishing.

Balhara YPS, Sagar R, Deb KS (2008). Compliance to the therapy in psychiatric patients with medical co-morbidity. Indian J Psychiatry. 50:S42

Jain K, Sagar R, Mehra R (2008). Undergraduates and Psychiatry; Indian J Psychiatry. 50 (Apr), S 47

Kader L, Tripathi B.M, Sagar R, Pandey R.M, Chumber S (2008). 161–A case-control family study of schizophrenia and related disorders. Schizophrenia Research. 98-99.

Ramdurg S, Deb KS, Kattimani S &Sagar R (2008): Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with bipolar disorder on Valproate therapy. Indian J Psychiatry; 50, S 37

Sagar, R., & N. Kumar. (2008) "Treatment Outcome and Course of Disability Associated With Bipolar Affective Disorder in Tertiary Care Hospital in India." Bipolar Disorders. Vol. 10. 9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford Ox4 2dq, Oxon, England: Blackwell Publishing.

Shakya, R., S. K. Khandelwal, and R. Sagar. (2008) "Assessment of Mania With Self Rating Scale." Bipolar Disorders. Vol. 10. 9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford Ox4 2dq, Oxon, England: Blackwell Publishing.

Verma R, Deb KS, Patra BN, Sagar R (2008). Modified electro-convulsive therapy: A comparative study of sine wave and pulse wave methods. Indian J Psychiatry. 50:S38

Verma, R., Y. P. S. Balhara, & Sagar, R. (2008) "Difference in Cognitive Functioning of Euthymic Bipolar I Patients with and without a History of Psychotic Symptoms." Bipolar Disorders. Vol. 10. 9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford Ox4 2dq, Oxon, England: Blackwell Publishing.

Kaur J, Sagar R, Sinha SK, NMHP (2009). current status & programme prescription: Indian J Psychiatry. 51 (6) Apr, S 109

Sagar R& Sagar S (2009), Psychiatric morbidity in bomb blast victims-the results from developing country; Pre-hospital and Disaster Medicine, Volume 24 No.2 March-April, pg 135

Sinha S, Sagar R (2009). Mental Health Act 1987: How comprehensive and adequate? Indian J Psychiatry. 51:S142

Kishore N, Singh V, Lal R, Sagar R (2009). Recurrent depressive disorder with  or without history of hypomania: are they really different: Indian J Psychiatry. 51 (6) Apr, S 129

Mittal AK, Balhara YPS, Majumdar P, Sagar R (2009). Prevalence of depression in mothers of newly diagnosed case of ADHD: Indian J Psychiatry. 51 (6) Apr, S 150

Sagar R (2009). National Mental Health Programme: Current status & programme prescription – Authority on DMHP in XI plan. Indian J Psychiatry. 51:S109

Sagar R, Kumar N, Sood M, Kattimani S (2009). Measurement of disability in subjects with major psychiatric disorders attending tertiary health care centre-longitudinal study: Indian J Psychiatry. 51 (6) Apr, S 134

Singh V, Shivanand K, Sagar R (2009). lithium toxicity: Role of Hemodialysis, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour, 14 (2), 62-68

Reddy, V. S., S. Guleria, A. Gupta, V. K. Bansal, S. Mahajan, D. Bhowmik, Sagar, R. and S. C. Tiwari. (2009)."A prospective study of quality of life of live related kidney donors." Indian Journal of Transplantation 3: 37.

Baby RS, Gupta S, Sagar R (2009). Attitudes and subjective reasons of medication compliance and noncompliance among outpatients with schizophrenia in India. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 7:1. DOI: 10.5580/2451

Balhara YPS, Chawla JM, Sagar R (2009). Olanzapine induced tardive dystonia in case of adolescent bipolar disorder. J Pediatr Neurosci, 4:30-32.

Mukherjee S, Tripathi M, Chandra PS, Yadav R, Choudhary N, Sagar R, Bhore R,Pandey RM, Deepak KK (2009). Cardiovascular autonomic functions in well-controlled and intractable partial epilepsies. Epilepsy Res. Aug;85(2-3):261-269.

Nock MK, Hwang I, Sampson N, Kessler RC, Angermeyer M, Beautrais A, Borges G, Bromet E, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM,Hu C, Huang Y, Karam EG, Kawakami N, Kovess V, Levinson D, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Tomov T, Viana MC, Williams DR (2009). Cross-national analysis of the associations among mental disorders and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. PLoS Med. Aug 6(8):e1000123.

Alonso J, Petukhova M, Vilagut G, Chatterji S, Heeringa S, Ustün TB, Alhamzawi AO, Viana MC, Angermeyer M, Bromet E, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, Florescu S,Gureje O, Haro JM, Hinkov H, Hu CY, Karam EG, Kovess V, Levinson D, Medina-Mora ME, Nakamura Y, Ormel J, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Scott KM, Balhara YPS, Sagar R, Chawla JM (2010). Undergraduate Psychiatry Training: Insights from Emergency Room: Delhi Psychiatry Journal 13 (2): 287-290.

