Developments in Psychiatry in India Clinical, Research and Policy Pe
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 i
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Developments in Psychiatry in India Clinical, Research and Policy Perspectives
Developments in Psychiatry in India
Savita Malhotra · Subho Chakrabarti Editors
Developments in Psychiatry in India Clinical, Research and Policy Perspectives
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Editors Savita Malhotra Department of Psychiatry Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh India
Subho Chakrabarti Department of Psychiatry Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh India
ISBN 978-81-322-1673-5 ISBN 978-81-322-1674-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-1674-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014958454 Springer New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer India 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd. is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Developments in psychiatry in India can be referenced to the progress in the field of psychiatry since India’s independence, as in the pre-independence era psychiatric services were not only rudimentary, but were also not meant for the treatment and care of the masses. Patients suffering from major mental illnesses, who were too disturbed to be kept within the confines of their homes, needed to be secluded behind the walls of mental hospitals, built outside the city limits. Moreover, there were no training centres for the speciality of psychiatry at that time in India. The first generation of psychiatrists trained abroad, mostly in the UK, established departments of psychiatry in post-independence India, which became the prime centres of psychiatric education. One such department of psychiatry was started in 1963 in the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) at Chandigarh, which became a leading centre for postgraduate education in psychiatry, acquiring national and international recognition within a short time, for excellence in the standard of education and research.
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