Open AccessFrom local to global - Contributions of Indian psychiatry to international psychiatry
Author(s) -
Srinivasa R Murthy
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0019-5545.69202
Subject(s) - psychiatry , mental health care , mental health , scope (computer science) , mentally ill , global mental health , military psychiatry , social psychiatry , psychology , medicine , mental illness , computer science , programming language
Indian psychiatrists have actively engaged with world psychiatry by contributing to understanding and care of persons with mental disorders based on the religious, cultural and social aspects of Indian life. The contributions are significant in the areas of outlining the scope of mental health, classification of mental disorders, understanding the course of mental disorders, psychotherapy, traditional methods of care, role of family in mental health care and care of the mentally ill in the community settings.