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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jayasree Kalathil&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is an Indian writer, translator, mental health researcher and activist. She is known for her work in the area of mental health activism as well as for her translations of Malayalam works, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Diary of a Malayali Madman&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Moustache&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, the former winning [[Crossword Book Award]] and the latter, the [[JCB Prize for Literature]], both in 2020. Her latest work, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Valli, A Novel&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was among the works shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature in 2022.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Biography ==&lt;br /&gt;
Jayasree Kalathil was born in Kottakkal, a town in Malappuram district of the south Indian state of Kerala.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;എന്‍റെ പൊളിറ്റിക്സുമായി ഒത്തുപോകണം, എങ്കിലേ വിവർത്തനം സാധ്യമാകൂ- ജയശ്രീ കളത്തിൽ - Madhyamam&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |last=ഡെസ്ക് |first=വെബ് |date=2020-11-17 |title=എന്‍റെ പൊളിറ്റിക്സുമായി ഒത്തുപോകണം, എങ്കിലേ വിവർത്തനം സാധ്യമാകൂ- ജയശ്രീ കളത്തിൽ - Madhyamam |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/culture/talks/translator-jayasree-kalathil-602213 |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=www.madhyamam.com |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After completing college education at [[Farook College]], [[Kozhikode]], and the Department of English, [[University of Calicut]], she pursued her research at the [[English and Foreign Languages University]], Hyderabad under the guidance of the noted activist and writer, [[Susie Tharu]], which earned her a doctoral degree.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil, PhD – Survivor Research&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Jayasree Kalathil, PhD – Survivor Research |url=https://survivor-research.com/team/jayasree-kalathil-phd/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122160506/http://survivor-research.com/team/jayasree-kalathil-phd/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=22 January 2020 |access-date=2020-12-18 |language=en-GB}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Before moving to the UK, she worked as a researcher at Bapu Trust for Research on Mind &amp;amp; Discourse, Pune, Infochange India, Pune, and as a research fellow on mental health at Anveshi Research Centre for Women&amp;#039;s Studies, Hyderabad.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil, PhD – Survivor Research&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Jayasree Kalathil lives in London.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil, PhD – Survivor Research&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Work in mental health and anti-racism ==&lt;br /&gt;
Kalathil has been involved with the international [[psychiatric survivors movement]] since the 1990s and her initial work in this area was around women&amp;#039;s mental distress and its representation in literature and cinema.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Mental Health From A Gender Perspective&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Mental Health From A Gender Perspective |url=https://www.anveshi.org.in/mental-health-from-a-gender-perspective/ |access-date=2021-01-13 |website=Anveshi |language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At &amp;#039;Bapu Trust&amp;#039;, Pune, she served as the founding editor of Aaina, the first Indian newsletter dedicated to mental health advocacy.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Aaina - mental health advocacy newsletter&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Aaina - mental health advocacy newsletter |url=https://www.baputrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/aaina_march01.pdf}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After moving to the UK, she worked as a researcher at the Mental Health Media, London, and the [[Centre for Mental Health]], London. In 2007, she set up the virtual collective, Survivor Research, a platform for research, activism and advocacy to highlight and challenge the [[institutional racism]] embedded in psychiatric practice and knowledge.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;About Us – Survivor Research&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=About Us – Survivor Research |url=https://survivor-research.com/about-us/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201074840/http://www.survivor-research.com/about-us |url-status=usurped |archive-date=1 February 2015 |access-date=2021-01-13 |language=en-GB}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has worked as a consultant policy advisor at the Afiya Trust, London, an organization combatting racial inequalities in health, simultaneously managing &amp;#039;Catch-a-Fiya&amp;#039;, a national network of mental health service users and survivors from racially minoritised communities in the UK, and the National BME Mental Health Advocacy Project. She also co-chaired the Social Perspectives Network from 2009 to 2012, and served as the editor of &amp;#039;Open Mind&amp;#039;, a mental health magazine during 2010–2012.