Borges G, Nock MN, Abad JMH, Hwang I, Sampson NA, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Angermeyer MC, Beautrais A, Bromet E, Bruffaerts R, Girolamo GD, Florescu S, Gureje O, Hu C, Karam EG, Masfety VK, Lee S, Levinson D, Medina-Mora ME, Ormel J, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Tomov T, Uda H, Williams DR., Kessler RC (2010). Twelve-Month Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys, J Clin Psychiatry Aug 24. PubMed PMID: 20816034.

Bruffaerts R, Demyttenaere K, Borges G, Haro JM, Chiu WT, Hwang I, Karam EG, Kessler RC, Sampson N, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Angermeyer M, Benjet C, Bromet E, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Florescu S, Gureje O, Horiguchi I, Hu C, Kovess V, Levinson D, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Scott K, Tsang A, Vassilev SM, Williams DR, Nock MK (2010). Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour. Br J Psychiatry. Jul; 197(1):20-27.

Alonso, J., Petukhova, M., Vilagut, G., Chatterji, S., Heeringa, S., Üstün, T. B., … Kessler, R. C. (2011). Days out of role due to common physical and mental conditions: results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys. Molecular Psychiatry, 16(12), 1234–1246. http://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2010.101

Desai SD, Shukla G, Goyal V, Singh S, Padma MV, Tripathi M, Srivastava A,Singh M, Shivakumar K, Sagar R, Behari M (2010). Study of DSM-IV Axis I psychiatric disorders in patients with refractory complex partial seizures using a short structured clinical interview. Epilepsy Behav. Aug 20; (19)3, 301-305.

Gureje O, Oladeji B, Hwang I, Chiu WT, Kessler RC, Sampson NA, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Beautrais A, Borges G, Bromet E, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Gal G, He Y, Hu C, Iwata N, Karam EG, Kovess-Masféty V, Matschinger H,Moldovan MV, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Scocco P, Seedat S, Tomov T, Nock MK (2010). Parental psychopathology and the risk of suicidal behavior in their offspring: results from the World Mental Health surveys. Mol Psychiatry. PubMed PMID: 21079606.

Gyan S, Sagar S, Singhal M, Sagar R, Misra MC (2010). Successful microsurgical penile replantation following self amputation in a schizophrenic patient, Indian J Urol, Jul-Sept, 26:3,254-257

Karam EG, Andrews G, Bromet E, Petukhova M, Ruscio AM, Salamoun M, Sampson N, Stein DJ, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Angermeyer M, Demyttenaere K, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Florescu S, Gureje O, Kaminer D, Kotov R, Lee S, Lépine JP, Medina-Mora  ME, Oakley Browne MA, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Shalev AY, Takeshima T, Tomov T, Kessler RC (2010). The role of criterion A2 in the DSM-IV diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. Biol Psychiatry. Sep 1; 68(5):465-73.

Kessler RC, Birnbaum HG, Shahly V, Bromet E, Hwang I, McLaughlin KA, Sampson N, Andrade LH, de Girolamo G, Demyttenaere K, Haro JM, Karam AN, Kostyuchenko S, Kovess V, Lara C, Levinson D, Matschinger H, Nakane Y, Browne MO, Ormel J,Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Stein DJ (2010). Age differences in the prevalence and co-morbidity of DSM-IV major depressive episodes: results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Depress Anxiety. 27(4):351-364.

Kessler RC, McLaughlin KA, Green JG, Gruber MJ, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alhamzawi AO, Alonso J, Angermeyer M, Benjet C, Bromet E, Chatterji S, de Girolamo G, Demyttenaere K, Fayyad J, Florescu S, Gal G, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu CY, Karam EG, Kawakami N, Lee S, Lépine JP, Ormel J, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Tsang A, Ustün TB, Vassilev S, Viana MC, Williams DR (2010). Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Br J Psychiatry. Nov; 197:378-85.

Lee S, Tsang A, Kessler RC, Jin R, Sampson N, Andrade L, Karam EG, Mora ME, Merikangas K, Nakane Y, Popovici DG, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Wells JE, Zarkov Z,Petukhova M (2010). Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: cross-national community study. Br J Psychiatry. 196: 217-25.

Levinson D, Lakoma, Petukhova M, Schoenbaum M, Zaslavsky AM, Angermeyer M, Borges G, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu C, Karam AN, Kawakami N, Lee S, Lepine JP, Browne MO, Okoliyski M, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Viana MC, Williams DR, Kessler RC (2010). Associations of serious mental illness with earnings: results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys. Br J Psychiatry. Aug; 197:114-21.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2010). Fee-based open-access journals: A fertile or slippery ground? Indian J Psychiatry; 52(4):387.

Prashanth R, Balhara YPS, Sagar R (2010). The pontomedullary region: role in affect, behavior, and appetite regulation. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. Spring 22(2):E14. 

Rabi S, Sagar R, Jena R, Khandelwal SK (2010). Feasibility of Self-Assessment of Acute Mania; Comparison of Self-Rated and Observer-Rated Scales of Mania in Naturalistic Setting: Delhi Psychiatry Journal 13 (2): 323-333.

