Dr. Ashwini Tadpatrikar is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and currently serves as Assistant Professor at Vidyashilp University, Bengaluru, since May 2025. She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from NIMHANS, Bengaluru, in June 2025, with her doctoral research focusing on “The Ubiquity of Screen Time: Impact on the Physical and Mental Well-being amongst Adults.” Over the years, she has worked for 10 years at NIMHANS in both clinical and research capacities, contributing to projects funded by DST, ICMR, and other national bodies. Her research spans areas such as internet and gaming addiction, technology use and family functioning, and yoga-based psychological interventions. She also has academic teaching experience, having served as an Assistant Professor at Montfort College, Bengaluru. She also has experience working with children at the Child Guidance Clinic (CGC) in Sahyadri Hospitals, Pune.

• Ph.D. NIMHANS, Clinical Psychology, Bangalore.
• M.Phil in Clinical Psychology Calcutta University.
• M.A. in Clinical Psychology Pune University.

• Advanced Research Methods and Statistics.
• Psychotherapy and Counselling Practicum.
• Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis.
• Behavioural Medicine and Health Psychology.

• Digital Well-being and Technology Use.
• Behavioural Addictions.
• Family Communication and Mental Health.
• Integrative Psychotherapeutic Interventions (including Yoga-based approaches).

• Tadpatrikar, A., Sharma, M. K., Amudhan, S., & Desai, G. (2024). The Prevalence and Correlates of Internet Addiction in India as Assessed by Young’s Internet Addiction Test: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 02537176241232110
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• Tadpatrikar, A., Sharma, M. K., Bhargav, H., Anand, N., Sharma, P., & Sharma, S. (2024). Yoga as an Adjuvant with Multimodal Psychological Interventions for Excessive Use of Technology: A Randomized Controlled Trial from India. International Journal of Yoga, 17(1), 37–45
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• Tadpatrikar, A., Sharma, M. K., & Murthy, P. (2024). Digital dilemmas and existing recommendations for healthy screen time use for children and adolescents. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 99, 104154
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• Tadpatrikar, A., Sharma, M. K., Bhargav, H., Anand, N., Sharma, P., & Sharma, S. (2023). Yoga with multi-modal psychological interventions for excessive use of technology: A pilot study from India. Journal of Behavioural Addictions, 12.
• Tadpatrikar, A., Sharma, S., Sharma, M. K., Bhargav, H., Anand, N., & Mishra, P. (2023). An Integrated Yoga and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intervention for Managing Excessive Use of Internet among the Youth: A Case Series. International Journal of Yoga, 16(1), 56-60.
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• Tadpatrikar, A., Sharma, M. K., & Viswanath, S. S. (2021). Influence of technology usage on family communication patterns and functioning: A systematic review. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 58, 102595.
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• Tadpatrikar, A., Sharma, M., Shantharaju, S., & Thakur, P. (2022). Intervention for Technology Use among Families with Adolescents: A Case Series. Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum, 1(1), 47.
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• Tadpatrikar, A., & Sharma, M. K. (2018). Pornography as a replacement for substance use: An emerging approach to understanding addiction mechanism. Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, 9(2), 173.
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Papers presented and Conferences:

• Tadpatrikar, A., Sharma, M. K., Bhargav, H., Anand, N., Sharma, P., & Sharma, S. (2024). Yoga as an adjuvant with multi-modal psychological interventions for excessive use of technology: A pilot study from India. Conference paper. 8th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA) August 23–25, 2023 Incheon, South Korea
• Tadpatrikar, A., Sharma, M. K., Amudhan, S., Desai, G. (2023). Screen time use questionnaire (STQ): Content validation and field testing amongst adults. Conference paper. 1st Annual National Conference of Society for Addiction Psychology (ANCSAP-2023). 10th -11th March 2023, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
• Tadpatrikar A, Sharma MK, Anand N, Kumar R. Resource person. Pre-conference workshop. Behavioral interventions with families for management of technology addiction. 1st National Annual Conference of Clinical Psychology Society of India in association with the Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS. (1st CPSICON 2023); 2023 Aug 10-12; Bengaluru, India.