1) Dr. C.R. Chandrashekar developed an interest in psychiatry through novels in the 1950s-1960s that featured psychiatric themes and case stories from a clinical psychologist. He began his career in psychiatry in the 1970s working in various hospitals and clinics in Bangalore. 2) Over his career, Dr. Chandrashekar conducted extensive research, published many books, trained thousands of health workers and doctors, and established community mental health programs to improve access to care. 3) He received numerous national and state awards for his contributions to advancing psychiatry and mental healthcare in India over several decades.

1. MY FOOT PRINTS IN PSYCHIATRY
Dr. C.R.Chandrashekar
Senior Professor of Psychiatry

2. 1. Seeds of interest in Psychiatry / sowed by
Novels with Psychiatric themes 1955-1960 : by Smt.TRIVENI
SHARAPANJARA:
MUCHCHIDA BAGILU:
DOORADA BETTA:
SAMASYEYA MAGU:
BEKKINA KANNU
Case stores given to her by Mr. C.K.Vasudeva Rao
Clinical Psychologist who worked in Mental Hospital,
Bangalore with Dr. M.V. Govindaswamy

4. 2. Dr. M. Shivaram(RASHI). Gen practitioner Founder
member of Bangalore Medical College /friend and
Tennis partner of Dr. M.V. Govindaswamy
MANONANDANA – book on Psychosomatic medicine 1965
MANAMANTHANA book on psychiatry 1974
Kendra Sahitya Academy Award

7. MENTAL HOSPITAL
3.Dr. H.S.Narayan
VICTORIA HOSPITAL
WEEKLY PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC 4 to 8pm
1973 – 1974
4. MENTAL HOSPITAL (PICTURE)
Dr. G.N.Narayana Reddy (Picture)
Medical Superintendent
09-09-1974
Hon. Senior House surgeon
(Non-P.G. Non-paying)

8. . AIIMH :HOD. Dr. A.S.Mahal
Dr. Malik
Dr. P.S.Gopinath
One day. OPD: Thursday
Mental Hospital: Assistant Surgeons
Dr. S.M.Channabavanna – D.M.S
Dr. Shankarappa
Dr. H.S.Narayanan
Dr. K.N.Srinivas
Dr. V. Venkataramaiah
Dr. Honnaiah
Department of Neuro/Neurosurgery
Dr.K.S.Mani Dr.R.M.Verma
Neuro Centre: 1973

9. State of Mental Hospital
• Daily OPD(5 days)
• 5 -10 new cases 40 to 50 follow ups
• No Causality/No emergency services
• Over- crowding in the wards
• Each pavilion: 250 – 350 patients (60 beds)
• MR clinic – by Dr. H.S.N
• Family ward: 2 sheds with cloth partition
• 10 -12 families in each

10. AIIMH v/s MENTAL HOSPITAL
Hostility & Distrust
Thursday: OPD by Dr.A.S.Mahal & his team
In patients: one word, AIIMH
P.G. Students neglected the mental hospital
Wednesday: Case conference : in Arts theatre
Everybody could attend including
Neuro/Neurosuregry
STRIKE: To introduce Residency scheme: successful

11. Joined DPM course on 01-01-1975
Almost daily did Pentothal/Either Abreactions
3 months: Neurology 36hrs duty
3 months: Neurosurgery Once/twice a week
Dissertation: Level of Anxiety in UTPs of Central Jail, Bangalore
Dr. D.L.N. Murthy Rao Award
Dr. K.S.Mari asked me to join D.M Neurology course

14. March 1977
Psychiatrist in ICMR project on collaborative study
on General Mental Morbidity under Dr. RL Kapur
Standardization of Katz Social Functioning scale in
India.

