Mental illness, poverty and stigma in India: A case-control study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Trani, Jean Francois ^a   Bakhshi, Parul ^b   Kuhlberg, Jill ^a   Narayanan, Sreelatha S ^c   Venkataraman, Hemalatha ^d   Mishra, Nagendra N ^c   Groce, Nora E ^e   Jadhav, Sushrut ^e   Deshpande, Smita ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CASTE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOUSING; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; WATER SUPPLY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECONOMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MOOD DISORDERS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84923649474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006355     Document Type: Article

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