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil, PhD – Survivor Research&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2012, Kalathil was one of the four coordinators of &amp;#039;The Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=The Inquiry into the &amp;#039;Schizophrenia&amp;#039; Label (ISL) |url=https://www.schizophreniainquiry.org/ |access-date=2021-01-13 |website=www.schizophreniainquiry.org}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; a campaign which aimed to question the usefulness of ‘schizophrenia’ as a diagnosis and medical condition, and investigated the impact this diagnosis on people&amp;#039;s lives.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Personal consequences of the diagnosis of schizophrenia: a preliminary report from the inquiry into the schizophrenia label&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Philip |last2=Seebohm |first2=Patience |last3=Wallcraft |first3=Jan |last4=Kalathil |first4=Jayasree |last5=Fernando |first5=Suman |date=2013-01-01 |title=Personal consequences of the diagnosis of schizophrenia: a preliminary report from the inquiry into the schizophrenia label |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-05-2013-0013 |access-date=2021-01-13 |journal=Mental Health and Social Inclusion |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=135–139 |doi=10.1108/MHSI-05-2013-0013|url-access=subscription }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was one of the founding editors, with Jhilmil Breckenridge, of &amp;#039;Mad in Asia Pacific&amp;#039;, an online platform, founded in 2018, for voices from the Asia-Pacific region that offer a critical examination and rethinking of mental health, madness and disability.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Our Team&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=2018-07-05 |title=Our Team |url=https://madinasia.org/our-team/ |access-date=2021-01-13 |website=Mad in Asia Pacific |language=en-GB}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She is also involved with a project mapping the knowledge produced by psychiatric survivors and persons with psychosocial disabilities.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil, PhD – Survivor Research&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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As a survivor researcher, Kalathil has written about the experiences of people at the intersection of madness and racism.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil - Survivor Research - Academia.edu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Jayasree Kalathil - Survivor Research - Academia.edu |url=https://survivor-research.academia.edu/JayasreeKalathil |access-date=2021-01-13 |website=survivor-research.academia.edu}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her study, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Recovery and Resilience&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, explored the personal experiences of mental distress and recovery of Black and Asian women in the UK, narrated through life story narrative interviews,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Recovery and Resilience&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=2011-03-01 |title=Recovery and Resilience |url=https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/recovery-and-resilience |access-date=2021-01-13 |website=Mental Health Foundation |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dancing to Our Own Tunes&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dancing to our own tunes: Reassessing black and minority ethnic mental health service user involvement&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=Dancing to our own tunes: Reassessing black and minority ethnic mental health service user involvement |url=https://www.academia.edu/3297509 |access-date=2020-12-18 |journal=National Survivor User Network |date=January 2013 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; a review done by her, deals with the experiences of Black and Asian mental health service users within the survivor movement and its user involvement spaces;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dancing to our own tunes&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Dancing to our own tunes |url=https://www.nsun.org.uk/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=625098b1-0ce6-4b33-9ebd-63301e408b21 |access-date=2021-01-13 |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114150851/https://www.nsun.org.uk/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=625098b1-0ce6-4b33-9ebd-63301e408b21 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the report subsequently came up for discussion in the [[UK Parliament]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament |url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2016-04-28/HL8066 |access-date=2021-01-13 |website=questions-statements.parliament.uk |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has also co-authored a textbook, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Values and Ethics in Mental Health: An Exploration for Practice&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil and Roohi Kapur, Author at Himal Southasian&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Jayasree Kalathil and Roohi Kapur, Author at Himal Southasian |url=https://www.himalmag.com/author/jayasree-kalathil-and-roohi-kapur/ |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=Himal Southasian |language=en-GB}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Values and ethics in mental health : an exploration for practice&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Morgan|first= Alastair |title=Values and ethics in mental health : an exploration for practice |author2=Felton, Anne |author3=Fulford, Bill |author4=Kalathil, Jayasree |author5=Stacey, Gemma |date=3 November 2015 |isbn=978-1-137-38258-0 |location=London |oclc=909321183}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Literary career ==&lt;br /&gt;