17. July 1977 – June 1979:MD
Dr.H.S.N joined MD course along with me
Dr. Shiv Gautam Dr. P.R.Geetha
Dr. M.S.Keshavan Dr. Anand Pandurangi
Dr. Karthikeyan Dr. Sampath
Thesis: Mental morbidity among
PG students of IISc Bangalore: Census survey of 1200 students

19. 11. Study of Possession syndrome in
children of Sringeri(1977), Bhagamandala of
Karnataka and Pondicherry

21. 12. Presented 2 scientific papers
in Trans cultural psychiatric meet of 8th
world congress of SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY at
MACAU (Portugese colony) attached to
China

24. STUDY OF BHANAMATHI SYNDROME (WITCH CRAFT) in
Gulbarga. Bidar Districts of Karantaka 1980 – 81
Medak district of AP
Dr. H.Narasimhaiah
Mr. Naseer sab(Minister)
Mr. Mallikarjuanaih Deputy speaker Lokasabha
Dr. H.S.Narayanan and others

25. 14. GDMO . 26-07-1979
Lecturer 16-05-1981
Community Mental Health Unit Rural Cente: Sakalavara
Urban Centre: K.C.General Hospital, Malleshwaram
Dr. R.L.Kapur Dr. Kalyan Sundaram
Dr.C.Shamsundar, Dr. Mohan K Issac
Dr. Usha Sundaram
Dr. P.R.Geetha
Dr.Malavika Kapur
Mr.Kshama, Mr. Naradev(PSW)
Mr.Nagarajaiah, Mrs.Prema(Nursing)

31. 15. Feasibility study of identifying and
managing severly mentally ill
in Rural community
150 villages of Anekal and Bangalore south taluk
Unique experiences
Warm/Cold/Hostile responses in the villages.
Poverty-ignorence-blind beliefs.
Work with faith healers, village leaders.
PHC/PHU doctors, HW, Anganawadi Teachers

34. 16. MENTAL HEALTH DELIVERY through PHC personnel
I. Training program at MALUR PHC 1978-79
II. Training program at ANEKAL PHC 1980-81
Manual on mental health care

35. 17. Mental Health camps
• Kollegal,Nagavalli(near Tumkur) monthly
• Anekal, Jignani, Marsur(weekly)
• Murnad, Kodagu(Yearly once)
• NIMHANS extention clinics
Maddur Madhugiri, Kanakapura, Gunjur
• Bellary in 4 Taluka Centres
• Gouribidanur

36. 18. TRAINING PGOGRAMMES FOR DOCTORS
and Health workers of Bidar, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bellary
at Sakalwara centre, April 1982
Later Mandya, Mysore Kodagu
D.K and CHIKKAMAGALUR
Up to 1990
> 2000 Health personnel were trained
Manuals, Assessments, Follow up evaluation
ICMR Mental morbidity services at Solur, Nelamangala tq
(multicenterd study)

39. 19. BELLARY DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMME
4 camps 1983 Decentralised
DMHP 1984 – 1990 │ Training to all health staff
and health administrators.
Panchayat, Zilla Parishat members
1.5 million population
8 taluks
>15,000 patients were treated

43. ICMR CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH OF
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
Located in Sakalwara centre
Several workshops on CMH for health professionals,
Administrators – Mental health professionals in
NIMHANS or in respective states

44. TRAINING LAY – PEOPLE IN COUNSELLING
HSP – Mr. Ajith Kumar
PRASANNA COUNSELLING CENTRE 1980->
More than 1500persons have undergone
5 to 6 months training weekly 2 sessions.
(total 40 to 50 sessions)
40 batches (average number 40 to 50)
Every Wednesday: I give free consultation
to 40 to 50 persons
More than 10,000 persons have taken
help between 1981-2012

45. 22. TRAINING OF COLLEGE TEACHERS
IN STUDENTS COUNSELLING
1995 - > 2008
>1000 TEACEHRS
2 WEEKS - 1WEEK
VERY USEFUL PROGRAMME
Benefitted both the teachers
and students

46. 23. NHRC Project
Review of status and functioning of mental hospitals
psychaitric hospitals of North
North west and North East states
Pathetic ground realities of patients care
Insensitiveness of Mental Health professionals and administrators:

47. 24. Deputy Medical Superintendent
Forensic Psychiatry
Prison word – MLC
Expert witness in the unit
Strange and Memorable experiences

48. 25. Visits abroad
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
Social & Trans cultural PSYCHIATRY
Held at MACAU – CHINA
Sept - 1981

