Abstract

[1] [INLINE:1] Media referred to the findings of the report as follows: “India needs to talk about mental illness;”[2] “Every sixth Indian needs mental health help;”[3] “8% of people in Karnataka have mental illness;”[4] “Mental problems more in 30–49 age group or over 60; low income linked to occurrence of mental disorders;”[5] and “urban areas to be most affected”[2] were some of the headlines in the mass media. First of this is the lifetime and current prevalence for the different states [Table 1]. [...]the methodology and the use of information technology used for the survey is a major methodological advance in psychiatric epidemiology in the country. [...]it has provided insights into the prevalence of different mental disorders in 12 centers and some sociodemographic associations of these disorders.

Details

Title
National mental health survey of India 2015–2016
Author
Murthy, R 1 

 Professor of Psychiatry (Retd), Formery of NIMHANS, Bangalore, Karnataka 
Pages
21-26
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Jan/Mar 2017
Publisher
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.
ISSN
00195545
e-ISSN
19983794
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2112141615
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.