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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…
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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…
© 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 …
© 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 …
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…
© 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 …
