The Clinical Presentation and Outcome of the Institutionalized Wandering Mentally Ill in India

Introduction: 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 req...

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Main Authors: Gaurav Singh, Nilima Shah, Ritambhara Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8681/19497_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(ROAK)_PFA(P)_PF2(PAG).pdf