Kalathil is the author of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Sackclothman&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;The Sackclothman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Kalathil|first=Jayasree |title=The Sackclothman |date=2008 |publisher=D.C. Books |isbn=978-81-264-2032-2 |location=Kottayam |page=48 |oclc=838341206}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; a book for children&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;10 controversial books Indian children must read&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=10 controversial books Indian children must read |url=https://www.dailyo.in/arts/childrens-books-controversial-books-same-sex-untouchability-war/story/1/3544.html |first=Samina |last=Mishra|date=6 May 2015 |access-date=2021-01-13 |website=www.dailyo.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; under the &amp;#039;Different Tales&amp;#039; project,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Different Tales: About The Project&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Different Tales: About The Project |url=https://www.anveshi.org.in/research-initiatives/different-tales-about-the-project/ |access-date=2021-01-13 |website=Anveshi |language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which has since been translated into Indian languages such as [[Hindi]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=Borewala |publisher=Eklavya |year=2019 |isbn=978-93-85236-44-0 |publication-place=Bhopal |translator-last=Sablok, Shashi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Telugu language|Telugu]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=Gonnesanchi Abbayi |publisher=Anveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-907042-3-6 |publication-place=Hyderabad |translator-last=Singaraju, Ramadevi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and [[Malayalam]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=Chakkupranthan |publisher=DC Books |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-264-2023-0 |publication-place=Kottayam}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil - Words are Bridges&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=2013-09-17 |title=Jayasree Kalathil - Words are Bridges |url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/wab-speaker/jayasree-kalathil |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=jaipurliteraturefestival.org/ |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 2019, [[HarperCollins]] published her work, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Diary of a Malayali Madman&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, the translation of five novellas, written by Malayalam writer, [[N. Prabhakaran]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Diary of a Malayali Madman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Pr̲abhākaran|first=N. |title=Diary of a Malayali Madman |last2=Kalathil, Jayasree |publisher=Harper Perennial India |year=2019 |isbn=978-93-5302-675-2 |location=Uttar Pradesh |page=260 |oclc=1103920622}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The publishing company contracted her again for the translation of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Meesha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a controversial novel written by [[S. Hareesh]] which was subsequently published under the title, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Moustache&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in 2020.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Moustache&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last1=Hareesh, S. |title=Moustache |last2=Kalathil Jayasree |date=2019 |publisher=HarperCollins India |isbn=978-93-5357-602-8 |location=India |page=360 |oclc=1134444334}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil - author profile&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Jayasree Kalathil - author profile |url=https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/jayasree-kalathil/ |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=HarperCollins Publishers India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Awards and honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
In 2011, the [[Mental Health Foundation]] selected Kalathil&amp;#039;s work on the Recovery and Resilience project for the Janice Sinson Research Prize.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Jayasree Kalathil, PhD – Survivor Research&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; She received the [[Crossword Book Award]] in 2020, for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Diary of a Malayali Madman&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, the translation of [[N. Prabhakaran]]&amp;#039;s novellas.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Twinkle Khanna&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Twinkle Khanna&amp;#039;s book wins at 17th Crossword awards |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/twinkle-khannas-book-wins-at-17th-crossword-awards/1708804 |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=outlookindia.