After reading this article you will learn about the riots that took place in Rourkela. Chatterjee (1967) investigated the Rourkela riots of 1964, six weeks after the incident. Following the disturbances in East Pakistan, refugees started flowing into Calcutta and from Calcutta to Rourkela on their way to Dandakaranya in Madhya Pradesh. At Rourkela railway […]
Riots that Took Place in Rourkela | India | Collective Behaviour | Psychology
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Prevalence of Mental Disorders in India | Essay | Disorders | Psychology
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In this essay we will discuss about the prevalence of mental disorders in India. a) Average prevalence of severe mental disorders is at least 18-20/1000 population; about 3-5 times that number suffers from other forms of distressing and socio-economically incapacitating emotional disorder. (The average prevalence of severe mental disorder is 2 percent). b) 15-20% who […]
Code of Ethics for Psychiatrists in India | Ethics | Psychology
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A committee comprising of Prof. J. S. Neki, Prof. D.N. Nandi, Prof. A.K. Agarwal, Dr. V.N. Vahia and Dr. J.K. Trivedi, have formed a code of ethics for psychiatrists in India approved by the Indian Psychiatric Society at its Annual Conference, 1989, held at Cuttack. Preamble: 1. Responsibility: As a practitioner, the psychiatrist must know […]