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Assassination of Indira Gandhi: impact on psychiatric patients
V K Varma1, K Chandiramani, G Prasad Rao
1Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
American Journal of Psychotherapy
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The psychological impact of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on psychiatric inpatients was studied. A semistructured interview indicated faulty perception of, and inappropriate reaction to, the event and its implications in the patients, often colored by their background and illness. The Modified Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale indicated a significant rise in their psychopathology soon after the event.