Open AccessGeneral hospital psychiatry in India: History, scope, and future
Author(s) -
Rakesh Kumar Chadda,
Mamta Sood
Publication year - 2018
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/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_435_17
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , history of psychiatry , mental health , psychiatry , stigma (botany) , independence (probability theory) , mental health service , medicine , psychology , medical education , political science , statistics , mathematics , computer science , programming language
General hospital psychiatry units (GHPUs) are the major providers of mental health services in India. Unlike in high-income countries, GHPUs in India are also the main training centers for providing postgraduate training in psychiatry and allied disciplines.