49. 26. SHORT TERM CONSULTANT
of WHO (one month) in 1981
To North and South YEMEN. (Queen Sheeba’s country)
Study the status of
Mental Hospitals and Mental Health services
and Recommend methods of improvement
Named me as HINDI – KABEER (expert from India)
(Visited ALEXANDRIA – CAIRO of Egypt
Aden, Sana, Hodeida & over places in Yemen
(Disturbed country with Internal civil war)

53. 27. Athens – Greece (Land of Ancient culture)
To get trained in
FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS
3-5, Oct 1992 and in 1994
(related to Epidemiological manual on Substances Abuse)

54. 28. GENEVA SWITZERLAND : 1992-1994
3 times
To attend Research project meetings
To prepare CATALOGUE OF WHO PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS

55. MANCHESTER – U.K. 1992
Dr. David P Goldberg
To take part in making
Video – films on
‘Psychotherapy for common mental Disorders for G.P.S

56. Visit to SARQDINIA ISLAND – ITALY 1994
To take part in Research group
meeting of WHO
(ITALY) MILAN 1 and 2, Dec 2004
To take part in Survey of
Mental health system(WHO)

57. 31. Visit to PRIEN – MUNICH GERMANY
International Symposium
on SOMATOFORM DISORDERS 21 – 23, Feb 1997
Presented a paper on
S.D in India and Asia

58. COLOMBO – SRILANKA
Workshop on improving
Community Mental Health Care in Sri Lanka
25,26 June 2004

59. CO-INVESTIGATOR IN INTER-NATIONAL MULTI-CENTRED, WHO STUDIES
1. Cross-cultural Application study of use 1991-94
and abuse of alcohol and drugs in different cultures
2. ICD – 10 PHC version: Field studies in 1994
3. Study on Somatoform disorders 1993- 95
4. Standardization of CIDI – SCAN instruments
5. Pathways to care: 1990
6. WHO/PSA Manual on substance Abuse Epidemiology 1997
7. Monitoring Mental Health systems and services 2003 - 2004

63. WRITING HEALTH LITERATURE: Hobby started in 1973
First article on Breast cancer (Prajamatha weekly)
First book on child mental health (Magu Manassu Arogya) I 1980
Total number of books >170
On children/Adolescents problems 4 book
Brain, Mind, mental disorders and
mental health 97
General Health 17
Sexuality 9
Novels 6
Translation (English -> Kannada) 8
Editing books on Health >100 books
in English – on Mental health 20

66. My books translated to other languages
4 books to Telugu
3 books to Urdu
2 books to Hindi
1 book to Gujarathi

68. • Co – author of 8 manuals
• Chapter in text books : 8
• Scientific articles in Scientific professional natural and international Journals: > 70
• Scientific articles in News papers, magazines and periodicals: >100

69. Public Education: free consultation
• Talks, lectures, training, workshops
• > 100 per year all over Karnataka
• Postal consultation and counseling
• more than 200 letters a month
• Free consultation:
↓
 Prasanna counseling centre
weekly once 40 to 50 people
 Samadhana counseling centre
every day average 10
 Ramanagar District Hospital every 3rd Sunday
100 to 200 people

71. Office bearer: Secretary -> President
1. Indian Psychiatric Society: Karnataka Branch
2. Kannada Vaidya Sahitya Parishat
3. BMR –SPS charitable Trust ® Bangalore
Fellow of IPS centre and South zone
Member of International Sex education and parenthood Society
Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishath
Member: Editional Board of > 6 Magazines

72. More than 50 awards
1. National Award by D.S.T
Government of India (1 Lakh) 2002
2. U.G.C Award 2001
3. Rajyotsava Award by
Government of Karnataka 2010
4. Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award 1980-2003
5. Kempegowda Award by BBMP

73. 6. Dr BC Roy Award by IMA Bangalore Branch 1993
7. Dr K Shivarama Karanth Award 2002
8. Eminent Psychiatrist Award 2006 by IPS - KB
9. Nudisiri Award 2009
10. Dr. Anupama Niranjana Award
by Government of Karnataka 2012