Dr. Yashodhara Kumar G.Y
Clinical Psychologist Grade-II, Department of Clinical Psychology
Email: yash.gy@gmail.com
Phone Office: 2502146
Education Qualifications: M.Sc., M.Phil (Psy), PGDGC, Ph.D.
Membership Details: ISC Indian Science congress
Brief Overview
Dr. Yashodhara Kumar G.Y. serves as a Clinical psychologist in the Department of Clinical psychology at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore. He received M.Sc. (Clinical Psychology), M. Phil. in Psychology, and PG Diploma in Guidance and Counselling degrees from various universities and institutes. In 2017, he awarded a Doctorate degree for the work on "Shyness among Children with Learning Disability in Relation to Anxiety-Depression Dyad and Quality of Life" from the University of Mysore.
His research interests are disability studies, developmental psychology, psychometrics, Personality studies, Emotional problems, Neuropsychology, and Forensic Psychology. He is a member of professional bodies such as the National Academy of Psychology and the Indian Science Congress.
With more than ten years of professional experience, he has contributed to the psychology literature as an author and co-author through more than 15 research articles published in numerous peer-reviewed journals of national and international repute. He also completed two extramural projects being a principal co-investigator. His h-index: is 4, i10-index: is 3, with 62 citations across the globe.
He also served as a resource person in various national-level workshops in clinical psychology. Some of his known talks at workshops are 'Goal setting, 'Stress management, Time management, Behavioural management in children, and Interpersonal relationship management. He awarded International travel grant from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and visited Yokohama, Japan to present his research work on "case reports: Try-out of Smartphone Applications for Neuro-psychological Rehabilitation in Traumatic Brain Injury" at the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) 2016. In addition, he presented ten research articles at various international and national-level conferences.
1.YashodharaKumar, G.Y & D'Souza, L. (2024 in press). Influence of perceived social support on mental health among mothers of differently abled. International journal of Indian Psychology. (April-June issue).
2.Yashodhara-Kumar, G. Y. et al., (2023, 7 April). Impact of psychosocial factors of parents on home training: A pre post comparison” at national conference on Recent advances in assessment and management of communication disorders held in Puducherry on 7.4.2024.
3.Venkatesan, S., YashodharaKumar, G. Y., & Gopalakrishnan, I. K. (2023). The paradox of aggression in adolescent depression: a systematic review. World journal of advanced research and reviews, 19(1), 080-088.
4.Venkatesan, S., Gopalakrishnan, I. K., & Yashodhara-Kumar, G. Y. (2023). Humor in Psychiatry & Mental Illness: A Review. Disabilities and Impairments. 37 (2) 2023, 95-106
5.Venkatesan, S., Gopalkrishnan, I. K., & Yashodhara-Kumar, G. Y. (2023). Ethnic Humor: The Role of Culture in Mirth, Comedy, and Laughter. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 11(3).
6.Venkatesan, S., Ranganatha, P. R., Yashodhara-Kumar, G. Y., & Lancy, D. (2023). Humour, Mirth, or Laughter in Neurology, Nervous Disorders and Diseases. Journal of Neurology and Psychology. 10(1).1-5.
7.Venkatesan, S., YashodharaKumar, G. Y. & Lokesh, L. (2021) Psychological Testing of Children with Developmental Delays and Disabilities in Virtual Mode During the Pandemic: Some Problems and Perils. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology. 48 (4). 13-24.
8.YashodharaKumar G.Y. (2020). Quality of life among children with and without LD: influence of age and gender Oral presentation at the 46th National Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologist (46th NACIACP-2020), Chandigarh
9.YashodharaKumar, G.Y & D'Souza, L. (2018). Depression among children with and without Learning Disability. International journal of Psychology& psychiatry. 6(1), 89-101.
10.YashodharaKumar, G.Y & D'Souza, L. (2018). Shyness among children with and without learning disability-A comparative study. International journal of Indian Psychology. 6 (2), 60-68
11.Venkatesan, S., Ranganatha, P. R., YashodharaKumar, G. Y., & Lancy, D. (2023). Humour, Mirth, or Laughter in Neurology, Nervous Disorders and Diseases. Journal of Neurology and Psychology. 10(1).1-5.
12.Venkatesan, S., YashodharaKumar, G. Y. & Lokesh, L.(2021) Psychological Testing of Children with Developmental Delays and Disabilities in Virtual Mode During the Pandemic: Some Problems and Perils. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology. 48 (4). 13-24.
13.YashodharaKumar G.Y. (2020). Quality of life among children with and without LD: influence of age and gender, Oral presentation at the 46th National Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologist (46th NACIACP-2020), Chandigarh
14.YashodharaKumar, G.Y & D'Souza, L. (2018). Depression among children with and without Learning Disability. International journal of Psychology& psychiatry. 6(1), 89-101.
15.YashodharaKumar, G.Y& D'Souza, L. (2018). Shyness among children with and without learning disability-A comparative study. International journal of Indian Psychology. 6 (2), 60-68
16.YashodharaKumar, G.Y., Venkatesan, S., & D’Souza, L. (2017). Mechanical comprehension ability in children with learning disabilities and hearing impairments: a comparative study. Journal of Indian Academy of
17.Applied Psychology, 43, 1, 59-66. ISSN: 0019-4247
18.Venkatesan, S., & YashodharaKumar, G.Y. (2017). Parent opinions and attitudes on toys for children with or without development disabilities. The International Journal of Indian Psychology, 4 (4): 6-20.DIP: 18.01.061/20170101; doi: 10.25215/0404.061; ISSN: 2349-3429
19.Venkatesan, S., & YashodharaKumar, G.Y. (2017). Toy index of children with or without developmental disabilities .Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology. 44, 1, 60-67.ISSN: 0303-2582
- 03 years as Clinical Psychologist at Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan.
- 14 year as Clinical Psychologist at AIISH
Mental health of caregivers, learning disabilities, Autism spectrum disorder, Behaviour modification, emotional disturbances, Positive psychology, Psychometrics
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