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General hospital psychiatry in India: History, scope, and future
Rakesh Kumar Chadda1, Mamta Sood1
1Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Background:
General hospital psychiatry units (GHPUs) are the major providers of mental health services in India. Unlike in high-income countries, GHPUs in India are also the main training centers for providing postgraduate training in psychiatry and allied disciplines.
Aim:
This paper traces the history of the GHPUs in India from beginning to the present.
Material And Methods:
PubMed, old issues of the Indian Journal of Psychiatry and related sources were searched with key words general hospital and psychiatry both electronically and manually to look for the related literature.
Results:
The history of the development of GHPUs is discussed under 3 phases: beginning to the preindependence period, independence to the year of the launch of the National Mental Health Programme of India, and afterward. Contributions of the GHPUs towards service development, teaching, research, community awareness and reducing stigma, and their future scope are discussed.
Conclusion:
GHPUs have been a revolutionary development in India with great contribution in the field of mental heath.
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