Detection of stress, anxiety and depression in IT/ITES professionals in the Silicon Valley of India: A preliminary study

Primary Care and Community Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-80

  Chaturvedi, S K ^a   Kalyanasundaram, S ^b   Jagadish, A ^c   Vikram, Prabhu ^d   Vikram, Narasimha ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b RFPG College for PSR   (India)

^c Abhaya Hospital   (India)

^d Private Practice   (India)

^e KEMPEGOWDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Information technology professionals; Occupational stress; Software engineers; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863775766     PISSN: 17468841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17468840701680207     Document Type: Article

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