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;17th edition of Crossword Books Awards held in Mumbai, Maharashtra&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=17th edition of Crossword Books Awards held in Mumbai, Maharashtra |url=https://affairscloud.com/17th-edition-of-crossword-books-awards-held-in-mumbai-on-january-142020/ |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=affairscloud.com |date=17 January 2020 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Twinkle Khanna&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Pyjamas Are Forgiving&amp;#039; Bags Top Prize at Crossword Book Awards&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-01-15 |title=Twinkle Khanna&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Pyjamas Are Forgiving&amp;#039; Bags Top Prize at Crossword Book Awards |url=https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/twinkle-khannas-pyjamas-are-forgiving-bags-top-prize-at-crossword-book-awards-2458971.html |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=News18 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the same year, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Moustache&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, her translation of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Meesha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, by [[S. Hareesh]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;An act of love&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |first=Supriya |last=Nair|date=Feb 20, 2020 |title=An act of love |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/columnists/supriya-nair/an-act-of-love/articleshow/74214760.cms |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=Mumbai Mirror |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; fetched her the [[JCB Prize for Literature]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;JCB Prize for Literature 2020: Malayalam author S Hareesh&amp;#039;s Moustache, translated by Jayasree Kalathil, wins the award&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-11-07 |title=JCB Prize for Literature 2020: Malayalam author S Hareesh&amp;#039;s Moustache, translated by Jayasree Kalathil, wins the award |url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/jcb-prize-for-literature-2020-malayalam-author-s-hareeshs-moustache-translated-by-jayasree-kalathil-wins-the-award-8990611.html |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=Firstpost}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Moustache book&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Moustache book |url=https://harpercollins.co.in/product/moustache/ |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=HarperCollins Publishers India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; arguably the literary award in India with the largest winner&amp;#039;s purse.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;India&amp;#039;s most valuable literature prize announces its first winner&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |first=Mary |last=McDougall |title=India&amp;#039;s most valuable literature prize announces its first winner |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/25/asia/india-literary-prize-benyamin-intl/index.html |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=CNN|date=25 October 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Valli, A Novel&amp;#039;&amp;#039; also featured in the shortlist for JCB Prize for Literature in 2022.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Sheela Tomy&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Valli’ among shortlist for JCB Prize for Literature&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |date=2022-10-21 |title=Sheela Tomy&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Valli&amp;#039; among shortlist for JCB Prize for Literature |language=en |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/books/sheela-tomy-s-valli-among-shortlist-for-jcb-prize-for-literature-1.7978217 |website=mathrubhumi.com |access-date=2023-05-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has also been included in the initial shortlist for the 2026 [[PEN award|PEN Presents award]] for her current translation work, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Silk Worm&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Malayalam original written by [[S. Hareesh]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Shortlist announced for PEN Presents x SALT - News &amp;amp; Events&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Shortlist announced for PEN Presents x SALT - News &amp;amp; Events |url=https://www.englishpen.org/posts/news/pen-presents-x-salt-shortlist/ |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=English PEN |language=en-GB}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Selected publications ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Original works ===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=The Sackclothman |date=2008 |publisher=D.C. Books |isbn=978-81-264-2032-2 |location=Kottayam |oclc=838341206}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |url= |title=Chakkupranthan |date=2008 |publisher=D.C. Books |isbn=978-81-264-2023-0 |location=Kottayam |oclc=}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=Gonnesanchi Abbayi |date=2008 |publisher=Anveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies |isbn=978-81-907042-3-6 |location=Hyderabad |translator-last=Singaraju |translator-first=Ramadevi}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=Dancing to our own tunes: Reassessing black and minority ethnic mental health service user involvement |url=https://www.academia.edu/3297509 |date=2011 |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=National Survivor User Network |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |url= |title=Recovery and resilience: African, African-Caribbean and South Asian women&amp;#039;s narratives of recovering from mental distress |date=2011 |publisher=Mental Health Foundation |isbn= |location= |oclc=}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last1=Morgan|first1= Alastair |title=Values and ethics in mental health : an exploration for practice |author2=Felton, Anne  |author3=Fulford, Bill |author4=Kalathil, Jayasree |author5=Stacey, Gemma |date=3 November 2015 |isbn=978-1-137-38258-0 |location=London |oclc=909321183}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |url= |title=Borewala |date=2008 |publisher=Eklavya |isbn=978-93-85236-44-0 |location=Bhopal |oclc=|translator-last=Sablok |translator-first=Shashi}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Translated works ===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |first=Sheela |last=Tomy |title=Valli A Novel |author2=Kalathil Jayasree |date=2022 |publisher=HarperCollins India |isbn=978-9356290150 |location=India |page=420 |oclc=}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last1=Hareesh|first1=S. |title=Adam |author2=Kalathil Jayasree |date=2021 |publisher=Vintage |isbn=978-0670094608 |location=India |page=192 |oclc=}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last1=Hareesh|first1=S. |title=Moustache |author2=Kalathil Jayasree |date=2019 |publisher=HarperCollins India |isbn=978-93-5357-602-8 |location=India |page=360 |oclc=1134444334}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last1=Pr̲abhākaran|first1=N. |title=Diary of a Malayali Madman |author2=Kalathil, Jayasree |publisher=Harper Perennial India |year=2019 |isbn=978-93-5302-675-2 |location=Uttar Pradesh |page=260 |oclc=1103920622}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last1=Mary|first1=Sandhya |title=Maria Just Maria |author2=Kalathil, Jayasree |publisher=Harper Perennial India |year=2024 |isbn=978-9356993907 |location=Uttar Pradesh |page=247}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last1=Jose|first1=Jisa |title=Mudritha - A Novel |author2=Kalathil, Jayasree |publisher=Harper Perennial India |year=2025 |asin=B0DQR1TFVQ |location=Uttar Pradesh |page=305}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last1=Hareesh|first1=S. |title=August 17 |author2=Kalathil Jayasree |date=2026 |publisher=HarperCollins India |isbn=978-9369897162 |location=India |page=446}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Articles ===&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last1=Cosgrove |first1=Lisa |last2=Mills |first2=China |last3=Karter |first3=Justin M. |last4=Mehta |first4=Akriti |last5=Kalathil |first5=Jayasree |date=2020-10-19 |title=A critical review of the Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development: Time for a paradigm change |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09581596.2019.1667488 |journal=Critical Public Health |language=en |volume=30 |issue=5 |pages=624–631 |doi=10.1080/09581596.2019.1667488 |s2cid=204383658 |issn=0958-1596|url-access=subscription }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last1=Rose |first1=Diana |last2=Kalathil |first2=Jayasree |date=2019-07-16 |title=Power, Privilege and Knowledge: the Untenable Promise of Co-production in Mental &amp;quot;Health&amp;quot; |journal=Frontiers in Sociology |volume=4 |article-number=57 |doi=10.3389/fsoc.2019.00057 |pmid=33869380 |pmc=8022626 |issn=2297-7775|doi-access=free }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=Side effects of living : an anthology of voices on mental health |publisher=Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt Ltd &amp;amp; Women Unlimited |year=2019 |isbn=978-93-85606-20-5 |editor-last=Breckenridge |editor-first=J |location=New Delhi |oclc=1135384224 |editor-last2=Kathait |editor-first2=N}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |url= |title=Ideological reproduction of gender and normality in psychiatric drug advertisements |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780199453535 |editor-last=Davar |editor-first=B |location=New Delhi |oclc= |editor-last2=Ravindran |editor-first2=S}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last1=Kalathil |first1=Jayasree |last2=Jones |first2=Nev |date=2016 |title=Unsettling Disciplines: Madness, Identity, Research, Knowledge |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/648225 |journal=Philosophy, Psychiatry, &amp;amp; Psychology |language=en |volume=23 |issue=3–4 |pages=183–188 |doi=10.1353/ppp.2016.0016 |s2cid=151677845 |issn=1086-3303|url-access=subscription }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |date=2015 |title=Unmodified ECT: Challenging the call to continue an inhumane practice |url=http://www.mfcindia.org/mfcpdfs/MFC363-364.pdf |journal=Medico Friend Circle Bulletin |volume= |pages=33–35 |doi= |issn=|doi-access= }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last1=Faulkner |first1=Alison C. |last2=Kalathil |first2=Jayasree |title=Racialisation and knowledge production: A critique of the report &amp;#039;Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia&amp;#039; |url=https://www.academia.edu/11196191 |journal=Mental Health Today, Jan-Feb, 22-23 |date=January 2015 |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |date=2014 |title=An exploratory note on discrimination and &amp;#039;race&amp;#039; in relation to mental health in the west |url=http://www.mfcindia.org/mfcpdfs/MFC357-360.pdf |journal=Medico Friend Circle Bulletin |volume= |pages=357–360/75–78 |doi= |issn=|doi-access= }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |date=2013 |title=&amp;#039;Hard to reach&amp;#039;? User involvement and racialised groups |publisher=Bristol University Press, Policy Press |pages= |doi=10.2307/j.ctt9qgmxw.13 |issn=|doi-access=free }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Philip |last2=Seebohm |first2=Patience |last3=Wallcraft |first3=Jan |last4=Kalathil |first4=Jayasree |last5=Fernando |first5=Suman |date=2013-08-16 |title=Personal consequences of the diagnosis of schizophrenia: a preliminary report from the inquiry into the schizophrenia label |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MHSI-05-2013-0013/full/html |journal=Mental Health and Social Inclusion |language=en |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=135–139 |doi=10.1108/MHSI-05-2013-0013 |issn=2042-8308|url-access=subscription }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last1=Fernando |first1=Suman |last2=Kalathil |first2=Jayasree |title=Questioning &amp;#039;schizophrenia&amp;#039; |url=https://www.academia.edu/9297061 |journal=Open Mind, 172 |date=January 2012 |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |date=2010 |title=After Ervadi: Healing and human rights in the context of mental health. In S Tharu, R Srivatsan and A Zachariah (eds.) Towards a critical medical practice: Reflections on the dilemmas of medical culture today |url= |journal=Orient Blackswan, Hyderabad |volume= |pages= |doi= |isbn=978-8125040910}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last1=Bennet |first1=Joanna |last2=Kalathil |first2=Jayasree |last3=Keating |first3=Frank |date=2008 |title=Race equality training in the UK: A historical overview. In S Fernando and F Keating (eds.) Mental health in a multi-ethnic society: A multi-disciplinary handbook |url= |journal=Hove: Routledge |volume= |pages= |doi= |isbn=9780415414876 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |date=2001 |chapter=Inscribing madness: Another reading of The Yellow Wallpaper and The Bell Jar |editor=B Davar |title=Mental health from a gender perspective |url= |publisher=Sage |location=New Delhi |volume= |pages= |doi= |isbn=978-0761994770|doi-access= }}&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[S. Hareesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[N. Prabhakaran]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Susie Tharu]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Further reading ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite journal |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=Diary of a Malayali Madman.pdf |journal=Harpercollins India |date=January 2019 |url=https://www.academia.edu/38491403 |access-date=2020-12-18 |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |title=The Sackclothman |url=https://www.academia.edu/3297631 |access-date=2020-12-18 |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite book |last1=Kalathil |first1=Jayasree |author2=Fulford, Bill |author3=Morgan, Alastair |title=Values and Ethics in Mental Health: An Exploration for Practice |date=January 2015 |url=https://www.academia.edu/19276948 |access-date=2020-12-18 |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |last=Kalathil, Jayasree |title=Black women, recovery and resilience |url=https://www.scottishrecovery.net/resource/black-women-recovery-and-resilience/ |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=scottishrecovery.net }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |title=In conversation with S. Hareesh and Jayasree Kalathil. |url=https://insider.in/in-conversation-with-s-hareesh-and-jayasree-kalathil--oct6-2020/event |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=insider.in |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |title=The best books of 2020 based on your mood |url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/the-best-books-of-2020-based-on-your-mood |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=Vogue India |date=15 December 2020 |language=en-IN}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |title=Interview: S Hareesh, author, Moustache, winner of the JCB prize 2020 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/interview-s-hareesh-author-moustache-winner-of-the-jcb-prize-2020/story-Rsj8T9VxLkuEPMZmLaaRdM.html |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=hindustantimes.com |date=20 November 2020 |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |title=Meesha : S Hareesh &amp;amp; Jayashree Kalathil in conversation with Benyamin - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6e_Tw_opUs |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=www.youtube.com| date=7 November 2020 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |date=2020-12-18 |title=Jayasree Kalathil - ResearchGate 1 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Jayasree-Kalathil-2158843295 |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=ResearchGate |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |date=2020-12-18 |title=Jayasree Kalathil - ResearchGate 2 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jayasree_Kalathil2 |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=ResearchGate |language=en}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite interview |last=Kalathil |first=Jayasree |interviewer=O. P. Suresh |title=Jayasree Kalathil Talks about Translation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCZgUKcS62U |date=2023-09-14}}&lt;br /&gt;
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