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Mental Health and Illness in the Rural World

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi

    1. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

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  • Presents biological, psychological and sociological views
  • Covers areas relevant to both developed and LAMI countries
  • Considers cultural factors and best clinical practices
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Mental Health and Illness Worldwide (MHIW)

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Table of contents (22 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Rural Living and Mental Health: Concepts and Contexts

    • Eesha Sharma, Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi
    Pages 1-15

  3. Mental Health Aspects of Rural Living

    • Matthew Kelly, Antonio Ventriglio, Dinesh Bhugra
    Pages 17-30

  4. Common Mental Disorders and Folk Mental Illnesses

    • Abhilash Balakrishnan, Hargun Ahluwalia, Geetha Desai
    Pages 31-45

  5. Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders in Rural Settings

    • Abhinav Nahar, Shiva Shankar Reddy, Geetha Desai
    Pages 47-53

  6. Alcoholism, Substance Use, and Other Addictive Disorders

    • Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha, Arun Kandasamy
    Pages 55-71

  7. Stress and Rural Mental Health

    • Bettahalasoor Somashekar, P. S. Reddy, Balaji Wuntakal
    Pages 73-96

  8. Intellectual Disability in Rural Backgrounds: Challenges and Solutions

    • Mahesh M. Odiyoor, Sujeet Jaydeokar
    Pages 97-117

  9. Mental Health of Rural Women

    • Prabha S. Chandra, Diana Ross, Preeti Pansari Agarwal
    Pages 119-149

  10. Suicide and Self-Harms in Rural Setting

    • Prakash B. Behere, Himanshu Mansharamani, Aniruddh P. Behere, Richa Yadav
    Pages 151-167

  11. Organization of Mental Health Services in Rural Areas

    • Vimal Kumar Sharma
    Pages 169-181

  12. Development of Rural Mental Health in Bangladesh

    • Muhammad Zillur Rahman Khan
    Pages 183-194

  13. Challenges of Research in Rural Mental Health in Sri Lanka

    • Athula Sumathipala, Dhanuja Mahesh, Hiranya Wijesundara
    Pages 195-220

  14. Advantages and Disadvantages in the Management of Mental Illnesses in Rural Areas

    • Paola Tejada
    Pages 221-235

  15. Methodological Issues in Epidemiological Studies on Mental Health in Rural Populations

    • Vimal Kumar Sharma, Shiv Dutt Gupta, Nikhil Sharma, Nutan Jain
    Pages 237-249

  16. Stigma in Rural Settings

    • Vishal Bhavsar, Dinesh Bhugra
    Pages 251-261

  17. Mental Health Professionals in Rural Areas

    • Prabha S. Chandra
    Pages 263-271

  18. Mental Health Literacy in Rural India

    • Meena Kolar Sridara Murthy, Madhuporna Dasgupta, Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi
    Pages 273-284

  19. Culture and Mental Health Care in Asia-Pacific Rural Communities

    • Ee Heok Kua
    Pages 285-296

  20. Yoga and Traditional Healing Methods in Mental Health

    • Shivarama Varambally, B. N. Gangadhar
    Pages 297-326
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This book looks into the mental health challenges in the rural world, the socio economic and cultural factors bearing on them and the best clinical practices to deal with them. It elaborates on the pressures of globalization and modernization that rural people find themselves in which brings about ever increasing stressful conditions. It also covers the lack of awareness about mental health issues and services which lead to further problems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

    Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi

About the editor

Dr. Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi, MD, FRCPE (Edinburgh, UK), FRCPsych (UK), is a Senior Professor of Psychiatry and former Dean of Behavioural Sciences at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India. He is Head of the Department of Mental Health Education and has been the Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry Rehabilitation Services in the past. Dr. Chaturvedi is an Honorary Member of the World Psychiatric Association and member of many international and national societies and associations. His main areas of research and work have been consultation liaison psychiatry, chronic pain and somatization, neuropsychiatry, quality of life research, psycho-oncology and palliative care, and cultural psychiatry. He has received national awards by the Indian Council of Medical Research on three occasions and awards by the Indian Psychiatric Society – DLN MurthyRao Oration and Tilak Venkoba Rao Oration – and Poona Psychiatric Association on many occasions. He is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, published by Springer Nature. He has numerous publications in various international and national journals. He has edited and/or published 20 books, manuals, and journals. For more information, visit https://santoshchaturvedi.in/.

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