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Marriage as a perceived panacea to mental illness in India: Reality check

Author(s) -

Ashish Srivastava

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

indian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1998-3794

pISSN - 0019-5545

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.105542

Subject(s) - panacea (medicine) , mental illness , mental health , psychiatry , psychology , outcome (game theory) , social psychology , medicine , alternative medicine , economics , mathematical economics , pathology

Marriage is a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. In India, there is a tremendous social and cultural pressure to marry. It is of paramount importance to discuss the relationship between marriage and mental illness in Indian scenario as marriage is perceived to be a panacea to mental illness by many. This review aims to explore whether marriage contributes to mental-health problems; whether it has a protective role; what effect it has on pre-existing mental illnesses and its outcome in major mental illnesses.

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