title: Indian research on women and psychiatry.
abstract: The paper discusses research on various issues related to mental health specific to women, published mainly in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry. We carried out a manual search of all the issues of the journal. Indian psychiatrists have worked in a wide range of areas including psychological aspects of different reproductive phases like pregnancy, puerperium, menopause, menstrual cycle, psychological consequences of contraception, infertility and surgical loss of uterus or breast. Most of the studies are cross sectional with very few prospective studies. There is a need for longitudinal, epidemiological and intervention studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029, India.
authors.forename: Rakesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Chadda
authors.forename: Mamta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sood