Pathway of care among psychiatric patients attending a mental health institution in central India

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-338

  Lahariya, Chandrakant ^a   Singhal, Shyam ^a   Gupta, Sumeet ^b   Mishra, Ashok ^a  

^a G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Gwalior Mansik Arogyashala   (India)

Author keywords

India; mental illnesses; pathway of care; psychiatry; social psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; READING; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIGMA; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78650934152     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.74308     Document Type: Article

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