Ramam M, Bhat R, Jindal S, Kumar U, Sharma VK, Sagar R, Chadda RK (2010). Patient-reported multiple drug reactions: clinical profile and results of challenge testing. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. Jul-Aug; 76(4):382-6.

Ramam M, Bhat R, Jindal S, Kumar U, Sharma VK, Sagar R, Chadda RK (2010). Patient-reported multiple drug reactions: clinical profile and results of challenge testing. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. Jul-Aug; 76(4):382-6.

Stein DJ, Chiu WT, Hwang I, Kessler RC, Sampson N, Alonso J, Borges G, Bromet E, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, Florescu S, Gureje O, He Y, Kovess-Masfety V, Levinson D, Matschinger H, Mneimneh Z, Nakamura Y, Ormel J, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Scott KM, Tomov T, Viana MC, Williams DR, Nock MK (2010). Cross-national analysis of the associations between traumatic events and suicidal behavior: findings fromthe WHO World Mental Health Surveys. PLoS One. 13;5(5):e10574.

Stein DJ, Ruscio AM, Lee S, Petukhova M, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Benjet C, Bromet E, Demyttenaere K, Florescu S, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Gureje O, He Y,  Hinkov H, Hu C, Iwata N, Karam EG, Lepine JP, Matschinger H, Oakley Browne M, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Williams DR, Kessler RC (2010). Subtyping social anxiety disorder in developed and developing countries. Depress Anxiety. 27(4):390-403.

Deep R, Sagar R, Mehta M (2010). Comparison of Psychosocial functioning, Working memory and Response Inhibition in the euthymic bipolar disorder-I subjects and matched health controls: A Study from India, Asia Pacific Journal, Vol 2, Isuue 3, pp 13

Kessler RC, Green JG, Gruber MJ, Sampson NA, Bromet E, Cuitan M, Furukawa TA, Gureje O, Hinkov H, Hu CY, Lara C, Lee S, Mneimneh Z, Myer L, Oakley-Browne M, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Viana MC, Zaslavsky AM (2010). Screening for serious mental illness in the general population with the K6 screening scale: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) survey initiative. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. Jun; 19 Suppl 1:4-22.

Goyal S, Ramdurg S, Goyal P, Sagar R, Sharan P (2010). Psychiatric disorder associated with intentional self harm patients in tertiary care centre (AIIMS). Indian J Psychiatry. 52(Suppl.)S59

Goyal S, Ramdurg S, Goyal P, Sharan P, Sagar R (2010). Socio-demographic profile and modes of intentional self harm patients in tertiary care centre-aiims. Indian J Psychiatry. 52(Suppl.)S38

Subbiah V, Nirmal S, Tripathi M, Sagar R (2010). Association of CYP2D6*4 genetic polymorphism on the metabolism of Donepezil with Alzheimer's disease in Indian population. Annals of General Psychiatry 9:S142.

Sagar R, Raja S, Kermode M (2010). Manual based training on mental health for community health workers. Indian J Psychiatry. 52(Suppl.)S14

Sarkar S, Majumder P, Gupta R, Bhad R, Balhara YPS, Sagar R (2010). Cost issues in psychiatry. Indian J Psychiatry. 52(Suppl.)S70

Goyal, P., Sagar, R., Mehta, M., Chawla, J. M., & Balhara, Y. P. S. (2011). Socio-Demographic And Clinical Correlates Of Bipolar I and Bipolar Ii Disorder: First Comparative Study from India. In Bipolar Disorders (Vol. 13, Pp. 50-50). Wiley-Blackwell.

Goyal S, Sivakumar T, Sharan P, Sagar R (2011). Consultation liaison psychiatry. Indian J Psychiatry. 53(Suppl.)S35

Goyal S, Mittal AK, Sagar R, Mehta M (2011). Parental satisfaction assessment for treatment in ADHD patients with or without conduct symptoms. Indian J Psychiatry. 53(Suppl.)S88

Chakorborty A, Sood S.K, Sagar R, Srivastava A (2011).  “Effect of rapid and short duration presentation of speech sounds and pure tones on prepulse inhibition in dyslexic children”; Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology; 55(5), suppl. Pg 300: 

Makharia, G., P. Singh, A. Agnihotri, A. Shirazi, R. P. Tiwari, V. Sreenivas, R. Sagar, and G. K. Makharia.(2011) "Psychiatric and somatic co-morbidities in Indian patients with irritable bowel syndrome at a tertiary care center." In Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vol. 26, Pp. 181-181. Wiley-Blackwell. 

Balhara YPS, Sagar R (2011). Correlates of anxiety and depression among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Indian J Endocr Metab; 15(Suppl 1):S50-4.

