Dr. Mahashweta Bhattacharya

Research Interests:

• Cognitive and Clinical Neuropsychology, Neurocognitive assessments, training, and rehabilitation, Mindfulness and third-wave psychotherapy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders.

Selected Publications (including journal articles, books & conference proceedings):

• Journal articles:

  Bhattacharya, M., Balachander, S., Viswanath, B., & Reddy, Y. C. J. (2021). Comparison of neurocognitive performance in familial versus sporadic obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 30, 100666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2021.100666

  Bhattacharya, M., Kashyap, H., Balachander, S., & Reddy, Y. C. J. (2024). Validation of the Cognitive Assessment Instrument for Obsessions and Compulsions (CAIOC-13) in an Indian Sample. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 02537176241245330. https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176241245330

  Bhattacharya, M., Kashyap, H., & Reddy, Y. C. J. (2023). Cognitive Training in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Systematic Review. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 02537176231207781. https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176231207781

  Sharma, L. P., Balachander, S., Thatikonda, N. S., Ganesh, U. M., Kishore, C., Bhattacharya, M., Thamby, A., Ts, J., Narayanaswamy, J. C., Arumugham, S. S., & Reddy, Y. J. (2024). Long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Research, 331, 115625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115625

  Balachander, S., Thatikonda, N. S., Kannampuzha, A. J., Bhattacharya, M., Sheth, S., Ramesh, V., Chandy Alexander, A., Muthukumaran, M., Joseph, M. S., Selvaraj, S., Ithal, D., Sreeraj, V. S., John, J. P., Venkatasubramanian, G., Viswanath, B., Reddy, Y. J., Jain, S., Rao, N. P., Sivakumar, P. T., … Rao, M. (2022). Familial risk of psychosis in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Impact on clinical characteristics, comorbidity and treatment response. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 156, 557–563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.10.001

  Lakkireddy, S. P., Balachander, S., Dayalamurthy, P., Bhattacharya, M., Joseph, M. S., Kumar, P., Kannampuzha, A. J., Mallappagari, S., Narayana, S., Alexander, A. C., Muthukumaran, M., Sheth, S., Puzhakkal, J. C., Ramesh, V., Thatikonda, N. S., Selvaraj, S., Ithal, D., Sreeraj, V. S., Mahadevan, J., … Viswanath, B. (2022). Neurocognition and its association with adverse childhood experiences and familial risk of mental illness. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 119, 110620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2022.110620

  Balachander, S., Meier, S., Matthiesen, M., Ali, F., Kannampuzha, A. J., Bhattacharya, M., Kumar Nadella, R., Sreeraj, V. S., Ithal, D., Holla, B., Narayanaswamy, J. C., Arumugham, S. S., Jain, S., Reddy, Y. J., & Viswanath, B. (2021). Are There Familial Patterns of Symptom Dimensions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.651196

  Sharma, L. P., Balachander, S., Thamby, A., Bhattacharya, M., Kishore, C., Shanbhag, V., Sekharan, J. T., Narayanaswamy, J. C., Arumugham, S. S., & Reddy, J. Y. C. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Short-Term Course of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001318

• Conference Proceedings:

  Bhattacharya, M., Balachander, S., Viswanath, B., Reddy, Y. C. J., & Jain, S. (2020). Comparison of Neuropsychological Performance in Familial and Sporadic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 87(9, Supplement), S263–S264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.02.681

  Holla, B., Dayal, P., Das, A., Swathi, T. P., Bhattacharya, M., Naidu, M., Balachander, S., Mahadevan, J., Nadella, R., Sreeraj, V. S., Benegal, V., Mehta, U. M., Viswanath, B., & Jain, S. (2019). S45TRANSDIAGNOSTIC NEUROCOGNITIVE ENDOPHENOTYPES IN MAJOR PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29, S136–S137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.08.046

  Holla, B., Ithal, D., Dayalamurthy, P., Das, A., Bhattacharya, M., V, M., Joseph, M. S., Consortium, A., Jain, S., & Viswanath, B. (2022). Evidence For Shared Neurocognitive Deficits In Major Psychiatric Illnesses – Cross-Disorder Evaluation Of Bifactor Model. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 63, e135–e136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2022.07.251