Developments in psychiatry in India : clinical, research and policy perspectives / Savita Malhotra, Subho Chakrabarti, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malhotra, Savita, editor.

Chakrabarti, Subho, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Treatment--India.

Mental illness.

Mental illness--Treatment.

India.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 636 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Springer, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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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-specialities. 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-specialities 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-specialities. 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 1: The history of psychiatry in India

Chapter 1. The beginnings of psychiatry in India

PART 2: 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 3: Developments in general adult psychiatry

Chapter 5. Psychiatric nosology, its philosophy and science

Chapter 6. Indian research on schizophrenia Title in Chapter & CTP is "Schizophrenia: Indian Research"

Chapter 7. Research on acute and transient psychosis: An overview

Chapter 8. Suicide studies in India

Chapter 9. Common mental disorders in India

Chapter 10. Early intervention in the Indian context

PART 4: Developments in child psychiatry

Chapter 11. Child psychiatry research and the Indian scene

Chapter 12. 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. Adolescent psychiatry: An overview of the Indian research

Chapter 16. Perspectives on interventions in child psychiatry in India

PART 5: Developments in substance use psychiatry

Chapter 17. Addiction research in India

Chapter 18. De-addiction services in India

PART 6: Developments in community psychiatry

Chapter 19. From institutions, to clinics to community: The development of community mental health research in India

Chapter 20. Psychiatry in primary health care: Indian perspectives

PART 7: Developments in liaison psychiatry

Chapter 21. Psycho-oncology: Indian experiences and research

Chapter 22. Delirium research in India

PART 8: Developments in other psychiatric specialities

Chapter 23. Geriatric psychiatry in India: Developments and future directions

Chapter 24. A perspective on marital and psychosexual disorders in India

PART 9: Developments in treatment

Chapter 25. Electro-convulsive therapy: Research from India

Chapter 26. Newer somatic treatments: Indian experience

Chapter 27. Psychosocial interventions: An Indian perspective

Chapter 28. Rehabilitation psychiatry

PART 10: Developments in legal and educational aspects

Chapter 29. Challenges in undergraduate psychiatric training in India

Chapter 30. The Mental Health Act of India

Reminiscences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Other Format:

Print version: Development of psychiatry in India

ISBN:

9788132216742

8132216741

OCLC:

902724008

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