Mittal AK, Goyal S, Sagar R, Mehta M (2011). Prevalence of emotional, conduct and peer problems among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in clinic referred cases. Indian J Psychiatry.53(Suppl.)S87.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Jain R (2011). Knowledge and attitude towards the perceived health risks of tobacco among patients with bipolar disorder and nicotine dependence. Indian J Psychiatry. 53(Suppl.)S97

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Mehta M (2011). Neuropsychological performance in euthymic Indian patients with Bipolar disorder- type I: relationship to quality of life and global functioning. Bipolar disorders, 13(suppl 1), 77

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Mehta M (2011). Neuropsychological performance in unaffected first degree relatives of patients with bipolar disorder type – I and matched health controls. Indian J Psychiatry. 53(Suppl.) S36

Pattanayak, R.D, Sagar R, Jain R (2011). "356 Predictors of Readiness to Change in Patients Having Bipolar Disorder and Nicotine Dependence: An Exploratory Study from India." Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 4: S84-S85.

Pattanayak, R.D, Sagar R, Jain R (2011). "Predictors of Readiness to Change in Patients Having Bipolar Disorder and Nicotine Dependence: An Exploratory Study from India." Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 4: S84-S85.

Sagar R, Pattanayak RD (2011). Provisions for Training Centres: Recent Developments, Indian Journal of Psychiatry; suppl 1:69-76.

Subbiah V, Bhardwaj D, Dharan M, Sagar R (2011). Genetic Polymorphism of the drug metabolizing enzyme CYP1A2 in schizophrenia patients undergoing treatment with clozapine in a North Indian population, International Clinical Psychopharmacology. 26-e163.

Subbiah V, Bhardwaj D, Munisamy M, Sagar R(2011). Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Gene Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism: Case-Control Association with Schizophrenia in a North Indian Population. J Mol Biomark Diagn. 2:105. doi:10.4172/2155-9929.1000105.

Ramdurg S, Goyal S, Goyal P, Sagar R, Sharan P (2011). Sociodemographic profile, clinical factors, and mode of attempt in suicide attempters in consultation liaison psychiatry in a tertiary care center. Ind Psychiatry J.20;11-6

Balhara YPS, Jain R, Sundar SA, Sagar R (2011). A comparative study of reliability of self report of tobacco use among patients with bipolar and somatoform disorders.  J Pharmacol Pharmacother. Jul;2(3):174-8.

Bali SJ, Parmar T, Arora V, Ichhpujani P, Sagar R , Dada T (2011).  Evaluation of Major Depressive Disorder in Patients Receiving Chronic Treatment with Topical Timolol: Ophthalmologica;226(3):157-60.

Breslau J, Miller E, Jin R, Sampson NA, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Bromet EJ, de Girolamo G, Demyttenaere K, Fayyad J, Fukao A, Gălăon M, Gureje O, He Y, Hinkov HR, Hu C, Kovess-Masfety V, Matschinger H, Medina-Mora ME, Ormel J, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Scott KM, Kessler RC (2011). A multinational study of mental disorders, marriage, and divorce. Acta Psychiatr Scand: 124(6):474-86.

Bruffaerts R, Demyttenaere K, Hwang I, Chiu WT, Sampson N, Kessler RC, Alonso J, Borges G, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Florescu S, Gureje O, Hu C, Karam EG, Kawakami N, Kostyuchenko S, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Levinson D, Matschinger H, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Scott KM, Stein DJ, Tomov T, Viana MC, Nock MK (2011). Treatment of suicidal people around the world. Br J Psychiatry; 199 (1) 64-70.

Guleria S, Reddy VS, Bora GS, Sagar R, Bhowmik D, Mahajan S (2011). The quality of life of women volunteering as live-related kidney donors in India.Natl Med J India. Nov-Dec;24(6);342-4.

Hazari N, Pattanayak R.D, Sagar R, Srivastava MVP (2011). Psychiatric symptoms in dementia with Lewy Bodies: Diagnostic and management issues; Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour, 16 (2);119-126.

Merikangas KR, Jin R, He JP, Kessler RC, Lee S, Sampson NA, Viana MC, Andrade  LH, Hu C, Karam EG, Ladea M, Medina-Mora ME, Ono Y, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Wells JE, Zarkov Z (2011). Prevalence and correlates of bipolar spectrum disorder in the world mental health survey initiative. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 68(3):241-51. 

Nirmal S,Tripathi M  Shastri SS,  Sagar R,  Vivekanandhan S (2011). Association of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Insertion(I)/Deletion (D) Genotype in Alzheimer's Disease Patients of North Indian Population, International Journal of Neuroscience; 3;  Oct;121(10):557-61.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Mehta M (2011). Cognitive dysfunction as a trait marker of Bipolar disorder: A critical review, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour;16: 18-28.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Mehta M (2011). Cognitive dysfunction as a trait marker of Bipolar disorder: A critical review, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour;16:3-10.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Mehta M (2011). Simple observations, great breakthroughs: Inspirations from history, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour, 16 (1), 54-55.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2011). Depression in dementia patients: Issues and challenges for a physician, J Assoc Physicians India:  59:650-2.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2011). Depression in dementia patients: Issues and challenges for a physician, Journal of Association of Physicians of India. JAPI; (39); 646-8.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2011). Inspirations from history Simple observations, great inspirations-II: John Cade; Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour, 16 (2);126-128.

