Suicide Studies in India
Fig. 1 Suicide rate in different states in India for year 2011 (Source NCRB India-2011) In the last two decades, the suicide rate has increased from 7.9 to 10.3 per 100,000…
Acute and Transient Psychosis: An Overview
Lindvall, M., Axelsson, R., & Ohman, R. (1993). Incidence of cycloid psychosis. A clinical study of first-admission psychotic patients. European Archives Psychiatry Clinical and Neurosciences, 242(4), 197–202.CrossRef Littlewood, R., &…
Early Intervention in the Indian Context
Against intervention For intervention No good screening tests Help-seeking, symptomatic population with dysfunction and disability No effective preventive strategy Targeted rather than universal screening/treatment Unnecessary treatment of acute and transient…
Psychometry as an Adjunct to Psychiatry: An Indian Perspective
Intelligence tests Verbal Adult Intelligence Scale (VAIS) Bhatia Battery of Performance Tests of Intelligence (BBPT) Malin’s Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC) Vineland social maturity scale (VSMS) Gessell’s Drawing Test…
Common Mental Disorders in India
© Springer India 2015Savita Malhotra and Subho Chakrabarti (eds.)Developments in Psychiatry in India10.1007/978-81-322-1674-2_6 6. Common Mental Disorders in India R. K. Chadda1 (1) Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India …
Development of Psychological Testing in India
© Springer India 2015Savita Malhotra and Subho Chakrabarti (eds.)Developments in Psychiatry in India10.1007/978-81-322-1674-2_2 2. Development of Psychological Testing in India S. K. Verma1 (1) Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh,…
Cultural Psychodynamics and the Indian Personality
© Springer India 2015Savita Malhotra and Subho Chakrabarti (eds.)Developments in Psychiatry in India10.1007/978-81-322-1674-2_4 4. Cultural Psychodynamics and the Indian Personality V. K. Varma1 (1) Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India …
The Beginnings of Psychiatry in India
© Springer India 2015Savita Malhotra and Subho Chakrabarti (eds.)Developments in Psychiatry in India10.1007/978-81-322-1674-2_1 1. The Beginnings of Psychiatry in India N. N. Wig1 (1) Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India …
Psychiatric Nosology, Its Philosophy and Science
© Springer India 2015Savita Malhotra and Subho Chakrabarti (eds.)Developments in Psychiatry in India10.1007/978-81-322-1674-2_5 5. Psychiatric Nosology, Its Philosophy and Science P. K. Singh1 (1) Department of Psychiatry, Patna Medical College, Patna, India P. K. Singh Email: pkspostline@yahoo.com…
The Neurodevelopmental and Neurofunctional Basis of Intersubjectivity
, Jeffrey R. Strawn2 and Ernest V. Pedapati3 (1) Division of Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA (2) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,…
