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Mental Hospitals in India
This review traces the history of the mental hospital movement, initially on the world stage, and later in India, in relation to advances in psychiatric care. Mental hospitals have played a significant role in the evolution of psychiatry to its present statusThe earliest hospital in India were established during the British colonial rule. They served as a means to isolate mentally ill persons f...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0253-7176,0975-1564
DOI: 10.1177/0975156419970110