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B Sen1, D N Nandi, S P Mukherjee
1Medical Administrator-cum-Community Health Organiser, Luthean World Service (India).
Abstract:
The present study concerns the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in a slum area in Calcutta and its relation to certain demographic and social variables. The survey was carried out by a team of psychiatrists by a door-to-door enquiry. Significant relationship of mental morbidity were found with age, sex, caste, socioeconomic status and family size.
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