Kessler RC, Ormel J, Petukhova M, McLaughlin KA, Green JG, Russo LJ, Stein DJ, Zaslavsky AM, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Andrade L, Benjet C, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Demyttenaere K, Fayyad J, Haro JM, Hu C, Karam A, Lee S, Lepine JP, Matchsinger H, Mihaescu-Pintia C, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Ustün TB (2011). Development of lifetime comorbidity in the World Health Organization world mental health surveys. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 68(1):90-100.

Pattanayak RD, Mondal A, Sagar R (2011).  Pathological Stealing in a patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Rare or Hidden? Lupus; 20(9), 1001-2.

Sagar R (2011). Book review; Biological child psychiatry: Recent trends and developments; The Indian Journal of Medical Research; 134(3)401.

Sagar R (2011). Child and adolescent mental health: Need for a public health approach, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour, 16 (1), 1-4.

Sagar R (2011). Tapping the potential human resources: A Pragmatic vision to promote mental health; Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour, 16 (2);65-68.

Sharma R, Balhara YPS, Sagar R, Deepak KK, Mehta M (2011). Heart rate variability study of childhood anxiety disorders. Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research; Apr;2(2):115-22.

Sharma RK, Sagar R, Deepak KK, Mehta M, Balhara YPS (2011).  Clinical and autonomic functions: A study of childhood anxiety disorders. Ann Saudi Med. May-Jun;31(3):250-7.PMID:21623053

Sagar R, Pattanayak RD, Mehta M (2012). Clinical Profile of Child and Adolescent (<16 years) Psychotic disorders at A Tertiary Care Centre in India. Journal of Basic and Applied Science. 8, 139-144.

Sagar R, Pattanayak RD, Mehta M (2012). Clinical Profile of Mood Disorders in Children. Indian Pediatr, Jan. 49(1);21-3.

Bansal VK, Misra MC, Babu D, Singhal P, Rao K, Sagar R, Kumar S, Rajeshwari S, Rewari V (2012). Comparison of long-term outcome and quality of life after laparoscopic repair of incisional and ventral hernias with suture fixation with and without tacks: a prospective, randomized, controlled study. Surg Endosc. Dec;26(12);3476-85.

Singh AN, Bansal VK, Misra MC, Kumar S, Rajeshwari S, Kumar A, Sagar R, Kumar  A (2012). Testicular functions, chronic groin pain, and quality of life after laparoscopic and open mesh repair of inguinal hernia: a prospective randomized controlled trial. Surg Endosc. May;26(5):1304-17.

Singh P, Agnihotri A, Pathak MK, Shirazi A,1 Tiwari RP, Sreenivas V, Sagar R, Makharia GK (2012). Psychiatric, Somatic and Other Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome at a Tertiary Care Center;J Neurogastroenterol Motil, Jul;18(3);324-31.

Sagar R (2012). Media Portrayal of Mental Illness: Role and Responsibilities of Psychiatrists: Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour. 17 (2);91-94.

Sagar R (2012). Stress and suicides among medical students: Time to act? Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour, 17 (1);1-4.

Balhara YPS, Jain R, Sundar AS, Sagar R (2012). Use of cotinine urinalysis to verify self-reported tobacco use among male psychiatric out-patients. Lung India.29;217-20.

Chawla JM, Balhara YPS, Sagar R, Shivaprakash (2012). Undergraduate medical students' attitude toward psychiatry: A cross-sectional study. Indian J Psychiatry.54;37-40.

Gupta R, Balhara YPS, Sagar R (2012). Acute psychosis with a favorable outcome as a complication of central pontine/extrapontine myelinolysis in a middle aged man. J Midlife Health. Jul 3(2);103-5.

Kishore N, Singh V, Sagar R, Lal R (2012). Recurrent depressive disorder with or without spontaneous hypomania: Are they really different: Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour. 17 (2); 108-115.

Maji, KR, Sood M, Sagar R, Khandelwal SK (2012). A follow-up study of family burden in patients with bipolar affective disorder. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 58 (2);217-223.

Pattanayak RD, Jain R, Sagar R(2012). Reliability of self-reported tobacco use in patients with bipolar disorder: An exploratory study of euthymic patients visiting a tertiary care centre in India. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine;43(2):153-63.

Pattanayak RD, Mehta M, Sagar R (2012): Specialty choices of postgraduate medical students: Are they related to the kind of animal identified with oneself? South Asian Journal of Medical Education 6 (2), 45-47.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2012). A Qualitative study of perceptions related to family risk of bipolar disorder among patients and family members from India. Int J Soc Psychiatry September. 58 (5); 463-469.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2012). Inspirations from history: A simple, Nobel prize winning experiment by Otto Loewi: Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour. 17 (2);91-94.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2012). Psychiatric aspects of childhood epilepsy. Iranian J Child Neurol, 6(2); 9-18.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2012). Tracing the history of general paresis of the insane: links to psychiatry: Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour, 17 (1);81-83.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Jain R (2012). Perceived health risks, attitude and readiness to quit tobacco among euthymic bipolar disorder patients in regular contact with mental health services: An exploratory study from India. J Ment Health. Feb; 21 (1);83-90.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Mehta M (2012). Neurocognition in unaffected first degree relatives of patients with bipolar disorder type I from India: A potential vulnerability marker? SAGE Open Journal, 2 (1)

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Mehta M (2012). Neuropsychological performance in euthymic Indian Patients with Bipolar Disorder-type I: Relationship to Quality Of Life and Global functioning. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Dec. 66(7);553-63

Sagar R, Pattanayak R.D, Mehta M (2012). Clinical profile of mood disorders in children. Indian pediatrics. 49(1); 21-23.

