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Dr. Desai is a nationally recognized expert in the field of Social and Cultural psychiatry and has published widely in the area. His special emphasis has been on India and has written about various aspect of culture and personality.
His special interest is in treating people from the Indian subcontinent with psychotherapy.
Achivements
| 2004 | Outstanding Leadership Award, Consulate of India, January 2004 |
| 2004 |
Life-time Contribution Award, American Association of Psychiatrists of Indian Origin, New York, May 2004. |
| 2003 |
George Tarjan Award Lecture, APA, San Francisco, May 2003. |
| 1995 | Oscar Pfister Award Lecture APA, Miami, Florida 1995 |
| 2003-2004 | Speaker, APA Assembly |
Representative Publications
Desai, P. “Religion, Health and Culture in Indian Immigrants in the U.S. In Religious Healing in America. Ed. Susan Sared and Linda Barnes. Forthcoming, Oxford University Press 2004.
Collins A. and Desai P.: “Selfhood in The Indian Context: A Psychoanalytic Perspective.” In Vishnu on Freud’s Desk, eds. Vaidyanathan and Kripal, Oxford University Press, Delhi, London, NY, 1999.
Desai P. and Muslin H.: Triumph and Tragedy: Psychohistorical Decisions of Mahatma Gandhi. HarAnand, New Delhi, India , 1998.
Desai P.: Personality Politics in India. Some Psychoanalytic Reflections. In Felicitatory Volume in honor of Professor R.C. Patel, Crisis and Change in Contemporary India, eds. Baxi, Parekh. Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1995.
Desai P. and Lustig A.: Hindu and Indian Developments. In Theological Developments in Bioethics, Bioethics Yearbook: Vol. 3 (1990-1992), eds. Brody, Lustig et al, Kluver, The Neatherlands, 1993.
Desai P., Desai R.: Rape, Justice and Hierarchy in India. J. American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 28:3, pp. 357-359, 2000.
Desai P.: Medical Ethics in India. In Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1997.
Desai P.: History of Medical Ethics. South Asia. India. In the Encyclopedia of Bioethics. McMillan Publications, New York, 1995.
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