title: Disabilities research in India.
abstract: The objective of this paper is to review all articles related to psychiatric disability that have been published in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry since its inception till date. We have also added up some more relevant literature in the area of mental disability of Indian psychiatric patients. Finally the article ends up with discussion related to challenges associated with mental disability, persons with Disability Act and future directions in the area of psychiatric disability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, BMC and RI, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chandrashekar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Naveen Kumar
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Prashanth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kasthuri