title: Psychiatric morbidity in an urban slum-dwelling community.
abstract: The present study concerns the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in a slum area in Calcutta and its relation to certain demographic and social variables. The survey was carried out by a team of psychiatrists by a door-to-door enquiry. Significant relationship of mental morbidity were found with age, sex, caste, socioeconomic status and family size.
authors.affiliation: Medical Administrator-cum-Community Health Organiser, Luthean World Service (India).
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Nandi
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar