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Arun V. Ravindran

Arun V. Ravindran

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Psychology

D-Index
73
Citations
22923
World Ranking
1945
National Ranking
109

Overview

Arun V. Ravindran is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their research predominantly spans subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Pharmacology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and General Health Professions.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Arun V. Ravindran comprise Raymond W. Lam, Roumen Milev, Sidney H. Kennedy, Benício N. Frey, and Sagar V. Parikh.

Their publications appear most often in the following venues:

  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Comparative efficacy and acceptability of antidepressants, psychotherapies, and their combination for acute treatment of children and adolescents with depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis" (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • "Clinician guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders with nutraceuticals and phytoceuticals: The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Taskforce" (2022, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry)
  • "Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2023 Update on Clinical Guidelines for Management of Major Depressive Disorder in Adults: Réseau canadien pour les traitements de l'humeur et de l'anxiété (CANMAT) 2023: Mise à jour des lignes directrices cliniques pour la prise en charge du trouble dépressif majeur chez les adultes" (2024, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry)
  • "Mental and neurological disorders and risk of COVID-19 susceptibility, illness severity and mortality: A systematic review, meta-analysis and call for action" (2021, EClinicalMedicine)
  • "Clinical guidelines for the use of lifestyle-based mental health care in major depressive disorder: World Federation of Societies for Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) taskforce" (2022, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry)

Best Publications

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder

    Lakshmi N Yatham;Sidney H Kennedy;Sagar V Parikh;Ayal Schaffer

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder Section 3. Pharmacological Treatments

    Sidney H. Kennedy;Raymond W. Lam;Roger S. McIntyre;S. Valérie Tourjman

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) collaborative update of CANMAT guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: update 2013.

    Lakshmi N. Yatham;Sidney H. Kennedy;Sagar V. Parikh;Ayal Schaffer

  • Comparative efficacy and tolerability of antidepressants for major depressive disorder in children and adolescents: a network meta-analysis.

    Andrea Cipriani;Xinyu Zhou;Cinzia Del Giovane;Sarah E Hetrick

  • Depression and anxiety in relation to cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

    Yun-He Wang;Jin-Qiao Li;Ju-Fang Shi;Jian-Yu Que

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) collaborative update of CANMAT guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: update 2009.

    Lakshmi N Yatham;Sidney H Kennedy;Ayal Schaffer;Sagar V Parikh

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) clinical guidelines for the management of major depressive disorder in adults. III. Pharmacotherapy.

    Raymond W Lam;Sidney H Kennedy;Sophie Grigoriadis;Roger S McIntyre

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Clinical guidelines for the management of major depressive disorder in adults

    Sidney H. Kennedy;Raymond W. Lam;Sagar V. Parikh;Scott B. Patten

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 2. Psychological Treatments

    Sagar V. Parikh;Sagar V. Parikh;Lena C. Quilty;Paula Ravitz;Michael Rosenbluth

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: consensus and controversies.

    Lakshmi N Yatham;Sidney H Kennedy;Claire O'Donovan;Sagar Parikh

  • Efficacy and Safety of Fixed-Dose Esketamine Nasal Spray Combined With a New Oral Antidepressant in Treatment-Resistant Depression: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Controlled Study (TRANSFORM-1).

    Maggie Fedgchin;Madhukar Trivedi;Ella J Daly;Rama Melkote

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Clinical guidelines for the management of major depressive disorder in adults. IV. Neurostimulation therapies.

    Sidney H. Kennedy;Roumen Milev;Peter Giacobbe;Rajamannar Ramasubbu

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 5. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments

    Arun V Ravindran;Lynda G Balneaves;Guy Faulkner;Abigail Ortiz

  • Clinical guidelines for the treatment of depressive disorders. IV. Medications and other biological treatments.

    Kennedy Sh;Lam Rw;Cohen Nl;Ravindran Av

  • Mood stabilisers plus risperidone or placebo in the treatment of acute mania. International, double-blind, randomised controlled trial.

    Laksami N Yatham;Fred Grossman;Ilse Augustyns;Eduard Vieta

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 1. Disease Burden and Principles of Care

    Raymond W. Lam;Diane McIntosh;JianLi Wang;Murray W. Enns

  • Comparative efficacy and acceptability of antidepressants, psychotherapies, and their combination for acute treatment of children and adolescents with depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

    Xinyu Zhou;Teng Teng;Yuqing Zhang;Cinzia Del Giovane

  • Once-daily venlafaxine extended release (XR) compared with fluoxetine in outpatients with Depression and Anxiety

    Peter H. Silverstone;Arun Ravindran

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 6. Special Populations: Youth, Women, and the Elderly.

    Glenda M. MacQueen;Benicio N. Frey;Zahinoor Ismail;Natalia Jaworska

  • Stress, coping, uplifts, and quality of life in subtypes of depression: a conceptual frame and emerging data.

    Arun V Ravindran;Kimberly Matheson;Jenna Griffiths;Zul Merali;Zul Merali

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Introduction and Methods

    Raymond W. Lam;Sidney H. Kennedy;Sagar V. Parikh;Glenda M. MacQueen

Frequent Co-Authors

Roumen Milev
Roumen Milev Queen's University
Zindel V. Segal
Zindel V. Segal University of Toronto
Robert D. Levitan
Robert D. Levitan Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Lena C. Quilty
Lena C. Quilty Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Martin Alda
Martin Alda Dalhousie University
Konstantine K. Zakzanis
Konstantine K. Zakzanis University of Toronto
Hymie Anisman
Hymie Anisman Carleton University
Rudolf Uher
Rudolf Uher Dalhousie University
David Coghill
David Coghill University of Melbourne
Peter H. Silverstone
Peter H. Silverstone University of Alberta

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