Anton Isaacs

MBBS (St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India)
MD - (Preventive and Social Medicine). (St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India) 

1.   Indigenous mental health
2.   Developing community mental health programmes for rural and remote areas 
3.   Prevention of Common mental disorders (Depression and Anxiety)
4.   Stress Related Disorders
5.   Epidemiology and prevention of Dengue

Founder- Coordinator, Maanasi- The Community Mental Health (CMH) programme of St.John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore in collaboration with the Deptartment of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 2002 [Funded by The Rotary Foundation and local Rotary Clubs]
Randomized trial of enhanced community care, in improving treatment adherence and outcome in women with common mental disorders- 2005- 08 [Funded by Anuradha Foundation, California, USA]
Level of Mental Health Literacy concerning Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in a rural population following treatment intervention – A controlled study.

Anton N Isaacs. 'Strengthening Research in Community Medicine.' Indian. J. Community Med. (2007); 32 (4):239-40. available from: http://www.ijcm.org.in/temp/IndianJCommunityMed324239_221634.pdf 

Isaacs A N, Neerakkal I, Srinivasan K and Jayaram G. 'Initiating a Community Mental Health Programme in Rural Karnataka.' Indian J of Community Medicine (2006); 31 (2): 86-87 available from http://medind.nic.in/iaj/t06/i2/iajt06i2p86.pdf 

Anton Isaacs and Sunny Varghese. 'Remission of Writer’s Cramp with Sertraline.' Australasian Psychiatry 2008; (16) 1: 55

Anton. N. Isaacs; 'Measuring Inter epidemic risk in a Dengue endemic rural area using Aedes larval Indices.' Indian J of Community Medicine (2006); 31(3): 187-188. Available from http://medind.nic.in/iaj/t06/i3/iajt06i3p187.pdf Corrigendum. IJCM (2007); 32 (3): 238

Padmashree S, Anton N. Isaacs. 'Expectations of primary Care patients in Rural Karnataka.' Pak J Med Sci (2007); 23(4): 534-37 available from http://www.pjms.com.pk/issues/julsep07/pdf/patients_care.pdf

'Factors that facilitate and inhibit utilisation of mental health services by Indigenous men in Gippsland.'