Salve H, Goswami K, Nongkynrih B, Sagar R, Sreenivas V (2012). Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity at Mobile Health Clinic in an urban community in North India. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. Mar-Apr;34(2);21-6.

Troost JP, Barondess DA, Storr CL,Wells JE, Al-Hamzawi AO, Andrade LH, Bromet E. Bruffaerts R, Florescu S, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu C, Huang Y,  Karam AN, Kessler RC,Jean-Pierre L, Matschinger H, Medina-Mora ME, O’Neill S, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Takeshima T, Tomov T, Williams DR, Anthony JC (2012). An updated global picture of cigarette smoking persistence among adults. J Epidemiol Glob Health. Sep;2(3):135-144.

Aron, N., Arora, V., Sagar, R., Sreenivas, V., Rathi, A., Kumar, S., ...& Dada, T. (2012). Evaluation of Depression in Newly Diagnosed Patients of Glaucoma before and After Starting Ocular Hypotensive Therapy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 53(14), 6365-6365.

Chatterjee B, Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2012). Consultation – Liaison in pediatric population: Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour. 17 (3); S65-S71.

Chatterjee B, Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2012). Emotional and behavioural issues in a child with leukaemia: Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour. 17 (3); S101-S104.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2012). Liaison psychiatry: The way forward: Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour. 17 (3);S1-S3.

Pattanayak, R. D., R. Sagar, & M. Mehta. (2012)"Relationship between Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders and Alcohol Use Disorders: Synthesis of Evidence and Literature Review between 1990-2012." International Journal of Neuropsycho-pharmacology. Vol. 15. 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, Ny 10013-2473 USA: Cambridge Univ Press.

Sagar R, Goyal P, Pattanayak RD (2012). Psychosis in post – partum period: Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour. 17 (3); S94-S96.

Sagar R., Chadda RK., Khandelwal SK (2012). A century of mental health legislation in India (ILA 1912 to MCHA 2012). Reflection & future direction. Indian J Psychiatry;S2:54(Suppl)S32

Chatterjee B, Sagar R, Mandal P, Kumar N, Sahu A (2013). Mental illness: Who do the health professionals blame? Indian Journal of Psychiatry; 55, S60-61

Gupta R, Goyal S, Sagar R (2013). An open label study to assess effectiveness of amitrytyline versus clomipramine for prophylaxis in patients with migraine and tension type headache; Indian Journal of Psychiatry; 55, S71

Mehta M, Sagar R, Bhargava R (2013). Mental Health Issues in Medical Students. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry. 29 (3-4), A9-A16

Sagar R, (2013). Preventing Suicide in School and College Children: In (CME Symposium) - Suicide in the New Millennium. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry. 29 (3-4), A9-A16

Sagar R, Singhal M, Sahu A Misra M (2013). Psychiatric aspects in patients undergoing amputation following trauma: a neglected entity in developing nations; Pre-hospital and Disaster Medicine. 28 (suppl. 1) S139

Sahu A, Chatterjee B, Sagar R. (2013) Assessment of cognitive impairment and functional disability in euthymic state in type I bipolar disorder: Is the recovery “complete”? Indian Journal of Psychiatry; Jan, 55, S85

Sharan P, Sagar R Bhargava R & Kedia S. (2013) Development of depression identification instrument for countries in WHO-SEARO: Indian Journal of Psychiatry; 55, S21

Salve H, Goswami K, Sagar R, Nongkynrih B, Sreenivas V (2013). Perception and attitude towards mental illness in an urban community in South Delhi - A community based study. Indian J Psychol Med. 35:154-8.

Sagar R, Chatterjee B (2013). Recent advances in Pediatric Psycho-Pharmacology: Delhi Pediatrics (Bulletin of: Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Delhi State Branch). 32 (2),  26-29

Sagar R, Mehta M, Chugh G (2013). Road rage: an Exploratory Study on Aggressive Driving Experience on Indian Roads: Int J Soc Psychiatry. Jun;59(4):407-12.

Mandal P, Pal A, Sagar R (2013):  Common mental disorders: A review, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour; 18 (2),

Ahmedani BK, Kubiak SP, Kessler RC, de Graaf R, Alonso J,…Sagar R, et al (2013). Embarrassment when illness strikes a close relative: a World Mental Health Survey Consortium Multi-Site Study. Psychol Med: Psychol Med. 2013 Oct; 43(10):2191-202.

Aggarwal S, Kailash S, Sagar R, Tripathy M, Sreenivas V, Sharma R, et al (2013). Neuropsychological dysfunction in idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and its relationship with intracranial calcification and serum total calcium. Eur J Endocrinol. May 7; 168(6):895-903.

