Neil K Aggarwal

Cultural psychiatry, psychiatric anthropology, South Asian studies.

[Neil K Aggarwal @NeilKAggarwal]

@Columbia @JAMAPsych @transcultpsych @PsychToday @APApsychiatric @apa @global_thoughts @TrumanProject @PeacePsych_Intl @PAC_journal @IndiaMFA @ForeignOfficePk @CFR_org @ForeignPolicy @ForeignAffairs @geopsychiatry @TheLancetPsych @BBCHindi @BBCUrdu @BBCWorld

[HarperCollins @HarperCollinsIN]

#NeilKAggarwal orchestrates a compelling conversation with the former chiefs of two of the world’s most formidable intelligence agencies, #ASDulat from R&AW and #AsadDurrani from ISI, in #Covert: The Psychology of War and Peace.

Out Now: https://t.co/cjmVpTXIy6

[Ebrahim Sader @ebrahim_sader]

On balance,the wide ranging benefits to clinicians& Users with Mental Health concerns,cannot be denied. As Prof @NeilKAggarwal calls it ‘the psychotechnical embrace’.The ethics of all of this is most crucial&is of personal interest to me as we navigate this dual edged reality. 4/

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Our International Institute for Geopsychiatry Senior Fellow @JEK_Psych is a panellist at this @rcpsych event
Supporting Clinicians: Mental health support in a time of conflict #mentalhealth #conflict
https://t.co/Izd41pwm69
@deeparoy2002 @NeilKAggarwal @juliotorales

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

a new world order for #mentalhealth #health @NeilKAggarwal @thewrittenro @JEK_Psych
Geopolitical factors and mental health I
https://t.co/M6Dq33puKV
Geopolitical factors, foreign aid and mental health II: Value for money
https://t.co/LlavQa0loe
#WHO #Davos #WEF2026

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

our new paper #geopsychiatry
Geopsychiatry & the complex mental health challenges of conflict: a review examining local & distal psychiatric outcomes in a fractured world
https://t.co/PWX55Ub1z0
@WPA_Psychiatry @NeilKAggarwal @juliotorales

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

another outstanding piece from our #geopsychiatry team
Politicised threats to science endanger global health & humanity @lancet #globalhealth @DrMariaNeira https://t.co/cquuXO7mS1
@WPA_Psychiatry @seyeabimbola @NeilKAggarwal @ThinkGlobalHlth

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Social justice, social discrimination, & mental health: International Review of Psychiatry: ⁦@NeilKAggarwal⁩ ⁦@juliotorales⁩ ⁦@DrNandiniC⁩ ⁦@JudgeWren⁩ #geopsychiatry https://t.co/Gix4L2Hjjg

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

another poignant paper from the #geopsychiatry team
A combined water crisis & public health emergency in the Brazilian Amazon #COP30 #geopsychiatry
https://t.co/atPTkr3yWP
@NeilKAggarwal @DrMariaNeira @GCHAlliance @WPA_Psychiatry #publichealth #Amazon

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Africa to be hit hard as UK foreign aid cuts
https://t.co/tgXAN1uN2U
@NeilKAggarwal @braindrum #Africa #ForeignAid #UK

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Read our International Institute for Geopsychiatry Senior Fellow Prof Rachel Tribe poignant Suman Fernando obituary ⁦@JEK_Psych⁩ ⁦@NeilKAggarwal⁩ ⁦⁦@rcpsych⁩ - Prof Fernando iconic fighter #inequalities #racism ⁦@guardian⁩ https://t.co/CsTs0DgKVP

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

we launch our new website #Geopsychiatry
The International Institute of Geopsychiatry
https://t.co/HZgaCNF0Hj
@juliotorales @JEK_Psych @RaoMala @DrHarish139 @NeilKAggarwal

[Harvard Review of Psychiatry @HarvardRevPsych]

Clinicians need definitions for social structures and social determinants of health to understand how to assess for these important patient factors
@NeilKAggarwal https://t.co/7hD6SnGfNi

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

International Seminar on Geopsychiatry 8th March 2025-12 noon GMT
we will examine how factors like urbanization, natural disasters, climate change influence psychiatric disorders & healthcare access @DrMariaNeira @NeilKAggarwal @RaoMala
Join Zoom
https://t.co/lS8vPW9xIk

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Geopolitical factors, foreign aid & mental health II: Value for money @NeilKAggarwal @faraniva @Prof_TGSchulze
https://t.co/LlavQa0loe
CAPE Vulnerability Index #CVI can be used to identify most vulnerable communities so that international aid may be more appropriately targeted

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

one of #Geopsychiatry 2024 highlights
WPA Special Interest Group on Geopsychiatry’s Academic symposium “Global Mindscape: Integrating Geopsychiatry Perspectives Across Continents" -in Bern Switzerland @NeilKAggarwal @RaoMala @MaggieRae20 @JEK_Psych
https://t.co/nAqTwLsXSq

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

complex nature of conflict
#geopsychiatry #conflict #trauma ongoing
@JEK_Psych @NeilKAggarwal

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Being one of the lucky ones -"Journey to the Centre of the Self: Exploring the Lived Experiences of South Asian Psychiatrists in the UK" @TheLancet @richardhorton1
https://t.co/M5CdJZ7NKP
@farooqnaeem7 @drraisirfan @Fabida3 @sri_2050 @NeilKAggarwal @Sathnam #WCP24

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

Terrorist activity remains highly concentrated with just ten countries accounting for 87% of all terrorism deaths in 2023 @GlobPeaceIndex This concentration has intensified over the past decade @NeilKAggarwal @JEK_Psych @doctorsoumya
https://t.co/2RtG3JNLpd

[TTOpinion @opinion_tt]

Covert, the book on the conversation between A.S. Dulat and Assad Durrani, offers an analysis of the India-Pakistan bilateral ties, writes T.C.A. Raghavan.

#indiapakistan #ISI @leo_mukherjee @tca_raghavan @HarperCollinsIN @AsadDur54534265 @NeilKAggarwal

https://t.co/EimqxWsSQr

[geopsychiatry @geopsychiatry]

read @JEK_Psych et al poignant piece; Equipping the next generation of clinicians for addressing conflict mental health: A role for Geopsychiatry #conflict #climatecrisis #mentalhealth
https://t.co/oPG5oGV3rK
@JRBneuropsiq @RaoMala @alemassazza @NeilKAggarwal #geopsychiatry

[JAMA Psychiatry @JAMAPsych]

Viewpoint discusses how mental health professionals can encourage dialog among foreign policy elites to reduce the possibility for military conflict. https://t.co/LWYzw6hP6z