Hinduism, marriage and mental illness

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue SPEC. SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Sharma, Indira ^a   Pandit, Balram ^a   Pathak, Abhishek ^a   Sharma, Reet ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hinduism; marriage; mental illness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABUSE; ABUSE OF DOWRY LAW; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DOWRY DEATH; DOWRY HARASSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HINDU MARRIAGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF NEGLECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84873467721     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.105544     Document Type: Review

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