title: Socio-demographic factors of depressive disorders in India: a comparative appraisal.
abstract: Socio-demographic study of 173 cases of depression was carried out prospectively over one year's period from January 1977 to December 1977, at the psychiatric out-patient department of Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal, Karnataka. The findings are compared with the data reported from other centres in India and the results are discussed.
authors: Reader in Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal-576 119, Karnataka.
authors: S S
authors: SS
authors: Raju
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Kumaraswamy
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Mani