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1 online resource (xv, 636 pages.) |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
The volume evaluates major developments in psychiatry in India from the 1950s, and highlights the areas where Indian psychiatry has contributed to the development of the subject worldwide. The chapters review international as well as Indian developments in psychiatry and its sub-specialties. A wide range of clinical, research and policy-related topics have been covered in the volume, which begins with an overview of the history of psychiatry in India, moving on to developments in various sub-specialties of psychiatry in the last 60 years or so. It then specifically discusses developments in psychology and psychodynamics, general adult and child psychiatry, substance use psychiatry, community psychiatry, liaison psychiatry, and other psychiatric sub-specialties. Developments in treatment, the status of training and service in psychiatry, and legal issues related to the practice of psychiatry in India are also included. The contributors to this volume are nationally and internationally recognized experts in different areas of psychiatry. Most of them have had some association, or are currently associated, with the Department of Psychiatry at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. |
| Contents |
PART I: The history of psychiatry in India -- Chapter 1. The beginnings of psychiatry in India -- PART II: Developments in psychology and psychodynamics -- Chapter 2. Development of psychological testing in India -- Chapter 3. Psychometry as an adjunct to psychiatry: An Indian perspective -- Chapter 4. Cultural psychodynamics and the Indian personality -- PART III: Developments in general adult psychiatry -- Chapter 5. Psychiatric nosology, its philosophy and science -- Chapter 6. Common mental disorders in India -- Chapter 7. Early intervention in the Indian context -- Chapter 8. Acute and transient psychosis : an overview -- Chapter 9. Schizophrenia : Indian research : I-epidemiology, clinical features, neurobiology and psychosocial aspects -- Chapter 10. Schizophrenia : Indian research : I-epidemiology, clinical features neurobiology and psychosocial aspects -- Chapter 11. Suicide studies in India -- PART IV: Developments in child psychiatry -- Chapter 12. Research endeavors in child psychiatry in India-I -- Chapter 13. Research endeavors in child psychiatry in India-II -- Chapter 14. Nosology and diagnostic issues in child and adolescent psychiatry -- Chapter 13. Intellectual disability in India -- Chapter 14. Autism spectrum disorder: Seventy years on and the plot thickens -- Chapter 15. Autism spectrum disorder : 70 years on and the plot thickens -- Chapter 16. Adolescent psychiatry : An overview of the Indian research -- Chapter 17. Intellectual disability in India--an update -- Chapter 18. Perspectives on interventions in child psychiatry in India -- PART V: Developments in substance use psychiatry -- Chapter 19. Addiction research in India -- Chapter 18. De-addiction services in India -- PART VI: Developments in community psychiatry -- Chapter 21. From institutions, to clinics to community : development of community mental health in the last 50 years -- Chapter 22. Psychiatry in primary health care : Indian perspectives -- PART VII: Developments in liaison psychiatry -- Chapter 23. Psycho-oncology : Indian experiences and research -- Chapter 24. Delirium research : contribution from India -- PART VIII: Developments in other psychiatric specialties -- Chapter 25. Geriatric psychiatry in India : developments and future directions -- Chapter 26. A perspective on marital and psychosexual disorders in India -- PART IX: Developments in treatment -- Chapter 27. Electroconvulsive therapy : research from India -- Chapter 28. Newer somatic treatments : Indian experience -- Chapter 29. Psychosocial interventions : Indian perspective -- Chapter 30. Rehabilitation psychiatry -- PART X: Developments in legal and educational aspects -- Chapter 31. Challenges in undergraduate psychiatric training in India -- Chapter 32. The Mental Health Act of India. |
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Mental illness -- Treatment -- India.
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Mental illness -- Treatment.
(OCoLC)fst01016606
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India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
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HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General.
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MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL / Diseases.
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MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL / Internal Medicine.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Malhotra, Savita, editor.
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Chakrabarti, Subho, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Development of psychiatry in India 9788132216735 (OCoLC)862761703 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-81-322-1674-2 doi |
| ISBN |
9788132216742 (electronic bk.) |
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8132216741 (electronic bk.) |
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