Prakash B K

Biography

Prakash holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Sciences from the Nepā School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nepal, and a Master’s degree in Society and Politics from the University of Lancaster, U.K. In his Ph.D. program at the University of Notre Dame, he investigates how cultural factors influence psychiatric practice. His research focuses on how cultural backgrounds and social experiences shape interactions between mental health professionals and patients, drawing on theoretical and methodological approaches from medical, psychological and linguistic anthropology.

You can check out some of his recent work here:

Rose-Clarke, K., Hassan, E., BK, P. et al., “A Cross-cultural Interpersonal Model of Adolescent Depression: A Qualitative Study in Rural Nepal”, Social Science & Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113623.

Rose-Clarke, K., Pradhan, I., Shrestha, P., BK, P. et al. “Culturally and developmentally adapting group interpersonal therapy for adolescents with depression in rural Nepal”. BMC Psychol 8, 83 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-020-00452-y.