Bhad R, Sagar R (2013). Childhood Catatonia. Indian Pediatrics; 50:614

Bansal VK, Misra MC, Babu D, Victor J, Kumar S, Sagar R, et al (2013). A prospective, randomized comparison of long-term outcomes: chronic groin pain and quality of life following totally extraperitoneal (TEP) and transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. Surg Endosc. Jul; 27(7):2373-82

Dada T, Aggarwal A, Bali SJ, Wadhwani M, Tinwala S, Sagar R (2013). Caregiver burden assessment in primary congenital glaucoma. Eur J Ophthalmol. May-Jun;23(3):324-8

Daniel L, Gupta S, Sagar R (2013). Effect of educational module on knowledge of primary school teachers regarding early symptoms of childhood psychiatric disorders. Indian Jr. Of Psychological Medicine; 35(4):368-72

Goyal S,&Sagar R (2013): Tumefactive multiple sclerosis presenting as mania: A case report, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour; 18 (2),

Goyal S, Sagar R, Mehta M (2013). Parental Satisfaction Assessment for Treatment in ADHD patient with or without conduct symptoms. Delhi Psychiatry Journal; 18 (1), 80-82.

Joseph, A. A., Gupta, A., Hazari, N. T., Kumar, G., Pandey, R. M., Sagar, R., ...& Shukla, G. (2013). Sleep quality in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Is one night polysomnography as good as two nights?.Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine, 8(3), 121-127.

Kapoor S,  Mehta M, Sagar R (2013): Self -help manual approach for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder : Results from a Pilot Study,  Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour; 18 (2),

Mandal P, Srivastava, Sagar R (2013). 'A classical case of Bulimia Nervosa from India' Indian Jr. Of Psychological Medicine, Indian J Psychol Med; 35(3):309-10

Mishra J, Merzenich MM, Sagar R (2013). Accessible online neuroplasticity-targeted training for children with ADHD. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health; 14;7(1):38.

Mittal AK, Anshu, Sharma OP, Mehta M &Sagar R (2013): ADHD & comorbid problems: a preliminary report, Indian Jr. of Psychology & Education (IJPE), 3 (2), 135-138

Pallavi P, Sagar R, Mehta M, Sharma S, Subramanium A, Shamshi F, Sengupta U, Qadri R, Pandey RM, Mukhopadhyay AK (2013). Serum neurotrophic factors in adolescent depression: Gender difference and correlation with clinical severity. J Affect Disord. Sep 5; 150(2):415-23.

Pattanayak RD &Sagar R (2013): Emil Kraepelin’s contributions to modern psychiatry: Clinical empirical approach and psychiatric nosology, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour; 18 (2),

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2013). Inspirations from History: Eric Kandel and the ‘Sea Slug’: A simple experimental model for learning & memory, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour. 18 (1), 64 – 66

Prakash S, Mandal P, Sagar R (2013). Paroxetine in the Treatment of Recurrent Brief Depressive Disorder. Jr. Pharmacol pharmacother; 4(4):288-90.

Sagar R& Pattanayak RD (2013): Self-help approaches for common mental health problems: Potential utility in Indian context, Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour; 18 (2),

Sagar R (2013). Book review; Child and Adolescent Mental Health. The National Medical Journal of India, VOL. 26, NO. 3, 2013, pg 178-179

Sagar R (2013). Link between Personality and Physical Health: scope for interventions; Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour; 18 (1), 1 – 4

Sonali N, Tripathi M, Sagar R, Vivekanandhan S (2013). Val66Met polymorphism and BDNF levels in Alzheimer's disease patients in North Indian population. Int J Neurosci. Jun; 123(6):409-16. 

Sonali N, Tripathi M, Sagar R, Velpandian T, Subbiah V (2013). Clinical effectiveness of rivastigmine monotherapy and combination therapy in Alzheimer's patients. CNS Neurosci Ther. Feb 19(2);91-7. PMID: 23206182.

Sonali N, Tripathi M, Sagar R, Velpandian T, Subbiah V (2014). Impact of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 genetic polymorphism on combined cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine treatment in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord; 37(1-2):58-70.

Sreesanth KS, Aggarwal Sandeep, Sagar R, Chumber S, Seenu V, Bansal V, Aggarwal SK (2014). Impact of renal transplantation on quality of life of donor and recipient in spousal renal transplants: A prospective study.  4); 131-132

Sagar R (2014), Child Sexual Abuse Need for a Preventive Framework in Indian Context Journal of Mental Health and Human Behavior, Medknow; 19(2); 53-55.

Pattanayak RD, Sagar R (2014). Depressive Disorders in Indian Context: A Review and Clinical Update for Physicians. J Assoc Physicians India. Sep;62(9):827-32.

