Focus on psychiatry in India

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 184, Issue APR., 2004, Pages 366-373

  Thara, R ^a   Padmavati, R ^a   Srinivasan, T N ^b  

^a SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Clinical Governance Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENESCENCE; SOMATIZATION; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOGA;

AGED; CHILD; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 1842834087     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.4.366     Document Type: Review

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