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RAVI SAMUEL MA, M.Phil., PGCARM (Lond)
Certified Rehabilitation Professional by Rehabilitation Council of India
CRR No: A05913
Address: The Clinic, 26/1 Arcot Street, T. Nagar, Chennai 600 017, T.N.
Mobile: 94440 22054
Website: www.urclinic.com
E-mail: rsam_67@yahoo.co.uk / Ravisamuel@urclinic.com
EDUCATION
1986-89: Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Loyola College, Chennai, India.
1989-91: Master of Arts, Social Work, Loyola College, Chennai, India.
1998-99: Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Research Methodology, Thames Valley University, London, UK.
1998-03: Master of Philosophy, M.Phil. Social Work, Loyola College, Chennai, India.
CURRENT POSITIONS:
Consultant Psychotherapist: Twenty years
in India and One year in UK of clinical experience among people with emotional, behavioural and psychiatric Problems. Extensive experience in marital therapy and stress related problems.
Psychotherapist: Webhealthcentre.com; a website maintained by Tata Consultancy Services and Dr. Sumanth Raman
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
1998-1999: Trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy by Mr. Allan Davidson, Cognitive Behaviour Therapist at Dept. of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG.
COURSES ATTENDED:
1999. Short course on Dementia and Neuropsychiatry in National Hospital, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.
1999. Basic Clinical Audit course in North wick Park & St. Marks NHS Trust, London.
2000. Indo-UK Workshop on Epilepsy at the ITC Park Sheraton, Chennai.
2001. Basic Research Methodology Course at the International Epidemiology Conference, Malaysia.
2001. Advanced Research Methodology Course conducted by King’s College, London at National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore.
Gross Statistics of Patients Seen.
| Disorder |
Number of Patients |
| Anxiety Disorder |
4500 |
| Depressive Disorder |
3000 |
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
100 |
| Somatisation Disorders |
750 |
| Acute Psychotic condition |
30 |
| Psychosis |
50 |
| Body Dismorphic Disorder |
5 |
| Stress related Physical and Mental problems |
1000 |
| Marital Therapy |
50 |
| Family Therapy |
100 |
| Travel Phobia |
50 |
| Social Anxiety Disorder |
100 |
| Personality Deficiencies hindering career growth |
150 |
| Interpersonal Conflicts |
150 |
| Absenteeism |
150 |
| Alcohol and Drug abuse |
100 |
| Others |
500 |
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PAPERS PRESENTED:
Ravi Samuel and Prince, M. ‘Intervention Manual for Health Workers’ at the International Workshop on Dementia and Cognition’, ITC Park Sheraton, 2002, Chennai, India.
Ravi Samuel and Srinivas. K. ‘Intervention Manual for Health Workers’ at the International Workshop on Dementia and Cognition’, ITC Park Sheraton, 2002, Chennai, India.
Ravi Samuel. ‘Developing a Intervention Manual for Health Workers’ at the World Alzheimer’s Congress 2002 at Barcelona, Spain.
Ravi Samuel. ‘Developing an Intervention Manual for Health Workers at the Annual National Conference of Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, 2002 Goa, India.
Ravi Samuel and K Srinivas. ‘Reducing Carer distress over distressing symptoms in Dementia’ at the Annual National Conference of Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Kottayam, Kerela, India.
Rajkumar and Ravi Samuel. ‘Depressive Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease and Multi Infarct Dementia’. Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society. 1994
Ravi Samuel. ‘The Role of Social Worker in Rehabilitation of dementia patients (Alzheimer’s Disease)’ in the National Seminar on Globalisation and Ageing: Implications for Gerontological Social Work, organised by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. 1997
Ravi Samuel, Shanthini, V., Jayaram, N. Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Dementia Patients. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicini. Vol 21, No 2 103 - 109.
Ravi Samuel and M.R.Trimble. Efficacy of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory in the behavioural assessment of patients with epilepsy and learning disability. In 23rd International Epilepsy Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, September 1999.
Ravi Samuel and M.R.Trimble. Psychiatric morbidity and Psychopathology in patients with epilepsy living in residential care - prospective study. (Poster) In 23rd International Epilepsy Congress in Prague, Czech, Republic, September 1999.
Ravi Samuel and M.R.Trimble. Prevalence of Psychiatric morbidity in patients with epilepsy - prospective study. (Poster) In Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society, ANCIPS 2000, January 2000.
Ravi Samuel. Rehabilitation of Dementia Patients: An Indian Perspective, presented at the Roundtable discussion in the World Alzheimer Congress 2000 held at Washington D.C.
PUBLICATIONS:
Ravi Samuel & Shanthini. Rehabilitation in Dementia: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for carers. In Handbook of Dementia. (Eds) Nilamadhab Kar, Jolley, D., Misra, B. Paras Medical Publisher, India. (2005)
Amit Dias, Ravi Samuel, Vikram Patel, Martin Prince, and Parameshwaran. The Impact Associated with Caring for a Person with dementia. A report from the 10/66 dementia research group’s Indian network. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: 19 182-184. (2004)
The 10/66 Dementia Research Group. Care Arrangements for people with dementia in developing countries. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: 19, 170-177. (2004)
Prince, M et al for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group. Dementia diagnosis in developing countries: a cross-cultural validation study. The Lancet. Vol. 361. (2003).
E.S. Brown, R.J., Samuel, R. & Trimble, M.R. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory in Epilepsy. Epilepsia 2000; 42 (Supplement Florence) 155.
Samuel, R. Rehabilitation of Dementia Patients: An Indian Perspective. In the proceedings of the World Alzheimer Congress 2000 held in Washington D.C.
Samuel, R and M.R. Trimble. Efficacy of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory in the behavioural assessment of patients with epilepsy and learning disability. In Epilepsia - Abstracts of the 23rd International Epilepsy Congress in Prague. (1999)
Samuel, R. and Shanthini, V. Rehabilitation of Dementia Patients (Alzheimer’s Disease) In Indian Journal of Gerontology, (1999)
Samuel, R. The role of social worker in rehabilitation of dementia patients (Alzheimer’s disease) In proceedings ’of the National Seminar on Globalisation and Ageing: Implications for Gerontological Social Work, organised by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. (1997)
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