Gulati S, Aneja S, Juneja M, Mukherjee S, Deshmukh V, Silberberg D, Bhutani VK, Pinto JM, Durkin M, Tudu P, Pandey RM, Nair MK, Arora NK & INCLEN Study Group (2014). INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Neuromotor Impairments (INDT-NMI) for primary care physician: development and validation. Indian Pediatr. 51(8);613-9

Desai S, Shukla G, Goyal V, Srivastava A, Srivastava MV, Tripathi M, Singh M, Shivanand K, Sagar R, Gupta A, Saratchandra P, Garg A, Bal CS, Behari M (2014). Changes in psychiatric comorbidity during early postsurgical period in patients operated for medically refractory epilepsy--a MINI-based follow-up study. Epilepsy Behav; 32:29-33. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.11.025.

Glantz MD, Medina-Mora ME, Petukhova M, Andrade LH, Anthony JC,  Girolamo G de, Graaf R de, Degenhardt L, Demytteenaere K, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Horiguchik I, Karam EG, Kostyuchenko S, Lee S, Lepine JP, Matschinger H, Neumark Y, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Stein DJ, Tomov T, Wells JE, Chatterji S, Kessler RC  (2014). Alcohol abuse in developed and developing countries in the World Mental Health surveys: Socially defined consequences or psychiatric disorder? The American Journal on Addictions. 23(2); 144-145

Gupta A; Mandal P; Bhargava R, Pattanayak R D, Sagar R, Dhawan A (2014). Marked Exacerbation of ADHD After Onset of Inhalant Use: A Case Report. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 26(4);E6-E7

Choudhary A, Gulati S, Sagar R, Kabra M, Sapra S (2014). Behavioral comorbidity in children and adolescents with epilepsy.   J Clin Neurosci pii: S0967-5868(14)00050-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.11.023. [Epub ahead of print]

Juneja M, Mishra D, Russell PSS, Gulati S, Deshmukh V, Tudu P, Sagar R, Silberberg, Bhutani VK, Pinto JM, Durkin M, Pandey RM, Nair MKC, Arora NK  & Inclen Study Group (2014): INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Autism Spectrum Disorder (INDT-ASD): Development and Validation, Indian Pediatrics, 51, 359-365

Kharya C, Gupta V, Deepak KK, Sagar R, Upadhyay A, Kochupillai V, Anand S (2014). Effect of controlled breathing exercises on the psychological status and the cardiac autonomic tone: Sudarshan Kriya and Prana-Yoga. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology; 58(3): 210-220.

L. H. Andrade, J. Alonso, Z. Mneimneh, J. E. Wells, A. Al-Hamzawi, G. Borges, E. Bromet, R. Bruffaerts, G. de Girolamo, R. de Graaf, S. Florescu, O. Gureje, H. R. Hinkov, C. Hu, Y. Huang, I. Hwang, R. Jin, E. G. Karam, V. Kovess-Masfety, D. Levinson, H. Matschinger, S. O'Neill, J. Posada-Villa, Sagar R, N. A. Sampson, C. Sasu, D. Stein, T. Takeshima, M. C. Viana, M. Xavier, Kessler RC  (2014). "Barriers to Mental Health Treatment: Results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys." Psychological Medicine. 44 (6); 1303-17.

Modi S, Arora G, Bal CS, Sreenivas V, Kailash S, Sagar R (2014). Goswami R. Effect of basal ganglia calcification on its glucose metabolism and dopaminergic function in idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). doi: 10.1111/cen.12649. Epub ahead of print

Mukherjee S, Satinder A, Russell PSS, Gulati S, Deshmukh V, Sagar R, Silberberg D, Bhutani VK, Pinto JM, DURKIN M, Pandey RM, Nair MKC, Arora NK and *INCLEN STUDY GROUP INCLEN (2014) Diagnostic Tool for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (INDT-ADHD): Development and Validation. Indian Pediatrics,; 51 (6) 457-462

Ramesh K, Devendra M, Sheffali G, Satinder A, Vaishali D, Donald S, Jennifer M P, Maureen D, Ravindra M P, NAIR MKC, Arora N K and INCLEN STUDY GROUP* (2014) INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Epilepsy (INDT-EPI) for Primary Care Physicians: Development and Validation Indian Pediatrics, 51, 539-543

Pal A, Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Goyal V (2014). Psychosis in an elderly patient with parkinson's disease: issues and considerations. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behavior. 19(2);87-90

Ng C, Chauhan AP, Chavan BS, Ramasubramanian C, Singh AR, Sagar R, Fraser J, Ryan B, Prasad J, Singh S (2014). Integrating mental health into public health: The community mental health development project in India, Indian journal of psychiatry, Medknow Publications.56(3);215 

Ranjan, R., Kumar, S., Pattanayak, R. D., Dhawan, A., & Sagar, R. (2014). (De-) criminalization of attempted suicide in India: A review. Industrial psychiatry journal, 23(1), 4.

Pattanayak RD, Mehta M, Sagar R (2014): Depressive Disorders in India Context: A Review and Clinical Update for Physicians. J Assoc Physicians India. 62;827A.

Sagar R, Pattanayak RD. (2014) Stigma and community interventions: Has enough been done? Journal of Mental Health and Human Behavior, Medknow Publications. 19(1);1-3

Sagar R. Child Sexual Abuse (2014). Need for a Preventive Framework in Indian Context, Journal of Mental Health and Human Behavior, Medknow Publications. 19(2);53-55

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