Open AccessQualitative research methods in psychiatry in India: Landscaping the terrain
Author(s) -
Pranab Mahapatra,
Krushna Chandra Sahoo,
Pritam Jitendriya,
Mousumi Samal,
Sanghamitra Pati
Publication year - 2021
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_665_20
Subject(s) - qualitative research , medical education , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , social science , sociology
Qualitative research methods (QRMs) bear a critical role in psychiatry as they explore the phenomenology of psychiatric illness and its sociocultural dimensions. However, there is limited evidence regarding its use in psychiatric research in India.