Open AccessThe Clinical Presentation and Outcome of the Institutionalized Wandering Mentally Ill in India
Author(s) -
Gurvinder Singh,
Nilima D. Shah,
Ritambhara Mehta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/19497.8681
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychiatry , population , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , mental health , government (linguistics) , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy
There are estimated 400,000 wandering mentally ill persons in India, found in poor physical state wandering on streets and railway stations; mainly treated either by government run Hospitals for Mental Health (HMH) or Psychiatry units of a Government Medical College (GMC). They require psychosocial rehabilitation along with treatment.