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Trends in the development of psychiatric services in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mohan Isaac
Mohan Isaac*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India
*
Correspondence: Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Abstract

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Over the past five decades, services for the mentally ill in India have steadily improved. From a predominantly mental hospital based service, provision has now moved to general hospitals and primary health centres. A variety of factors have contributed to changes in the quality of services. This paper briefly reviews the changes and discusses the relevance of some of them.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 43 - 45
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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