Open AccessAttitude of doctors towards mentally ill in Hyderabad, India: Results of a prospective survey
Author(s) -
Vaishnavi Challapallisri,
Lloyd V. Dempster
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/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 - 10.4103/0019-5545.158190
Subject(s) - psychiatry , mentally ill , depression (economics) , perception , medicine , stigma (botany) , clinical psychology , mental illness , significant difference , psychology , mental health , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics
Wide prevalence of mental illness has been documented in South India; however, the magnitude of stigma is unclear.