Modern psychiatry in India: The British role in establishing an Asian system, 1858-1947

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-343

  Mills, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COST CONTROL; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MANIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

COLONIALISM; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIMINAL LAW; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHIATRY; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33748550619     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260600813271     Document Type: Review

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